Senior Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering

Employer · Pepperstone

Software developerSystems analystSystem administratorFlexibleFull-time

Budapest

The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We are a transformative global fintech looking for a Senior Principal Engineer for our platform engineering team in Budapest. You'll be the most senior hands-on engineer across our client-facing products, reporting directly to the CTO and providing senior technical leadership while remaining deeply hands-on.

Tasks

  • Shape our platform technical direction: Define the multi-year architecture across AI, cloud, networking, identity and data.
  • Stay hands-on with our toughest engineering challenges: Work directly on the most critical parts of our platform, writing production code and infrastructure as code and prototyping new approaches.
  • Lead and shape AI-native engineering: Help design the core of Pepperstone's AI platform, from model access and agent orchestration to tool connections.
  • Create a great developer experience: Design the paved roads that make it easier for our engineers to build and ship.
  • Grow our technical capability: Mentor senior and staff engineers and help build an inclusive engineering community across locations.
  • Partner with our technology leaders: Act as a trusted technical advisor to the CTO and Technology leadership team.

Posted Oct 30, 2026 · Updated 4 days ago · 3 views