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Principle Engineer | AI-Augmented Engineering Systems
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
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Posted:
30 August 2026 (18 hours ago)
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Application Deadline:
27 November 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Ready to be the engineer who shapes how software is built in the age of AI
My client is looking for a highly experienced Principal Engineer to lead the technical evolution of AI-assisted software engineering across a large-scale technology environment. This is not a management role. It is an opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to influence engineering standards build cutting-edge developer tooling and drive AI adoption across multiple technology stacks.
If youre passionate about software architecture developer experience AI engineering platform development and solving complex technical challenges this could be one of the most impactful developer jobs currently available within the South African IT jobs market.
Why Consider This Opportunity
My client is looking for a highly experienced Principal Engineer to lead the technical evolution of AI-assisted software engineering across a large-scale technology environment. This is not a management role. It is an opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to influence engineering standards build cutting-edge developer tooling and drive AI adoption across multiple technology stacks.
If youre passionate about software architecture developer experience AI engineering platform development and solving complex technical challenges this could be one of the most impactful developer jobs currently available within the South African IT jobs market.
Why Consider This Opportunity
- True hands-on Principal Engineer position with no line management responsibilities
- Opportunity to define and build next-generation AI engineering capabilities from the ground up
- Exposure to multiple technology stacks including React Flutter AWS microservices and AI engineering ecosystems
- Influence engineering practices architecture and technical standards at organisational scale
- Join a forward-thinking technology environment where experimentation innovation and technical excellence are highly valued
Job Description:
As the Principal Engineer the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in designing building and evolving the internal engineering platforms that enable safe scalable AI-assisted software delivery.
Responsibilities include:
- Designing and building AI engineering harnesses developer tooling evaluation frameworks guardrails and workflow automation
- Driving AI adoption across development teams through technical leadership reference implementations and enablement initiatives
- Establishing and maintaining engineering standards for AI-assisted development code provenance security and governance
- Creating telemetry and measurement solutions that provide meaningful insight into engineering performance and delivery outcomes
- Evaluating AI platforms developer tools and emerging technologies to support strategic engineering objectives
- Mentoring senior engineers and contributing to architectural and technical decision-making across the organisation without direct line management responsibilities
- Building prototypes and proof-of-concepts that reduce technical risk and accelerate innovation
This role offers the opportunity to influence approximately 150 professionals across engineering product delivery and support functions whilst operating as one of the organisations most senior individual contributors.
Skills & Experience:
The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record in senior staff principal or equivalent engineering roles
- Deep expertise in at least two of the following technologies: React and Flutter with working knowledge across multiple stacks
- Strong experience in cloud-native architecture AWS microservices API design event-driven systems and CI/CD practices
- Hands-on experience building AI-powered systems developer platforms internal engineering tools or AI-assisted development frameworks
- Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) agentic workflows retrieval systems prompt engineering evaluation frameworks and AI governance
- A strong engineering mindset with the ability to solve complex undefined problems and create practical scalable solutions
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and technical communication skills with the ability to drive change through influence rather than authority
- Experience within regulated high-volume consumer-facing environments will be advantageous
Qualification:
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Engineering or a related field
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