Agentic AI Principal Engineer — Fully Remote UK (Travel)

Burns Sheehan Limited; Greater London; A distancia; GBP 135.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Burns Sheehan Limited partners with a technology consultancy redefining software delivery through agentic AI. We are seeking exceptional Principal Engineers to own the technical direction across engagements, combining hands-on coding with leadership and client consultancy.

You will work across complex client engagements, shaping technical solutions, driving buy-in with senior stakeholders and mentoring engineers while remaining close to delivery and code.

Formación

• Principal, Staff or exceptional Lead-level software engineering experience.
• Deep technical foundations, with full-stack capability and a core area of specialism.
• Commercial experience using AI agents and Claude Code to deliver significant engineering work.
• Strong architecture, distributed systems and modern cloud engineering experience.
• Experience with technologies such as .NET, Java, Go, Python or similar.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence working with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness, pragmatism and a consultancy mindset.

Responsabilidades

• Lead architecture and delivery across complex software engineering engagements.
• Introduce and embed agentic AI workflows that transform engineering productivity.
• Work directly with senior clients to shape technical solutions and drive buy-in.
• Stay hands-on, solving difficult engineering problems and reviewing AI-generated output.
• Lead technical discovery, pre-sales and solution design for new opportunities.
• Mentor engineers and raise standards across AI-native software delivery.

Conocimientos

Agentic AI

Claude Code

Software Architecture

Distributed Systems

Full-Stack Engineering

Herramientas

.NET

Java

Go

Python

Claude Code

Descripción del empleo

Burns Sheehan Limited partners with a technology consultancy redefining software delivery through agentic AI. We are seeking exceptional Principal Engineers to own the technical direction across engagements, combining hands-on coding with leadership and client consultancy.

You will work across complex client engagements, shaping technical solutions, driving buy-in with senior stakeholders and mentoring engineers while remaining close to delivery and code.