Principal Software Engineer

£75,000 to £85,000 + Private Healthcare + Enhanced Pension

Southampton (Hybrid, 4 days per week in the office)

Are you a senior software engineer looking to take end to end ownership of a complex, real-time distributed platform that integrates directly with mission critical hardware used in security and critical infrastructure environments?

This is a principal level technical role within a specialist engineering business developing a real world platform that ingests, processes and surfaces live telemetry from radiation detection systems deployed in highly sensitive locations. The software underpins real time monitoring, alerting and operational decision making, where performance, reliability and security are non negotiable.

You will lead the technical direction of a TypeScript based microservices platform, remaining hands on across backend services while also owning a large Angular enterprise application used by customers in the field. Working closely with a capable onshore team and an established offshore function, you will shape architecture, standards and delivery across the full software lifecycle.

This role suits an experienced engineer who enjoys deep technical ownership, architectural responsibility and building systems that have genuine real world impact.

• Technical ownership of a TypeScript based, microservices backend platform running in Linux environments
• Leading development of a large Angular front end used for real time dashboards, monitoring and alerting
• Designing and optimising data models across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch and Redis
• Owning CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure delivered across on prem, cloud and hybrid deployments using Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and Ansible
• Leading and mentoring onshore and offshore engineers while setting technical standards

• Strong experience building and owning distributed, microservices based systems
• Commercial experience with TypeScript on the backend and Angular on the front end
• Proven background working with multiple database technologies in performance critical systems
• Comfortable operating in Linux heavy, security constrained or regulated environments
• Strong DevSecOps mindset with CI/CD and infrastructure as code exposure
• Confident influencing technical direction within senior engineering teams

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.