Principle Engineer

Principle Engineer

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Summary: The Principal Engineer will lead multiple engineering teams in a major government programme, focusing on the development of critical digital services and support for 24/7 live systems. This leadership role emphasizes building high-quality applications and infrastructure through modern engineering practices. The position requires engagement with senior stakeholders and a commitment to fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture. The role is remote and requires SC and NPPV3 security clearance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and mentor teams of engineers across complex digital service projects
  • Engage with senior business and technical stakeholders
  • Provide technical assurance on design, risk mitigation, and standards compliance
  • Shape and refine engineering backlogs and develop user stories
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Contribute to and maintain critical service applications in production
  • Support development of microservices with focus on security, scalability and reliability
  • Ensure best practice in code quality (TDD, SOLID principles, peer reviews)
  • Support API architecture, observability, and service monitoring
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota (Level 3 support)

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams on complex digital projects
  • Excellent knowledge of at least one 4GL, object-oriented analysis and design
  • Experienced in backlog refinement & preparing user stories
  • Familiarity with DDaT frameworks, GDS standards & SOLID / best practices
  • SC Cleared & Eligible for NPPV3 clearance
  • JavaScript / Vue.js & PHP/Drupal & WordPress (database tuning, CDN, caching)
  • Knowledge of AWS DevOps principles & Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Git
  • C#, Java (Springboot, JPA/Hibernate), REST APIs, observability & monitoring, queue technologies & security
  • History working on building new, evolving, high availability microservices with data integrity
  • Strong understanding of test methodologies: JUnit, TDD, Integration Tests & E2E
  • Experience working with relational databases: PostgreSQL

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: Principal Engineer
Start Date: August 2025
Contract Length: 12 Months
Work Location: Remote
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC & NPPV3 Cleared

Join a major government programme where you’ll lead multiple engineering teams, develop critical digital services, and support 24/7 live systems. This is a leadership role within a SAS team, focused on building high-quality applications and infrastructure using modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and mentor teams of engineers across complex digital service projects
  • Engage with senior business and technical stakeholders
  • Provide technical assurance on design, risk mitigation, and standards compliance
  • Shape and refine engineering backlogs and develop user stories
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Contribute to and maintain critical service applications in production
  • Support development of microservices with focus on security, scalability and reliability
  • Ensure best practice in code quality (TDD, SOLID principles, peer reviews)
  • Support API architecture, observability, and service monitoring
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota (Level 3 support)

Required Experience:

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams on complex digital projects
  • Excellent knowledge of at least one 4GL, object-oriented analysis and design
  • Experienced in backlog refinement & preparing user stories
  • Familiarity with DDaT frameworks, GDS standards & SOLID / best practices
  • SC Cleared & Eligible for NPPV3 clearance

Desirable Skills:

  • JavaScript / Vue.js & PHP/Drupal & WordPress (database tuning, CDN, caching)
  • Knowledge of AWS DevOps principles & Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Git
  • C#, Java (Springboot, JPA/Hibernate), REST APIs, observability & monitoring, queue technologies & security
  • History working on building new, evolving, high availability microservices with data integrity
  • Strong understanding of test methodologies: JUnit, TDD, Integration Tests & E2E
  • Experience working with relational databases: PostgreSQL
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