Lead Principal Platform Engineer — AWS, SaaS & Security

Smartnumbers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech security firm in Greater London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead its Platform Group. This role involves strategic leadership, hands-on development, and managing engineering teams focused on call event processing and telephony services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AWS and microservices architecture, along with a passion for mentoring. The company offers a competitive salary of around £100k and a comprehensive benefits package, all within a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance

Family friendly benefits

Annual bonus

Holistic wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience as a Staff or Principal Engineer in a SaaS tech company.
• Strong capability in AWS and event driven microservices architecture.
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design decisions focusing on scalability and security.
• Partner with Product Managers for work prioritization.
• Mentor and support software engineers.

Skills

AWS

Microservices architecture

Object-oriented programming

Golang

CI/CD pipelines

Agile methodologies

Tools

Docker

CloudFormation

Job description

A tech security firm in Greater London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead its Platform Group. This role involves strategic leadership, hands-on development, and managing engineering teams focused on call event processing and telephony services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AWS and microservices architecture, along with a passion for mentoring. The company offers a competitive salary of around £100k and a comprehensive benefits package, all within a hybrid working environment.