Principal Engineer

Company Description

We welcome fearless thinkers

For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives and continually push for better solutions for our clients. We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.

We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s most respected law firms. Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.

About The Team And Role

Maurice Blackburn has a bold ambition to redefine the way legal services are delivered in Australia, reimagining what justice means in a modern, digital and inclusive society. To deliver on this ambition, we established The Foundry to drive transformation through new business models, new partnerships and new capabilities.

Help us power smarter, faster, fairer outcomes by designing the integration fabric that connects agentic AI with our platforms and partners. As our Principal Engineer, you’ll set the engineering bar, ship production ready services, so the tools we build can make a real difference for the clients we serve.

You’ll lead how we engineer and operationalise agentic AI, creating robust patterns, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies and observability that make experimentation safe and deployment repeatable. You’ll be hands on, solving interesting problems, mentoring engineers, and turning emerging ideas into working, scalable services.

You’ll report to the Head of Engineering – The Foundry, partner closely with our Digital & Technology team, and collaborate with external vendors. Expect autonomy, high trust, and a firm that backs smart engineering with clear purpose.

What You’ll Do

• Set standards & architecture: Define best practice patterns for integrating agentic AI with internal platforms and third-party services; publish reference designs that accelerate delivery.
• Build the pipelines: Design CI/CD and test frameworks fit for AI workflows, including approaches for non‑deterministic outputs, plus monitoring and alerting in production.
• Lead by doing: Unblock complex technical issues, review code, and contribute directly to services built in Python and TypeScript.
• Advocate for emerging tech: Stay active in industry communities and share learnings that lift capability across The Foundry and the broader business.

What You’ll Bring

• A problem solver’s mindset and the autonomy to debug complex systems end to end.
• Strong hands-on engineering, with significant experience in building production grade services in Python and/or TypeScript.
• Practical experience designing CI/CD pipelines, automation testing, API design, system integration, and cloud native development.
• An ability to mentor, influence and communicate, bridging technical depth with business pragmatism.
• Curiosity for AI/ML and the agentic AI landscape; you’re a continuous learner who engages with technical communities.

Ready to join us at the frontier of legal innovation, where bold ideas become transformative solutions and fearless thinkers shape the future of justice?

Team MB Benefits:

• Ongoing coaching and career development opportunities 
• End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 4 days after 2 years
• Comprehensive mental health framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year) and $299 reimbursement
• 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back-to-work transition policy
• Rewards and recognition platform with fitness, retail, and entertainment discounts
• A hybrid flex working model
• Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• T's & C's apply

Our shared values represent what we stand for and guide how we act, with Courage; Compassion; Collaboration; Fairness and Tenacity.

We love that you have a life outside of work and we’re happy to support yours. We provide you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, age and family arrangements. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.

Are you ready to join us on a journey to extend access to justice to more Australians, in an organisation and role in which every action you take makes a difference? Apply now.

Additional Information

Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we’re committed to responding to every applicant.

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks as part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant workplace