Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer

At Prezzee, we're more than just a digital giving platform – we're building human connections through unforgettable gifting moments. With over 1,000 brand partners globally, we're transforming how people give and receive gifts. From our beginnings as a small Australian startup to becoming a global leader, we thrive on innovation, collaboration, and a deep commitment to making a real impact.

Engineering is at the heart of our business and plays a critical part in our ongoing success and growth. Our Engineering teams aim to deliver greatness to our customers through engineering excellence. Our mission is to innovate and build products to delight and provide magic to our customers. As a Principal Software Engineer at Prezzee, you will play a key part in championing best practices across all of our teams. You will build the tools that enable our teams to deliver engineering excellence and introduce best-in-class architectural patterns, as well as be an innovator and champion of new technologies. A key part of this role will include representing Prezzee by presenting, writing and building the tech brand of Prezzee to the wider tech community.

Some of the technologies and patterns we're working on across our teams:

• Python, Django, FastAPI
• GraphQL Backend for Frontend using Apollo Server.
• Cloudformation and Terraform for IaC
• ECS, Lambda, RDS Aurora Postgres, DynamoDB, Eventbridge, and more.
• GitHub Actions for both infrastructure and application code CI/CD
• Platform engineering for accelerating engineering standards
• Globally distributed service architecture with a performance focus for end users
• Realtime page performance monitoring (LCP, Total Load Time, etc), logs, and APM in Datadog
• Prezzee is an AWS Enterprise customer
• A passion for AI experimentation and innovation

What You'll Be Doing:

Key Responsibilities:

Coding Practices & Quality

• A real passion for quality, secure and maintainable code
• Design & write unit, API/Contract and behavioural tests
• Pull request cross-team approver and arbitrator
• Help improve code quality principles across Prezzee
• Build platforms, libraries and frameworks to support the team

Continuous improvement & best practice

• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement
• Prioritise the Developer Experience
• Be a champion of new technologies

Architecture & Security

• Design and implement resilient and scalable distributed systems
• Galvanise the engineering team to meet security outcomes and adhere to architectural standards

Collaboration and community

• Assist in providing technical leadership and support to engineers at all levels
• Actively participate in team collaboration sessions e.g. tech forums, brown bags, strategy meetings
• Collaborate with other teams as necessary to deliver software engineering solutions
• Presenting, writing and building tech brand of Prezzee to wider tech community
• Create a reputation and following in the tech community for your contributions and experience

What We're Looking For:

Core Skills:

• Extensive experience crafting and building software using the latest delivery techniques
• Ability to design, estimate and build cutting-edge quality and maintainable code
• Exceptional problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• An expert in architectural concepts and cloud-based solution design
• Demonstrable ability to motivate self and others
• An industry thought leader and contributor to open source projects, blogs, meet-ups and conferences

Why Join Us? Join us at Prezzee, where we don't just work – we innovate, collaborate, and shape the future of digital giving. As part of our dynamic team, you'll contribute to a global company's growth while enjoying a flexible, supportive, and inclusive work environment. We offer:

Prezzeeversary Leave – Extra day of annual leave for each year you're with us. BirthYay Leave – Celebrate you with a paid day off during your birthday month. Novated Car Leasing – A tax-smart way to bundle and pay for your car and running costs. ClassPass Membership – Fully covered monthly credits for fitness, wellness, and beauty. Office Allowance – One-time payment to upgrade your office setup. Flexible Work Perks – Flex your hours, take Culture Swap Days, and work from anywhere for 30 days a year. Prezzee Staff Discounts – Exclusive deals on Prezzee gift cards – just for being part of the team. Wellbeing Support – Access to mental, social, financial, and physical wellbeing support via Telus. Learning & Development – Grow your career with LinkedIn Learning, job shadowing, industry programs, and our Lunch & Learn sessions. Employee Resource Groups – Be an advocate or ally and foster belonging through groups like EmpowHer and Pride. Parental Leave – 12 weeks for primary carers and 4 weeks for secondary carers.

Prezzee has been recognized as Foundry's Computerworld 2024 & 2025 Best Places to Work in IT. We value diversity, collaboration, and innovation in everything we do. Join a global team united by the core values: Give openness, Give greatness, Give magic, and Give a damn.

Prezzee is an Equal Opportunity employer. We believe that diversity is the key to building the best products for our customers, team culture and growing our global business. Our diversity mission is for our people to be their most authentic selves, to inspire, innovate and celebrate within a culture of belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

We are looking for people to help create human connections, make magic and shape the future of gifting so even if you don't think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we'd still love to hear from you! Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application and recruitment process. We also encourage you to let us know of your pronouns at any point of the process.