101 to 125 of 165 Principal Software Engineer Jobs in the UK

Lead Principal Software Engineer – Cloud/DevOps

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the critical infrastructure powering our services. You will lead multiple engineering teams, set technical direction, and deliver solutions with real customer impact. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with partners and customers, and ensure ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Bournemouth, Dorset, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Strategic Enterprise Technology Leadership Recognised Java Engineering Expertise Advanced Architecture & Systems Integration Capability What this role is all about We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our client's Engineering function, providing technical leadership across complex enterprise platforms and customer-facing solutions. This … highly influential role responsible for shaping engineering standards, driving architectural decisions, leading large-scale technical initiatives and ensuring the successful delivery of integrated software solutions that support critical business outcomes. The role operates across multiple teams and works closely with senior stakeholders, architects and third-party partners to deliver ...

Principal Software Engineer – Cloud-Native Data Leader (London)

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Corpay One, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in London to lead technically across the Client Lifecycle domain. You will drive design, architecture, and delivery of secure, scalable systems, while remaining hands-on and mentoring engineers. The role emphasizes cloud-native architectures on AWS, data-driven ...

Principal Software Engineer - Lead Scalable FinTech Systems (Remote)

Location
United Kingdom
DeepCamp is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in the United Kingdom with hybrid remote flexibility. You will own architectural direction for major platforms and drive critical engineering efforts across backend, frontend, APIs and cloud infrastructure. The role requires deep expertise across distributed systems, system design, and leadership ...

Principal Software Engineer — UK Travel & Cloud Leadership

Location
Wythenshawe, England, United Kingdom
Accenture Manchester is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead engineering workstreams across client projects, shaping delivery with a strong emphasis on quality and tangible outcomes. You will grow teams, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals. Travel to client sites ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TPXImpact Holdings Plc
Location
Erith, Kent, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 90,000 Annual
ABOUT THE ROLE We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of high-profile projects and lead the delivery of modern, scalable software. We use technology to create impactful, human-centred solutions that make a difference to users and organisations. We believe ...

Principal Software Engineer — AI‐Led Delivery Leader

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Defaqto is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in London to shape how we build software. You will lead the shift from AI-assisted coding to AI-led delivery, own high‐risk initiatives, and set engineering standards across the Technology function. The role reports to the Head ...

Principal Software Engineer - Simulation & Autonomy

Location
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
technology consultancy firm in Portsmouth is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and development of applications across various sectors, including defence and health. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience with expertise in C/C++, C#, and Python, alongside strong stakeholder ...

Principal Software Engineer - Chase UK - Lending

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact. As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will play a crucial role in this initiative, dedicated to delivering … possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. Job responsibilities Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks. Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others. Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering ...

Principal Software Engineer — Tech Lead & Impact

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
leading technology firm in Greater London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain critical infrastructure. This role involves ownership of team deliverables, collaboration with external partners, and mentoring engineers. Candidates must have strong capabilities in backend and frontend development, design scalable systems ...

Principal Software Engineer – AI-Driven Trading Platform

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Morgan Stanley in London seeks a Principal Software Engineer to own design, development and deployment of critical credit derivatives solutions. You will partner with trading, strats and COO teams to translate business needs into robust technical projects and to deliver features that raise trader efficiency and platform ...

Principal Software Engineer

Location
West of England, England, United Kingdom
looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown. About the role As a Principal Software Engineer in our Investment Growth Tribe, you’ll be a senior technical leader, playing a key role in our technology transformation. This ...

Principal Software Engineer - eCommerce Platform & Cloud

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
easyJet Airline Company PLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the eCommerce Platform Delivery team. You will drive the technical vision, architecture, and delivery of high‐performance, secure systems across multiple squads. You will mentor engineers, champion best practices, and ensure platform resilience while collaborating ...

Principal Software Engineer - Real-Time Energy Trading

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
global AI-native consultancy is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead engagement delivery in the Energy & Commodities Trading sector. This hands-on role combines technical excellence and domain expertise, focusing on architecting scalable AI solutions that drive trading decisions. The successful candidate will work closely with ...

Principal Software Engineer - Data & AI Platform (Hybrid)

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Simple Machines is a leading boutique technology firm seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and deliver complex, scalable systems across backend, APIs, frontend, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work with internal teams and client stakeholders, owning outcomes end-to-end in a consultative engineering ...

Principal Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure (Lucene)

Location
United Kingdom
Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. You will define, lead, and contribute to core search and indexing capabilities in a globally distributed environment. You will mentor engineers, shape a long-term technical vision, and collaborate ...

Principal Software Engineer: Lead Tech Strategy & Scale

Location
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Very Group is seeking an experienced Senior/Principal Software Engineer to lead technical direction across squads. You’ll shape what we build and how, collaborating with Product Managers, Architects and Engineers to tackle scalable, cloud-native challenges and deliver impactful customer experiences at scale. Expect ownership ...

Principal Software Engineer – Robotics Platform

Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
that help scientific and enterprise customers automate complex physical workflows across laboratory instruments, robotics systems, scientific data, and cloud services. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help design and build the Robotics Automation Platform. This is a senior hands-on individual-contributor role … engineer who can lead the design and implementation of core platform services while working closely with Product Management, Shared Experience & Authoring, Applied Science, OCI platform teams, customers, and automation vendors. You will build the foundation for the first Robotics Automation pilots and help establish a platform that can support ...

Principal Software Engineer – Robotics Platform

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
that help scientific and enterprise customers automate complex physical workflows across laboratory instruments, robotics systems, scientific data, and cloud services. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help design and build the Robotics Automation Platform. This is a senior hands-on individual-contributor role … engineer who can lead the design and implementation of core platform services while working closely with Product Management, Shared Experience & Authoring, Applied Science, OCI platform teams, customers, and automation vendors. You will build the foundation for the first Robotics Automation pilots and help establish a platform that can support ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Cathcart Technology
Location
City, Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
Principal Java Engineer (Hands-On) £70,000 - £85,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Hybrid - 1 Day Per Week Onsite in South Manchester Java Spring Boot AWS Technical Leadership Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. We're working with an established technology business … South Manchester who are looking to appoint a Principal Java Engineer to play a key role in the conti click apply for full job details ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
City, Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
client is a major defence and aerospace company. Date Posted: 2026-10-15 Country: United Kingdom Location: Manchester, Lancashire Position Role Type: Unspecified Principal Software Engineer Location: Manchester Permanent Onsite Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require ...

Senior/Principal AI Software Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Principal/Senior Software Engineer x2 Inside IR35 Contract Rate: up to £800/day Location: Remote/London Duration: 6 months initially Description: The opportunity This is a contract engagement supporting a major Information Security AI transformation, a large programme that is modernising and automating … security operating model with agentic AI. We are looking for both a Principal and Senior hands‐on engineer to drive the build of a portfolio of agentic AI security applications, defining the solution architecture and contributing to the most complex components of the solution and system design. ...

Senior/Principal Embedded Software Engineer – Onsite (Defence)

Location
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Addition Solutions in Farnborough is seeking a Senior/Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join a highly skilled team. You will work on embedded software across software, FPGA and RF technologies in a defence/cyber context, contributing to research, ideation, prototyping and full product ...

Senior Principal Flight Control Software Engineer

Location
Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom
Moog Aircraft Group is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of software for advanced flight control and actuation systems. You will influence architecture decisions, mentor teams, and ensure software meets the highest standards of reliability and certification. The role requires deep … expertise in safety-critical software, real-time embedded systems, and aerospace compliance. Hybrid work model in Tewkesbury, GBR with strong collaboration across hardware and systems #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Principal Cloud Software Engineer - C# / .NET - Hybrid

Location
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Selection (Holdings) Limited in Cambridge seeks a Principal Software Engineer to guide and contribute to cloud software development using C# and .NET. The role emphasises architecture, security, and scalable platform design, with hybrid working and a top benefits package. You will lead architectural decisions, work across ...