AI-Driven Principal Go Engineer | Remote-First

Morson Edge; Greater Manchester; Remote; GBP 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Occasional on-site client work

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking a Principal Engineer in the United Kingdom to lead architecture and technical direction on client projects. You will mentor teams, work with CTO/CEO stakeholders, and drive AI-enabled software delivery with a craft approach to context engineering.

You will apply Go, React and AWS expertise to build scalable systems, focus on cost-effective cloud and security, and ensure pragmatic delivery with the right balance of speed and quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical delivery on enterprise client projects.
• Strong architecture and hands-on coding ability in Go/React/AWS.
• Experience with AI-enabled software engineering and context engineering.

Responsibilities

• Set architecture and technical direction across client projects.
• Mentor engineers and raise team capability in AI fluency.
• Communicate with CTO/CEO level stakeholders and frame decisions in business terms.
• Deliver pragmatic, value-driven solutions with a bias to ship small, iterating fast.

Skills

Go

React

AWS

Distributed systems

Cloud & IaC

Data pipelines

Vector stores

Embeddings

AI-assisted engineering

Consulting & stakeholder management

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Morson Edge is seeking a Principal Engineer in the United Kingdom to lead architecture and technical direction on client projects. You will mentor teams, work with CTO/CEO stakeholders, and drive AI-enabled software delivery with a craft approach to context engineering.

You will apply Go, React and AWS expertise to build scalable systems, focus on cost-effective cloud and security, and ensure pragmatic delivery with the right balance of speed and quality.