Get to Know the Team
We are a SuperApp operating at massive scale across transport, food, commerce, ads, merchant platforms, and enterprise services. Within this ecosystem, BECO (Business Ecosystem) powers the foundational platforms that connect merchants, consumers, ads, transactions, search, and intelligence.
We are now entering our next phase:
Get to Know the Role
To do this, we are hiring a Senior Principal Engineer โ a rare, high-leverage individual contributor who will shape the technical trajectory of a 300+ engineer organisation. You will report directly to the Head of BECO Engineering.
Most Principal roles influence a team. Some influence a domain. You will influence an entire engineering organisation. You will operate across five major departments spanning: 1). Merchant platforms, 2). Search & Personalisation, 3). Ads & Monetisation, 4). Transaction systems, 5). Enterprise capabilities
You are not here to oversee a microservice. You are here to evolve the system.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
1. Turn AI Into Engineering Leverage
We are moving beyond "AI demos." You will help architect and scale:
The goal is measurable improvement in:
You will shape how AI becomes embedded into how engineers work โ not as a tool, but as infrastructure.
2. Build Reliability That Feels Invisible
We believe reliability should feel like running water โ always there, never noticed. You will:
This is about engineering maturity at scale.
3. Break Platform Silos
Search, Ads, Promo, Transactions, and Data โ today these evolve in parallel. We are building a unified ecosystem where:
You will design the connective tissue that makes platformisation real.
4. Architect for Pattern-Breaking Growth
We are launching new businesses in e-commerce, AI agents, conversational transactions, and gamified engagement experiences. The challenge: Move fast without creating tomorrow's technical debt. You will: