487351 - Principal Engineer

Government Recruitment Service; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 85,000; Full time

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Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Salford is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead a team of engineers within the Shared Applications Service. The role focuses on building and managing engineering capability across policing, Border Force, and migration, with emphasis on security and privacy.

You will produce complex technical designs with architects to ensure scalable, secure, and fit-for-purpose solutions as part of a permanent, full-time, hybrid role.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers and managing delivery of complex projects.
• Ability to design scalable, secure architectures in collaboration with architects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers and ensure adherence to standards, architecture and tools with security focus.
• Produce complex technical designs with architects ensuring scalability and fit-for-purpose solutions.

Skills

Team leadership

Security and privacy

Technical design

Job description

This role sits in the Shared Applications Service department, with over 650 engineers. This is the engineering capability, developing in all areas including policing, Border Force, and migration. It includes the Automation and Innovation portfolio, which this role is focused on.

The Home Office Automation and Innovation portfolio delivers the government's commitment to "set the standard for excellence in the AI age" - harnessing cutting-edge technology to revolutionise public service delivery. As outlined in the Government's Generative AI Framework, we're in "a period of rapid and exciting technological changes, which offers huge potential", and we're turning that potential into reality.

487351 - Principal Engineer

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: from £76,879 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Salford Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 28 Oct 2026 Closing date: 9 Nov 2026

Essential requirements

• As a Principal Engineer you will have a demonstrable passion for building and managing teams of engineers and experience of: Ensuring projects adhere to agreed standards, methods, architecture and tools, with a focus on security and privacy. (DLMG) (Lead essential criteria)
• Producing complex technical designs in collaboration with architects, whilst ensuring that these are scalable, secure and fit for purpose, and reviewing others’ designs. (SWDN)

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