Principal Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Deliver a committed project to production within the initial three months.

• Identify two or three enhancements for the platform for future work.

• Transition a project from prototype to production, such as reengineering an event-processing or data pipeline for improved load handling and reliability.

• Establish standards for agentic engineering and create workflows and patterns that other teams will adopt.

• Shape bets and execute committed work through the Shape Up process.

• Enhance systems and investigate opportunities for future cycles.

• Influence the technical direction while maintaining an individual contributor role.

• Engage hands-on with TypeScript, Node, Python, Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes, and AWS-based systems.

• Collaborate with a team of around 40 software, platform, and data engineers, as well as data scientists.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience working with several startups and on systems at real scale, delivering software that users actively engage with.

• Proven history of building and maintaining software in production across various companies and codebases, including the years following the launch.

• Experience in setting technical direction without direct authority over those executing the work.

• Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving performance challenges under real load, utilizing profilers and flame charts.

• Comfort 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 involved in development.

• Familiarity with agentic tools in daily operations.

• Ability to identify valuable work opportunities and advocate for them.

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

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

• Must possess the right to work in the UK.

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

• Nice to have: experience with open banking, connections, or identity systems.

🏝️ Benefits

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

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

• Option to take UK bank holidays at alternative times that hold significance for you.

• Holiday purchase scheme.

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

• Three months of Moneyhubber Family Pay when you become a new parent.

• Permanent health insurance and life cover exceeding the industry standard.

• Employee assistance program.

• Life event leave.

• Professional development support, providing dedicated time and financial allowance.

• £750 contribution towards professional memberships.

• Support for remote working, including access to co-working spaces and assistance in setting up your home office.

• High-spec laptop.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• EV car scheme.