Principal Engineer @Safeguard Global
Software Development
Salary unspecified
Remote Location
Job Type full-time
Posted 3d ago

[Hiring] Principal Engineer @Safeguard Global

3d ago - Safeguard Global is hiring a remote Principal Engineer. πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: Worldwide

Role Description

How you will make a difference:

  • Define and drive the architecture of scalable, event-driven systems on AWS
  • Lead the design and evolution of core platform services and distributed systems
  • Set technical direction across teams, ensuring consistency and long-term maintainability
  • Solve complex, cross-cutting engineering problems (e.g. scaling, data consistency, system resilience)
  • Establish best practices for reliability, observability, and performance across the platform
  • Design systems that handle high event throughput, failure scenarios, and eventual consistency at scale
  • Partner closely with Data Engineering to shape data architecture, pipelines, and platform capabilities
  • Influence and improve engineering standards, tooling, and ways of working
  • Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across multiple teams
  • Contribute to strategic technical decisions and roadmap planning

Qualifications

  • Significant experience (typically 8-12+ years) building and scaling backend systems in production environments
  • Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js preferred) or similar backend ecosystems
  • Strong hands-on experience designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures
  • Proven experience architecting systems on AWS, particularly serverless (Lambda, EventBridge, S3, API Gateway)
  • Track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives or platform transformations
  • Deep understanding of reliability patterns (e.g. idempotency, retries, backpressure, fault tolerance)
  • Experience operating systems at scale, including observability, monitoring, and incident response
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform, or similar)
  • Solid understanding of data modelling and working with high-volume, data-intensive systems
  • Ability to influence technical direction without direct authority

Requirements

  • Nice to Have:
  • Experience with modern data platforms (e.g. dbt, Athena, data lakes)
  • Experience in multi-tenant SaaS architectures at scale
  • Familiarity with BI and analytics tools (e.g. QuickSight)
  • Exposure to frontend technologies (React / Next.js)
  • Experience introducing or scaling platform engineering practices

Benefits

  • Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work.
  • Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family.
  • Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in.
  • Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.
  • International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.
  • Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.
  • Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.
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