Principal Engineer

Overview

As a Principal Software Engineer, drive the architecture and technical direction for a global, high-scale API platform. You will partner with cross-functional squads to solve complex distributed systems challenges in a cloud-native environment and mentor multiple engineering teams. You shape long-term maintainability, security, and observability while embracing emerging technologies, including AI tooling. This is a pivotal role that connects engineering execution with business goals and platform scale.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hybrid working
• generous parental leave
• career development and progression support
• bonus opportunity

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for a large-scale API platform (synchronous and event-driven)
• Lead architectural design across a modern cloud-native stack
• Improve security, observability, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Mentor engineers and technical leads across multiple teams
• Align engineering strategy with product and delivery leadership
• Champion engineering fundamentals (testing, CI/CD, IaC, clean architecture)
• Explore integrating emerging technologies, including AI tooling, into workflows

Key requirements

• Large-scale distributed systems experience in cloud environments
• Deep API design knowledge (REST and GraphQL) with production Kafka experience
• Cloud platform experience, especially AWS, and containerised infrastructure
• Proficiency in TypeScript across a modern backend stack
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams
• Commitment to code quality and sustainable architecture
• Collaborative, mentoring leadership style
• Interest in how AI is changing engineering workflows
• Enterprise CRM experience would be advantageous

• collaborative leadership
• mentoring and coaching
• strong communication
• distributed systems in cloud environments
• API design REST/GraphQL
• Kafka production experience

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