Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 2 days ago

Principal Engineer

The Rank Group193 open roles

Where
Cape Town, South Africa
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowPrincipal EngineerThe Rank Group · Cape Town, South Africa

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on The Rank Group's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

13.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. The Rank Group postings stay open a median of 19 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.6%3 days
  3. 13.3%7 days
  4. 21.3%14 days
  5. 35.7%30 days
  6. 59.1%60 days
This job: posted 2 days ago

The Rank Group median: 19 days open

The posting

The role We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to help shape the future of software engineering at Rank. This is a senior, hands-on technical role focused on how we use AI to transform software delivery across our engineering organisation. You’ll build the platforms, tooling and standards that enable our teams to use AI safely and effectively, while remaining close to the technology and writing production code yourself. Working across Java, .NET, React and Flutter, you’ll influence engineering practices across multiple teams without direct line management responsibility. Your impact will come through technical expertise, collaboration and the solutions you build. What you’ll be doing

Design and build the tooling that supports AI-assisted software engineering, including agentic workflows, context and retrieval, evaluation frameworks and guardrails. Develop prototypes and production solutions that demonstrate how AI can improve engineering productivity and quality. Create reusable patterns and tooling across our Java, .NET, React and Flutter technology stacks. Help shape technical standards for AI-generated and AI-assisted code, working closely with Architecture and Information Security. Build engineering telemetry that helps us understand the impact of AI on delivery, quality and productivity. Evaluate emerging AI models, platforms and developer tools against real engineering challenges. Mentor senior engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple teams.

What we’re looking for You’ll be an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and wants to remain hands-on while influencing at organisational level. Ideally, you’ll bring:

Significant software engineering experience, ideally at Principal, Staff or Senior Staff Engineer level. Strong hands-on experience across at least two of Java, .NET, React or Flutter. Experience with AWS, cloud-native architecture, microservices, APIs and CI/CD. Practical experience working with LLMs, generative AI, agentic workflows, retrieval/context engineering or AI developer tooling. Experience building platforms or engineering tools used across multiple development teams. A track record of influencing technical direction without relying on line management authority. Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with both senior engineers and business leaders. Experience within gaming, financial services or another regulated, high-volume environment would be an advantage.

Why join us? This is more than a traditional Principal Engineer role. You’ll have the opportunity to help define how AI changes the way engineering is done at Rank, rather than simply implementing an established model. You’ll experiment, build and prove new approaches within a complex live technology environment, while helping our engineering teams adopt them successfully. For someone who wants to stay close to the code while having an impact across an entire engineering organisation, it’s an exciting opportunity to help shape what comes next.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against The Rank Group's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on The Rank Group's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    The Rank Group's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.