Principal Engineer - Platform & Customer-Centric Architect

Women Thrive Magazine; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Principal Engineer to design innovative software solutions, enhancing customer experiences. You will collaborate with teams to drive engineering excellence and develop high-performance applications using Agile and DevOps methodologies. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in software development and expertise in microservices architecture, cloud services, and testing frameworks. This role offers the opportunity for substantial stakeholder engagement and impact in the banking technology sector.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software engineering, database design, and architecture.
• Proficient in programming best practices, especially around scalability and automation.
• Experience leading software development teams in a matrix structure.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer complex software with a focus on automation.
• Develop software solutions that are secure, high performance, and robust.
• Collaborate with engineers to validate innovative ideas and architectures.

Skills

Software engineering

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Microservices architecture

Cloud services expertise

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PCF

OpenShift

Jest

Selenium

Job description

A leading financial institution is seeking a Principal Engineer to design innovative software solutions, enhancing customer experiences. You will collaborate with teams to drive engineering excellence and develop high-performance applications using Agile and DevOps methodologies. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in software development and expertise in microservices architecture, cloud services, and testing frameworks. This role offers the opportunity for substantial stakeholder engagement and impact in the banking technology sector.