via reed · 5 June 2026 ·9 days ago

Principal Software Engineer

Spectrum IT Recruitment
London Full-time GBP 90,000 – 120,000
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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.


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