Hybrid Principal Software Engineer - Java & Cloud Leader

Stockport Nub News; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Employer pension

Health insurance

Life assurance

Hybrid working

Professional development

Job summary

Stockport Nub News's partner, a leading UK insurance and technology organisation, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across enterprise platforms and customer-facing solutions. This permanent role offers hybrid working with two days per week in an office in London, Bournemouth or Stockport, plus flexible arrangements.

You will lead software delivery across the full development lifecycle, drive architectural decisions and ensure secure, scalable, high-quality

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software engineering for enterprise-scale Java/JEE
• Expertise in Java engineering and OO design following SOLID principles
• Strong grasp of software architecture and systems integration
• Experience with AWS services (S3, Redis) and cloud architectures
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL/SQL including design and optimisation
• Experience integrating complex systems with LDAP/certificates authentication
• Hands-on with event-driven architectures (Kafka/AMQP)
• Knowledge of DevOps tools: Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker

Responsibilities

• Lead software delivery across full development lifecycle to high standards
• Provide strategic technical leadership and contribute to architecture decisions
• Design and deliver integrated solutions across diverse tech landscape
• Own complex technical challenges, improve resilience, scalability and stability
• Drive continuous improvement through code reviews, governance and standards
• Collaborate with architects, product teams, delivery managers and partners
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Coach and mentor engineers and foster engineering excellence

Skills

Java engineering

Object-oriented design

SOLID principles

Software architecture

Leadership

AWS

PostgreSQL/SQL

LDAP/certificates/auth

Messaging systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Kafka

Job description

Stockport Nub News's partner, a leading UK insurance and technology organisation, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across enterprise platforms and customer-facing solutions. This permanent role offers hybrid working with two days per week in an office in London, Bournemouth or Stockport, plus flexible arrangements.

You will lead software delivery across the full development lifecycle, drive architectural decisions and ensure secure, scalable, high-quality