AI Principal Engineer

About?Teamified Teamified?works?with?top?enterprises?and?digital?native?businesses?in?Australia?helping?them?build?their?remote?teams?in?India,?Philippines?and?Sri?Lanka.?We?pride?ourselves?with?hiring?great?teams?to?work?on?exciting?game?changing?technology.?Teamified?currently?has?200+?engineers,?testers,?product?managers?etc.?working?across?20+?partners.?We?focus?on?uplifting?the?way?organisations?build?and?manage?their?remote?teams?through?great?working?relationships,?trust,?integrity,?culture?and?hiring?processes.?Additional?to?this?we?are?building?our?own?technology?product?offerings.?We?strive?to?deliver?the?best?outcomes?for?our?customers,?our?partners?and?our?people.

About?our?Client: Our?client?builds?secure?infrastructure?for?business?payments???helping?companies?pay?suppliers?by?card?or?bank?transfer,?regardless?of?how?the?supplier?accepts?payment.?We?reduce?friction?in?B2B?payments?and?improve?working?capital?for?businesses?moving?real?money?through?regulated?channels. They?partner?with?payment?networks,?banks,?and?enterprise?customers.?Reliability,?security,?auditability,?and?disciplined?engineering?matter?as?much?as?delivery?speed.?Their?platform?spans?a?mixed?technology?estate???legacy?and?modern?components?across?frontend,?backend,?integrations,?and?infrastructure???which?is?exactly?why?we?need?a?thoughtful?approach?to?AI-assisted?development,?not?a?blanket?mandate?to?"use?Copilot?everywhere."

About?the?job: We?are?hiring?a?hands-on?Principal?Engineer?to?lead?our?new?AI-first?engineering?pod???a?small,?high-trust?team?that?ships?real?product?and?platform?work?in?our?existing?payments?codebase,?then?helps?the?rest?of?engineering?adopt?what?works. This?is?not?an?advisory?architecture?role.?You?will?code,?review,?unblock,?and?ship???while?building?the?AI-first?operating?model?from?evidence,?not?slides.?Framework?work?should?emerge?from?what?the?pod?proves?in?production:?tooling?choices,?review?practices,?guardrails,?and?team?habits?that?other?squads?can?pick?up?without?reinventing?the?wheel. Over?time,?as?the?model?proves?itself,?the?pod?is?expected?to?grow?into?a?full?scrum?team?and?potentially?split?into?two?scrum?teams,?as?delivery?capacity?and?adoption?mature.?You?should?be?comfortable?starting?lean?and?hands-on,?then?evolving?into?a?team?lead?who?can?run?backlog,?ceremonies,?and?engineering?practices?at?squad?scale. AI-frst?means?agent-first?development?with?human?checkpoints?where?they?matter??orchestrated?pipelines,?not?a?developer?alone?in?a?chat?window.?Work?flows?through?defined?steps:?intake???context?assembly???agent?execution???automated?review?gates???human?approval???production. Using?Cursor?or?Copilot?well?is?a?baseline.?We?want?someone?who?has?designed?and?built?agentic?orchestration:?pipelines?that?connect?real?systems?(Slack,?issue?trackers,?Git,?CI/CD)?and?run?multi-step?agent?workflows?with?guardrails,?audit?trails,?and?human?escalation?at?the?right?points.?It?does?not?mean?unmanned?codegen?or?bypassing?regulated?change?control.

• You?will?start?with?a?lean?pod?(you?plus?a?handful?of?engineers)?owning?a?bounded?slice?of?product?or?platform?delivery.?The?pod?is?a?reference?implementation,?not?a?silo.?Success?includes?what?the?wider?organisation?learns?from?it.
• |?Phase?|?Shape?|
• |?0?6?months?|?Lean?pod???prove?the?workflow,?draft?the?playbook?|
• |?6?12?months?|?Full?scrum?team???sustainable?velocity?and?rituals?|
• |?12+?months?|?One?or?two?scrum?teams???delegation?and?org-wide?champions?|
• You?will?bring?existing?engineers?along?through?pairing,?short?secondments,?open?working?sessions,?and?a?living?playbook?on?tools,?guardrails,?and?review?practices.?Expect?roughly?half?your?time?on?pod?delivery,?a?quarter?on?codifying?and?teaching,?and?the?remainder?on?org-wide?influence???tool?approval,?guardrails,?and?high-risk?design?review.

• Lead?pod?delivery?end-to-end:?backlog?refinement,?technical?breakdown,?implementation,?review,?and?release.
• Design?and?build?agentic?orchestration?pipelines???e.g.?a?bug?reported?in?Slack?or?Plane?flowing?through?triage,?context?gathering,?fix?attempt,?PR?creation,?and?automated?review?before?a?human?merges.
• Wire?agentic?review?triggers?into?PR?and?CI/CD?workflows:?security?analysis,?bug-risk?review,?test?gap?detection,?dependency?checks???with?clear?pass/fail/escalate?behaviour?and?auditability.
• Use?AI-assisted?development?responsibly?across?coding,?testing,?debugging,?refactoring,?documentation,?and?code?review???coaching?the?pod?without?bypassing?engineering?fundamentals.
• Ship?production-visible?outcomes?early?and?codify?what?works?into?standards,?guardrails,?and?tooling?choices?the?wider?org?can?adopt.
• Provide?pragmatic?technical?leadership?on?pod-owned?work?and?high-risk?cross-cutting?decisions;?advise?(not?own)?wider?platform?architecture.
• Lead?one?high-leverage?modernisation?path?the?pod?can?execute???including?assessment?of?our?.NET?Core?2.1?estate?and?a?pragmatic?upgrade?recommendation.
• Improve?the?pod?s?path?to?production:?Git?workflows,?CI/CD?(Jenkins?and/or?GitHub?Actions),?testing?expectations,?and?quality?gates???then?propose?rollouts?others?can?follow.
• Grow?the?pod:?hiring,?onboarding,?scrum?maturity,?and?mentorship?across?distributed?and?offshore?engineers.
• Ensure?everything?ships?with?fintech-grade?security,?compliance,?auditability,?and?operational?discipline???including?careful?evaluation?of?AI?vendor?and?tooling?risk.

• You?do?not?need?expert?depth?in?every?technology?on?day?one,?but?you?must?learn?quickly?and?reason?credibly?across?the?stack.
• Frontend:?React,?TypeScript
• Backend:?.NET?/?C#?(including?legacy?.NET?Core?2.1),?Java,?Go
• Data:?SQL?Server
• Platform:?AWS,?Jenkins?/?GitHub?Actions,?Plane?(Jira?during?transition)
• AI?and?agents:?coding?assistants?plus?agent?orchestration???multi-step?workflows,?MCP/tool?integration,?PR?and?CI/CD?hooks,?webhook-driven?pipelines?(not?GUI-only?usage)

• 8+?years?in?software?engineering,?with?senior?technical?leadership?experience.
• Strong?hands-on?skills?in?existing?production?codebases???not?only?greenfield.
• Experience?leading?or?contributing?materially?to?a?small?team?shipping?real?work.
• Track?record?of?mentoring?and?rolling?out?new?engineering?practices?beyond?your?own?team.
• Practical,?safe?use?of?AI-assisted?development?tools.
• Built?agentic?pipelines,?not?only?used?an?AI?IDE.?You?can?describe?systems?you?designed:?triggers,?agent?steps,?human?checkpoints,?CI/CD?integration,?and?what?happened?when?they?failed.
• React/TypeScript?and?.NET/C#?experience;?strong?architecture?and?communication?skills.
• Fintech,?payments,?or?regulated?environments.
• Legacy?.NET?Core?upgrades;?Java?or?Go?in?production.
• Growing?a?pod?or?small?team?into?a?stable?scrum?team?(or?leading?multiple?squads).
• Creating?engineering?standards,?test?automation,?or?secure?SDLC?practices.
• Using?AI?to?accelerate?codebase?comprehension,?refactoring,?test?generation,?or?migration?planning.
• Agentic?SDLC?automation:?PR?review?agents,?security?scanning?in?CI/CD,?bug-triage-to-fix?pipelines,?Slack?or?issue-tracker?integrations.

• You?are?pragmatic,?hands-on,?AI-forward?but?not?reckless,?and?comfortable?growing?from?pod?lead?into?multi-squad?leadership?without?losing?technical?credibility.
• You?live?in?your?AI?tools???continually?experimenting?and?learning?as?models,?products,?and?practices?evolve,?and?bringing?that?curiosity?back?to?the?team.?You?enjoy?sharing?what?you?know?in?open?technical?discussion:?pairing,?working?sessions,?and?honest?conversation?about?what?works?and?what?does?not.?You?are?proactive?about?business?context???asking?product?and?leadership?the?questions?that?sharpen?technical?decisions.?You?draw?people?in:?you?encourage?engineers?to?speak?up,?challenge?ideas,?and?contribute,?and?you?create?space?for?quieter?voices?as?well?as?confident?ones.

• By?day?90?we?would?expect?you?to?have:
• A?clear?understanding?of?the?platform,?codebase,?and?key?technical?risks?in?the?pod?s?domain.
• Shipped?or?be?imminently?releasing?at?least?one?production-visible?outcome?using?the?AI-first?workflow?end-to-end.
• Published?playbook?v1?(tooling,?guardrails,?review,?testing)?derived?from?real?pod?work???not?theory.
• At?least?one?agentic?pipeline?prototype?live???e.g.?automated?PR/CI?review?trigger?or?intake-to-PR?workflow???with?documented?human?checkpoints.
• Coached?at?least?two?engineers?outside?the?pod?on?practical?AI-assisted?workflows?(pairing?or?secondment).
• Assessed?.NET?Core?2.1?and?proposed?a?pragmatic?migration?path?for?the?pod?or?a?follow-on?squad.
• Delivered?an?executive-readable?summary:?what?worked,?what?didn?t,?and?a?recommended?rollout?plan?for?the?next?squad(s).

• Lead?the?team?that?proves?AI-first?engineering?on?a?real?payments?platform???not?as?a?slogan,?but?as?a?working?operating?model.
• Start?lean?with?high?influence;?grow?into?leading?one?or?two?scrum?teams?as?the?model?scales.
• Ship?meaningful?work?on?a?fintech?platform?with?real?customers,?regulatory?constraints,?and?complex?technical?challenges.
• Help?modernise?an?existing?system?while?supporting?product?growth.
• Join?a?team?that?values?trust,?practical?thinking,?learning,?and?doing?the?work?properly.

• Flexibility?in?work?hours?and?location,?with?a?focus?on?managing?energy?rather?than?time.
• Access?to?online?learning?platforms?and?a?budget?for?professional?development
• A?collaborative,?no-silos?environment,?encouraging?learning?and?growth?across?teams
• A?dynamic?social?culture?with?team?lunches,?social?events,?and?opportunities?for?creative?input
• Health?insurance
• Leave?Benefits
• Provident??Fund
• Gratuity

If?you?possess?the?required?skills?and?are?eager?to?contribute?to?our?team's?success,?we?encourage?you?to?apply?for?this?exciting?opportunity.?Apply?now!