eDV-Cleared Principal Software Engineer – London

Searchability; City Of London; On-site; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Searchability in London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with active eDV clearance to lead delivery across multiple engineering teams, shaping solutions for mission-critical capabilities.

You will define technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with customers and partners using Java, Python, AWS, and container technologies. The role offers a competitive salary up to £120,000 plus a clearance bonus and relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Senior/principal-level technical leadership experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience delivering mission-critical systems.
• Cloud-native architecture experience and scalability focus.

Responsibilities

• Own deliverables across multiple engineering teams and define technical approaches to meet customer requirements.
• Act as a key technical point of contact for your area of responsibility.
• Coordinate technical activity with customers and external partners across organisations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers to develop engineering capability.
• Contribute to technical architecture, design, development and delivery planning.
• Help teams overcome complex technical and delivery challenges.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Spring Boot

Maven

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Agile

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Maven

Job description

Searchability in London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with active eDV clearance to lead delivery across multiple engineering teams, shaping solutions for mission-critical capabilities.

You will define technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with customers and partners using Java, Python, AWS, and container technologies. The role offers a competitive salary up to £120,000 plus a clearance bonus and relocation assistance.