Principal Software Engineer

  • Spectrum IT
  • 13/06/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Join a global technology organisation whose products are trusted by leading brands and deliver real-world impact across sustainability, education and safety. This is a pivotal role, reporting to the Head of Engineering helping lead tech direction and delivery for some genuinely innovative products.

The Role
  • Act as the technical SME across multiple engineering teams including Web Applications, GIS and Robotics
  • Provide hands on technical leadership shaping architecture, improving products and unblocking delivery
  • Solve complex engineering problems and drive best practice across the organisation
Requirements
  • 5+ years' experience as a Principal Software Engineer (or similar) in an enterprise environment
  • Proven track record leading across multiple engineering teams and specialties
  • Experience with Event driven architectures
  • Strong technical breadth across C#, .NET, SQL, Kafka and Azure (Java is a plus)
  • Agile Leadership
Desirable
  • The role has no direct reports, but established leadership skills are desirable
  • Distributed systems and real time data processing
  • Application and platform security fundamentals

Please note: sponsorship is not available for this role.