Aker Systems
Principal Software Engineer - Product team Remote/Home Based, UK Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and evolution of our secure, distributed, cloud-native systems. This is a hands on leadership role where you'll shape engineering strategy while designing and delivering scalable platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, leveraging technologies like Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical depth, product vision, and collaborative problem solving-someone who enjoys mentoring, leading by example, and helping teams achieve engineering excellence in complex, high assurance environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the architecture and delivery of secure, scalable microservices in a multi cloud, containerized environment Design and implement solutions using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, and other cloud native tools Champion Domain Driven Design (DDD), clean architecture, and event driven paradigms Guide engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and architecture governance Mentor team members and maintain a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative delivery Define and uphold engineering best practices, including documentation, testing, observability, and CI/CD integration Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Security teams to translate business needs into reliable technical solutions Drive infrastructure automation and deployment consistency using Kubernetes and Git based workflows Engage in performance tuning, debugging, and incident resolution across the full stack Contribute to platform wide decisions around data modelling, APIs, and long term architectural evolution Skills & Experience Required: Minimum 10+yrs of deep hands on expertise in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and modern service oriented architecture Strong understanding of Kafka, event driven patterns, and asynchronous communication Experience designing and scaling cloud native platforms in AWS or Azure Solid experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure automation Knowledge of CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins Strong grasp of DDD, API design, and operational aspects like logging, monitoring, and alerting Ability to work across the full stack and understand how systems interact in production Demonstrated leadership in complex delivery environments, with the ability to align teams around a shared technical vision Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills-able to translate complexity into clarity Experience with Terraform, Helm, or GitOps tooling Familiarity with front end technologies such as React and TypeScript Exposure to GraphQL, observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), or large scale data platforms Prior work in regulated industries (BFSI, telecom, public sector) To succeed in this role, you'll bring more than just technical knowledge. You'll demonstrate: A builder's mindset, passionate about developing scalable, secure, and future proof systems The ability to lead through complexity-guiding teams through uncertainty with structure and clarity A collaborative, mentoring approach, focused on enabling those around you A bias for action, balanced with a disciplined approach to testing, automation, and operational readiness Curiosity and openness to new ideas, technologies, and better ways of working A high level of ownership, with a calm and methodical attitude toward incident resolution, delivery pressure, and change Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Principal Software Engineer - Product team Remote/Home Based, UK Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and evolution of our secure, distributed, cloud-native systems. This is a hands on leadership role where you'll shape engineering strategy while designing and delivering scalable platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, leveraging technologies like Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical depth, product vision, and collaborative problem solving-someone who enjoys mentoring, leading by example, and helping teams achieve engineering excellence in complex, high assurance environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the architecture and delivery of secure, scalable microservices in a multi cloud, containerized environment Design and implement solutions using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, and other cloud native tools Champion Domain Driven Design (DDD), clean architecture, and event driven paradigms Guide engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and architecture governance Mentor team members and maintain a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative delivery Define and uphold engineering best practices, including documentation, testing, observability, and CI/CD integration Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Security teams to translate business needs into reliable technical solutions Drive infrastructure automation and deployment consistency using Kubernetes and Git based workflows Engage in performance tuning, debugging, and incident resolution across the full stack Contribute to platform wide decisions around data modelling, APIs, and long term architectural evolution Skills & Experience Required: Minimum 10+yrs of deep hands on expertise in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and modern service oriented architecture Strong understanding of Kafka, event driven patterns, and asynchronous communication Experience designing and scaling cloud native platforms in AWS or Azure Solid experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure automation Knowledge of CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins Strong grasp of DDD, API design, and operational aspects like logging, monitoring, and alerting Ability to work across the full stack and understand how systems interact in production Demonstrated leadership in complex delivery environments, with the ability to align teams around a shared technical vision Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills-able to translate complexity into clarity Experience with Terraform, Helm, or GitOps tooling Familiarity with front end technologies such as React and TypeScript Exposure to GraphQL, observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), or large scale data platforms Prior work in regulated industries (BFSI, telecom, public sector) To succeed in this role, you'll bring more than just technical knowledge. You'll demonstrate: A builder's mindset, passionate about developing scalable, secure, and future proof systems The ability to lead through complexity-guiding teams through uncertainty with structure and clarity A collaborative, mentoring approach, focused on enabling those around you A bias for action, balanced with a disciplined approach to testing, automation, and operational readiness Curiosity and openness to new ideas, technologies, and better ways of working A high level of ownership, with a calm and methodical attitude toward incident resolution, delivery pressure, and change Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Aker Systems
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. As Managing Architect, you will be passionate about digital, data and technology led transformation, unlocking innovation for our clients, and providing leadership throughout the client engagements. The applicant who possesses knowledge and experience of Public Sector (Central Government) and understands their governance and security processes, preferably across multiple government departments, is strongly preferred. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. Due to the nature of the projects, British citizenship is required. Duties & Responsibilities Aker Managing Architect is primarily a client delivery, management, and growth role, expected to be 90% or more of the time across one or more client assignments. Technical Leadership: Part of the client leadership team as the Client CTO for assigned projects/services, supporting the Client Delivery Director, Client Account Director and the delivery team to ensure we deliver against all client deliverables and payment milestones. Lead Architect: Lead solution, data, cloud, service and security architects/engineers during design and delivery projects and services, and responsible for delivering design documents and other key artefacts to support governance and delivery. Senior Influencer: Need to be a leader and able to influence through excellent communication skills. You will relish collaboration and embrace challenges. You will understand the nuances of business and be driven to find new solutions for our clients' biggest problems. Team Focused: Expected to build effective working relationships with delivery team members and Aker customers and operate without supervision as the technical lead across multiple projects and platforms and mentoring less experienced client team members as required. Capability and Growth: Aker is a fast growing business, so for any remaining % of time when not on client work, it is contributing to the future success of Aker by helping develop capabilities and supporting the other functions such as Sales and Product, and always looking to help grow existing accounts. Essential Experience and Competencies The successful candidate will need to have experience as a lead or managing architect across these core areas: Delivery - designing, delivering platforms and managed services at enterprise scale, specifically bespoke software solutions, particularly in streaming and cloud native solutions. Data Platforms - designing modern data platforms with appropriate architecture covering Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Lake etc. Data/Analytics - solving enterprise data and analytics problems using technology Cloud - hands on Public Cloud experience in either AWS/Azure/Google, both their 'services' and 'how' to work in the cloud such as DevOps centric approach Security - having worked in sensitive data environments and ideally have experience facing off to cyber security specialists. The successful candidate will meet all of the following essential criteria: Demonstrable experience in designing large scale cloud migration projects/programmes with open source and commercial software within AWS, Azure, GCP or hybrid Experience in operating within a multi disciplined team and clearly communicating complex technology solutions to technical and non technical people Experience designing event processing and async messaging architectures Experience applying latest technologies to solve complex problems and to develop innovative data and analytical solutions Working knowledge of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes Working knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code Understanding of NCSC Cloud Security Principles and its practical implementations Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. As Managing Architect, you will be passionate about digital, data and technology led transformation, unlocking innovation for our clients, and providing leadership throughout the client engagements. The applicant who possesses knowledge and experience of Public Sector (Central Government) and understands their governance and security processes, preferably across multiple government departments, is strongly preferred. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. Due to the nature of the projects, British citizenship is required. Duties & Responsibilities Aker Managing Architect is primarily a client delivery, management, and growth role, expected to be 90% or more of the time across one or more client assignments. Technical Leadership: Part of the client leadership team as the Client CTO for assigned projects/services, supporting the Client Delivery Director, Client Account Director and the delivery team to ensure we deliver against all client deliverables and payment milestones. Lead Architect: Lead solution, data, cloud, service and security architects/engineers during design and delivery projects and services, and responsible for delivering design documents and other key artefacts to support governance and delivery. Senior Influencer: Need to be a leader and able to influence through excellent communication skills. You will relish collaboration and embrace challenges. You will understand the nuances of business and be driven to find new solutions for our clients' biggest problems. Team Focused: Expected to build effective working relationships with delivery team members and Aker customers and operate without supervision as the technical lead across multiple projects and platforms and mentoring less experienced client team members as required. Capability and Growth: Aker is a fast growing business, so for any remaining % of time when not on client work, it is contributing to the future success of Aker by helping develop capabilities and supporting the other functions such as Sales and Product, and always looking to help grow existing accounts. Essential Experience and Competencies The successful candidate will need to have experience as a lead or managing architect across these core areas: Delivery - designing, delivering platforms and managed services at enterprise scale, specifically bespoke software solutions, particularly in streaming and cloud native solutions. Data Platforms - designing modern data platforms with appropriate architecture covering Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Lake etc. Data/Analytics - solving enterprise data and analytics problems using technology Cloud - hands on Public Cloud experience in either AWS/Azure/Google, both their 'services' and 'how' to work in the cloud such as DevOps centric approach Security - having worked in sensitive data environments and ideally have experience facing off to cyber security specialists. The successful candidate will meet all of the following essential criteria: Demonstrable experience in designing large scale cloud migration projects/programmes with open source and commercial software within AWS, Azure, GCP or hybrid Experience in operating within a multi disciplined team and clearly communicating complex technology solutions to technical and non technical people Experience designing event processing and async messaging architectures Experience applying latest technologies to solve complex problems and to develop innovative data and analytical solutions Working knowledge of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes Working knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code Understanding of NCSC Cloud Security Principles and its practical implementations Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.