Principal AI Engineer (Go/React/AWS) — Remote-First

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Remote; GBP 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Digital is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead architecture and technical direction on client engagements. You will set AI-driven engineering standards, mentor teams, and ensure pragmatic, business-focused technical decisions for enterprise and scale-up clients.

The role emphasizes AI fluency, context engineering, and stakeholder management at CTO/CEO levels, with a remote-first culture and occasional on-site client visits.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a principal/lead engineer on complex software projects.
• Strong hands-on experience with Go, React and AWS in distributed systems.
• Experience aligning technical decisions with business goals and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Owns architecture and technical direction on client projects.
• Mentor engineers and raise the team a level in AI-enabled engineering.
• Communicate with stakeholders up to CTO/CEO to frame technical decisions in business terms.

Skills

Go

React

AWS

Distributed systems

IaC

AI fluency

Consulting

Job description

Manchester Digital is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead architecture and technical direction on client engagements. You will set AI-driven engineering standards, mentor teams, and ensure pragmatic, business-focused technical decisions for enterprise and scale-up clients.

The role emphasizes AI fluency, context engineering, and stakeholder management at CTO/CEO levels, with a remote-first culture and occasional on-site client visits.