Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer : Up to £650PD : Outside IR35 : Hybrid London : 3 months rolling
A globally scaled technology business is seeking a Principal Engineer to define the next generation of its API platform.
Operating at significant scale, this is a hands-on engagement with real influence over the architectural direction of a critical engineering pillar.
Key responsibilities as a Principal Engineer:
- Defining and driving the architectural vision for a large-scale API ecosystem
- Designing cloud-native distributed systems at scale
- Building high-throughput event-driven services
- Leading on security, observability, performance, and maintainability
- Championing TDD, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automated testing
- Embedding AI-powered capabilities into engineering workflows
Skills and requirements:
- TypeScript, Node.js,
- AWS (EKS, Lambda, Aurora RDS), Kubernetes,
- GraphQL, Kafka, Terraform, DataDog
- Salesforce or enterprise CRM experience is a strong advantage
Contract details:
- IR35: Up to £650PD Outside IR35
- Contract length: 3 months rolling
- Location: London (Hybrid)
- Start date: ASAP
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