Principal Engineer – Full Stack

Datacom

Principal Engineer overseeing software development for Datapay's payroll platform. Leading technical direction, team collaboration, and architectural decisions in a hybrid workplace.

Posted 7/19/2026full-timeAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expert-level proficiency in C#/.NET and .NET Core, with a strong focus on hexagonal architecture and distributed systems. Capable of leading teams through complex software development challenges while ensuring architectural integrity and effective communication across stakeholders.

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C#/.NET ExpertiseHexagonal Architecture DesignDistributed Systems ExperienceCloud Platforms (Azure)AI-Assisted Development Workflows

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Hard Skills

C#.NET CorePythonHexagonal ArchitectureMicroservicesOpenAPI/SwaggerCI/CD PipelinesContainerizationTesting (Unit, E2E, Contract)Async Communication Patterns

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem-SolvingPresentation Skills

Tools & Technologies

Azure Service BusRabbitMQReactHTMLJavaScriptTypeScriptCSSInfrastructure-as-CodeArchitecture Fitness TestsContract Testing (Pact)

Industry Keywords

Software Development LifecyclePayroll AccuracyComplianceService BoundariesIntegration Contracts

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudDistributed SystemsJavaScriptMicroservices.NETPythonRabbitMQReactSDLCTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead development teams through influence – shaping technical direction, creating clarity, and enabling teams to deliver consistently and with confidence.
Architect and champion hexagonal (ports-and-adapters) architecture across the platform – separating core business logic from infrastructure concerns so the domain stays clean, testable, and adaptable as the business evolves.
Lead the evolution of an existing monolithic architecture toward a modern, composable platform – incrementally decomposing tightly coupled capabilities into well-defined services, reducing coupling at the right pace, and laying the foundations that allow AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery without compounding technical debt. You will make pragmatic strangler-fig decisions, knowing when to extract, when to refactor in place, and how to keep the business running throughout.
Define and govern integration contracts between services – designing stable APIs, lightweight messaging patterns, and clear service boundaries that allow teams to build and deploy independently without introducing hidden coupling.
Solve real distributed systems challenges – fault tolerance, eventual consistency, idempotency, and cross-service failure recovery – grounded in the specific demands of payroll accuracy and compliance.
Champion system-level thinking in an AI-accelerated Software Development Lifecycle (A-SDLC) where code output is significantly increased. Ensure architecture fitness tests, contract tests, and deployment safeguards are in place so services can be deployed to production independently and with confidence.
Collaborate with Product and Design teams to translate business requirements into well-scoped engineering solutions – balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform health.
Make informed tech stack choices and capture architectural knowledge continuously, building shared understanding across the team.
Mentor developers in both technical and delivery skills, raising the capability of the team around you.
Lead communication and collaboration across Development, Design, and Product teams to ensure alignment and create successful outcomes for customers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in Software Development, with at least 4 years in a large IT organisation in a senior or principal-level engineering role.
Expert-level proficiency in C#/.NET and .NET Core – you can lead, design, and mentor in the primary language of our platform.
Proficiency in Python – whether for backend services, scripting, data pipelines, or tooling, Python sits comfortably in your toolkit alongside C#.
Proven experience designing systems using hexagonal or clean architecture principles – you understand how to protect the domain from infrastructure concerns and why it matters at scale.
Hands-on experience evolving or decomposing monolithic systems – you have navigated the real challenges of incremental migration, maintaining live systems during transition, and making pragmatic trade-offs between ideal architecture and delivery reality.
Strong distributed systems experience: you have dealt with the real challenges of service-to-service communication, fault tolerance, eventual consistency, and cross-service debugging – not just studied the theory.
Experience with message brokers and async communication patterns in microservices environments (e.g. Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, or similar).
Knowledge of web front-end technologies including HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and React (or a comparable framework).
Experience with spec-first development using OpenAPI/Swagger, and a strong testing mindset spanning unit, regression, E2E, contract testing (e.g. Pact), and architecture fitness tests.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery, with a focus on maintaining architectural integrity, code quality, and system coherence as development velocity increases.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code – you understand how architecture decisions affect deployability and operability.
Effective presentation and communication skills – you can convey technical decisions clearly to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Lead development teams through influence – shaping technical direction, creating clarity, and enabling teams to deliver consistently and with confidence.
Architect and champion hexagonal (ports-and-adapters) architecture across the platform – separating core business logic from infrastructure concerns so the domain stays clean, testable, and adaptable as the business evolves.
Lead the evolution of an existing monolithic architecture toward a modern, composable platform – incrementally decomposing tightly coupled capabilities into well-defined services, reducing coupling at the right pace, and laying the foundations that allow AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery without compounding technical debt. You will make pragmatic strangler-fig decisions, knowing when to extract, when to refactor in place, and how to keep the business running throughout.
Define and govern integration contracts between services – designing stable APIs, lightweight messaging patterns, and clear service boundaries that allow teams to build and deploy independently without introducing hidden coupling.
Solve real distributed systems challenges – fault tolerance, eventual consistency, idempotency, and cross-service failure recovery – grounded in the specific demands of payroll accuracy and compliance.
Champion system-level thinking in an AI-accelerated Software Development Lifecycle (A-SDLC) where code output is significantly increased. Ensure architecture fitness tests, contract tests, and deployment safeguards are in place so services can be deployed to production independently and with confidence.
Collaborate with Product and Design teams to translate business requirements into well-scoped engineering solutions – balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform health.
Make informed tech stack choices and capture architectural knowledge continuously, building shared understanding across the team.
Mentor developers in both technical and delivery skills, raising the capability of the team around you.
Lead communication and collaboration across Development, Design, and Product teams to ensure alignment and create successful outcomes for customers. 🎯 Requirements
10+ years in Software Development, with at least 4 years in a large IT organisation in a senior or principal-level engineering role.
Expert-level proficiency in C#/.NET and .NET Core – you can lead, design, and mentor in the primary language of our platform.
Proficiency in Python – whether for backend services, scripting, data pipelines, or tooling, Python sits comfortably in your toolkit alongside C#.
Proven experience designing systems using hexagonal or clean architecture principles – you understand how to protect the domain from infrastructure concerns and why it matters at scale.
Hands-on experience evolving or decomposing monolithic systems – you have navigated the real challenges of incremental migration, maintaining live systems during transition, and making pragmatic trade-offs between ideal architecture and delivery reality.
Strong distributed systems experience: you have dealt with the real challenges of service-to-service communication, fault tolerance, eventual consistency, and cross-service debugging – not just studied the theory.
Experience with message brokers and async communication patterns in microservices environments (e.g. Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, or similar).
Knowledge of web front-end technologies including HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and React (or a comparable framework).
Experience with spec-first development using OpenAPI/Swagger, and a strong testing mindset spanning unit, regression, E2E, contract testing (e.g. Pact), and architecture fitness tests.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery, with a focus on maintaining architectural integrity, code quality, and system coherence as development velocity increases.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code – you understand how architecture decisions affect deployability and operability.
Effective presentation and communication skills – you can convey technical decisions clearly to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders. Apply Now 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Check Resume Score Similar Jobs Principal Engineer 🕒 May 20 ClearPoint 51 - 200 Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Principal Engineer leading architectural evolution and service decomposition at ClearPoint. Focused on modern service-based environments and technical strategy for C-suite clients. 🏢🏡 Auckland – Hybrid ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer Angular AWS Azure Cloud Google Cloud Platform GraphQL GRPC Java JavaScript Kubernetes Node.js React Spring TypeScript Vue.js .NET Staff Software Engineer 🕒 April 8 Kami 51 - 200 📚 Education ☁️ SaaS 🤖 Artificial Intelligence Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Staff Software Engineer developing robust web applications for a leading digital classroom platform. Engaging with users to enhance product functionality and lead engineering efforts. 🏢🏡 Auckland – Hybrid 💰 $1M Seed Round on 2019-01 ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer Angular Java JavaScript React Ruby on Rails Rust TypeScript Vue.js View More Full-stack Engineer Jobs 🌐 Worldwide Built by Lior Neu-ner. I'd love to hear your feedback — Get in touch via DM or support@remoterocketship.com Search Search Jobs by country Search jobs by city Search jobs by job title Search entry-level jobs Search junior-level jobs Search senior-level jobs Search jobs by tech stack Search jobs by contract type Search remote internships Search remote part-time jobs Remote jobs Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Sales People Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Software Engineers Anywhere in the World Resources Advice Tips for finding remote jobs Interview questions and answers Resume examples Cover letter examples Post a job Affiliates Privacy policy Terms of service Job board SEO course AI Apply Copilot OpenClaw job finder Find jobs using your resume Jobs by Country Remote jobs anywhere in the world (Worldwide remote jobs) Remote jobs United States Remote jobs Australia Remote jobs Brazil Remote jobs Canada Remote jobs France Remote jobs Ireland Remote jobs Germany Remote jobs Netherlands Remote jobs Spain Remote jobs UK Popular Jobs Remote data analyst jobs Remote customer support jobs Remote executive assistant jobs Remote marketing jobs Remote product designer jobs Remote product manager jobs Remote project manager jobs Remote recruiter jobs Remote sales jobs Remote software engineer jobs Jobs by Type Remote full-time jobs Remote part-time jobs Remote contract jobs Remote internship jobs Remote entry-level jobs Remote jobs with no experience required Remote junior jobs (1-3 years of experience) Digital nomad jobs Remote jobs with no degree required Freelance remote jobs Temporary remote jobs Remote jobs hiring now Stay at home mom jobs