Principal Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of features from inception to completion utilizing agile methodologies, feature flags, testing, and observability.

• Collaborate with the product team to enhance plans and pinpoint issues and opportunities.

• Deliver features that are secure and high-performing.

• Advocate for technical proposals, specifications, testing documentation, release planning, and other forms of high-quality communication.

• Operate across the entire technology stack.

• Promote architectural consistency, code quality, and engineering best practices within the squad.

• Partner with the Head of Platform and VP of Engineering Operations on AWS infrastructure initiatives.

• Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines, progressive delivery frameworks, and automated rollback procedures.

• Standardize platform practices among various squads.

• Enhance reliability monitoring as well as early incident detection and resolution processes.

• Extend observability coverage across services using Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry.

• Oversee improvements in platform security, including vulnerability scanning, coordination of penetration testing, and enforcement of standards.

• Contribute to cross-platform architectural standards, shared libraries, and decisions regarding internal tooling.

• Lead the progressive modernization of legacy systems through migration and consolidation while ensuring uninterrupted delivery.

• Mentor team members across squads and assist in shaping the technical direction for the platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• Product-focused principal engineer.

• Experience as a senior individual contributor.

• Proven track record of taking ownership of features from start to finish using agile methodologies.

• Experience in delivering features utilizing feature flags, testing, and observability.

• Ability to collaborate with product teams to refine plans and identify issues and opportunities.

• Capability to deliver features with a focus on security and performance.

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to produce technical proposals, specifications, testing reports, and release plans.

• Comfortable working across the technology stack.

• Ability to contribute to the squad's technical direction, architectural consistency, code quality, and engineering best practices.

• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure, including EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, and S3.

• Experience in designing and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, progressive delivery, and automated rollback workflows.

• Knowledge of reliability monitoring and incident response.

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry.

• Familiarity with vulnerability scanning and coordination of penetration testing.

• Understanding of cross-platform architectural standards, shared libraries, and internal tools.

• Experience in the progressive modernization and migration of legacy systems.

• Proficiency in TypeScript, NodeJS/Express, Python, Lambda, FastAPI, Angular, React Native, DocumentDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jest, and Cypress.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first culture with the option to work from our office in London Bridge.

• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package.

• 25 vacation days annually.

• Opportunities for sabbatical leave.

• Budget for company training and professional development.

• Group life insurance coverage.

• Comprehensive company health plan.

• Significant influence over the technical direction across the platform.

• Opportunities to mentor team members across squads.

• Clear framework for career progression.

• Quarterly performance reviews to assess progress and establish ambitious goals.