Hybrid Principal Software Engineer - Java Microservices, AWS

Pathfinder Global; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Cash allowance

Bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Pathfinder Global is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in London to design and deliver end-to-end digital journeys and lead a small engineering team. The role emphasizes Java/Spring Boot microservices, AWS-based architectures, and hands-on coding across the stack.

You will work closely with product, business and architecture stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable digital services and will drive automated testing and deployment practices.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience delivering large-scale enterprise web apps in financial services.
• Deep experience with Java, Spring Boot and microservices; plus JavaScript (React.js), SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL.
• Strong AWS experience including production workloads design and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver full stack end-to-end digital journeys, covering customer experience, APIs, integrations, data, security and production support.
• Build and improve Java and Spring Boot microservices, focusing on resilience, scalability and performance.
• Design secure, reliable AWS solutions and make architecture trade-offs.
• Write, test and release code, using automation across build, test and deployment.
• Guide a small team of engineers and collaborate with product, business and architecture stakeholders.
• Improve existing systems through practical, measured changes rather than wholesale redesign.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

React.js

SQL

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

DevOps

CI/CD

Test automation

Infrastructure as Code

AWS

APIs

Leadership

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Pathfinder Global is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in London to design and deliver end-to-end digital journeys and lead a small engineering team. The role emphasizes Java/Spring Boot microservices, AWS-based architectures, and hands-on coding across the stack.

You will work closely with product, business and architecture stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable digital services and will drive automated testing and deployment practices.