Principal Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Slovenia, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Deliver a committed piece of work to production within the initial three months

• Identify enhancements for the platform following the completion of work

• Transition a project from prototype to production, such as revamping event processing or data pipelines to improve load handling and reliability

• Establish standards for agentic engineering while creating workflows and patterns that other teams will adopt

• Shape initiatives, fulfill committed work, and successfully complete projects using Shape Up methodology

• Impact technical direction and influence what teams develop without having direct line management authority

• Collaborate with an engineering team consisting of around 40 software, platform, and data engineers, as well as data scientists

• Balance committed tasks, enhancements, and future exploration based on business requirements

• Maintain an individual contributor role without line management duties while continuing to write code

• Work with a technology stack that includes TypeScript, Node, Python, Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes on AWS, React, and Rust

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience at multiple startups and with systems at real scale, delivering software that is actively used

• Proven history of building and managing software in production across various companies and codebases, including the less glamorous phases post-launch

• Experience in defining technical direction without having authority over the individuals executing the tasks

• Proficient in identifying and resolving system bottlenecks under actual load conditions using profiling tools and flame graphs

• Comfortable working with Python, Node, React, Rust, and data science

• Knowledge of model evaluation metrics, including precision, recall, and F1 score

• Hands-on engineering experience with a commitment to remain actively engaged

• Familiarity with agentic tools used in daily operations

• Ability to recognize valuable work and advocate for it effectively

• Strong judgment regarding security, privacy, and client trust in regulated financial software

• Clear communication skills with engineers, senior stakeholders, and clients

• Must reside in, possess the right to work in, or be open to relocating to Slovenia; employment contracts are available only in the UK or Slovenia

• Right to work in Slovenia is mandatory

• Subject to pre-employment screening, including reference, credit, and criminal background checks

• Preferred: experience in open banking, connections, or identity systems

🏝️ Benefits

• 5% employer pension contribution from your first day, alongside a 3% employee contribution

• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after two years

• Flexibility to take UK bank holidays at different times, on significant days for you

• Holiday purchase scheme available

• Private medical insurance, encompassing coverage for pre-existing conditions, along with dental and optical benefits

• Three months of Moneyhubber Family Pay upon becoming a new parent

• Permanent health insurance and life coverage exceeding industry standards

• Employee assistance program

• Leave for significant life events

• Support for professional development, with a dedicated budget of time and money

• £750 contribution towards professional memberships

• Remote working support, which includes access to co-working spaces and assistance in setting up your home office

• High-spec laptop provided

• Cycle to work scheme available

• EV car scheme offered