Job Introduction

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction, strategic vision, and innovation of our Customer & Data applications. Your expertise in leading technology transformations will be key as we transition from monolithic architectures to a multi-cloud, scalable MACH-based platform.

As a Principal Engineer You will:

• Manage a diverse portfolio of engineering initiatives across domain, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical standards
• Provide technical leadership, formulating technical strategies, making decisions on solutions, SME support establishing and standardising robust engineering practices.
• Investigate and become a subject matter expert in new technologies introduced to our stack
• Develop and lead microservice architecture strategies for the development of scalable, flexible, and cost-effective applications.
• Work with Platform engineers to design CI/CD pipelines and quality frameworks for frequent, reliable releases.
• Collaborate across engineering teams in your domain and help members make informed decisions aligned with strategic plans.
• Work with the Product, Architecture and Delivery teams to develop roadmaps for both product features and technical improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in both front-end and back-end systems.
• Set up processes and frameworks for live support and maintenance of engineering services, technical debt management, creating robust and reliable support model for delivered services.
• Promote and support a quality-focused culture within the engineering team.
• Advocate for modern development practices like pair programming, TDD, SOLID principles, technical debt management and the use of cloud-native solutions when appropriate
• Build, mentor and foster and develop engineering talent to collaborate effectively with architecture, delivery, DevOps, InfoSec, and support teams.
• Promote a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and teamwork to deliver secure, scalable systems.

You'll Have:

• Strong foundation in software engineering principles and scalable system design.
• Experience working on distributed, cloud-hosted products with rapid release cycles.
• Proficiency in BE and FE development using JavaScript, React, Next.js, TypeScript and Node.js
• Strong experience in working with one of the cloud technologies and architecture
• Experience in AWS specifically with Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS and EventBridge is a plus.
• Experience in designing and leading the implementation of micro frontends, microservices, event-driven and headless architectures.
• Good understanding of GraphQL.
• Proficiency in database management (SQL, NoSQL) and version control
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring solutions like CloudWatch or Dynatrace.
• Good understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) would be beneficial (e.g AWS CDK, Terraform.)
• Good understanding of engineering security best practices e.g. NIST and PCI standards
• Proven track record in technical decision-making and guiding teams to implement maintainable solutions.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead Engineering Guilds
• Experience in working in fast-paced, dynamic environments, and in driving change through innovation and collaboration.

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Location: London, United Kingdom | Posted: 8 October, 2024 | Salary: Competitive plus benefits (Annually) | Job Reference: [Employer hidden]/TP/236299/5543