Principal Engineer – Software Engineering, DevOps

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

📋 Description

• Assume full responsibility for features from inception to completion utilizing agile methodologies.

• Implement features with feature flags, comprehensive testing, and observability measures.

• Collaborate with the product team to refine strategies and identify challenges and opportunities.

• Play a key role in shaping the squad’s technical direction, ensuring architectural consistency, maintaining code quality, and upholding engineering best practices.

• Partner with the Head of Platform and the VP of Engineering Operations on AWS infrastructure, including services such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, and S3.

• Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines, facilitate progressive delivery, and create automated rollback workflows.

• Standardize platform practices across various squads.

• Promote reliability monitoring and enhance early incident detection and resolution capabilities.

• Expand the observability stack utilizing Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry.

• Strengthen the platform's security posture through vulnerability scanning, coordination of penetration testing, and enforcement of standards.

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

• Lead the progressive modernization of legacy systems through migration and consolidation without disrupting ongoing delivery.

• Provide mentorship across squads and help shape the technical direction across the platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in both Software Engineering and DevOps disciplines.

• Proficiency in working across the technology stack.

• Familiarity with TypeScript, NodeJS/Express, Python, Lambda, FastAPI, Angular, and React Native.

• Experience with DocumentDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases.

• Knowledge of AWS cloud services.

• Experience with Kubernetes/K8s, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.

• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest and Cypress.

• Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry.

• Proven track record in designing and improving CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with progressive delivery techniques and automated rollback workflows.

• Background in vulnerability scanning and coordinating penetration testing efforts.

• Experience in contributing to architectural standards, shared libraries, and internal tooling initiatives.

• Proven ability to modernize legacy systems through migration and consolidation efforts.

• A product-focused mindset in principal-level individual contributor roles.

• Capability to deliver features while prioritizing security and performance.

• Proficient in creating technical proposals, specifications, testing reports, and release plans.

🏝️ Benefits

• Embrace a remote-first culture, with optional office space available in London Bridge.

• Competitive salary, equity options, and comprehensive benefits package.

• Enjoy 25 vacation days per year.

• Opportunities for sabbatical leave.

• Access a company-funded training and professional development budget.

• Benefit from group life insurance.

• Participate in a company health plan.

• Have a significant influence on the technical direction across the platform.

• Opportunities to mentor team members across various squads.

• Clear framework for career progression.

• Engage in quarterly performance reviews.