Years in software
9+
Principal-Level Resume
Paul Gradie
Software Engineer, founder, and inventor focused on high-impact systems at the intersection of AI, product, and platform engineering.
Melbourne-basedRemote with US teamsPrincipal Engineer scope
Contact
- LinkedIn: paul-gradie-phd-743b8b58
- GitHub: github.com/paulegradie
- Portfolio: paulgradie.com
Core domains
AI + Platform + Product
Remote collaboration
Global and cross-time-zone
Leadership scope
Senior IC to principal trajectory
Career Experience
Tilt Finance
2024 - Present
Melbourne, Australia
- - Staff Software Engineer (2025 - Present)
- - Senior Software Engineer (2024 - 2025)
Driving high-leverage product and platform work, with a focus on applied AI, resilient architecture, and end-to-end delivery.
Octopus Deploy
2020 - 2024
Remote / Australia
- - Senior Software Engineer (2023 - 2024)
- - Intermediate Software Engineer (2020 - 2023)
Built production systems at scale and partnered across product, platform, and delivery teams to improve developer and customer outcomes.
Zendesk
2017 - 2020
Melbourne, Australia
- - Data Science Engineer, AI Team (2017 - 2020)
Worked on AI-focused capabilities and model-driven features in a high-impact product environment.
Highlights
- - Published in Nature and AI/ML patent holder
- - Principal-level platform and product engineering scope
- - Foundational AI model development and evaluation
- - Applied AI systems delivered from concept to production
Core Strengths
- - Turns ambiguous problem spaces into clear technical plans and shipped outcomes
- - Combines research depth with practical software delivery
- - Builds systems that are operable, testable, and resilient under real load
- - Leads through technical clarity, thoughtful tradeoffs, and execution rhythm
Credentials
- - PhD background with applied research depth
- - Published in Nature
- - AI/ML patent holder
- - Founder and serial builder experience