Principal Developer: Architecture & Tech Strategy (Remote UK)

Bell Integration; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bell Integration in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Developer to provide senior technical leadership across the IP Development team and set architectural direction for scalable engineering delivery across squads.

You will mentor Lead Developers and senior engineers, lead architectural reviews, and drive innovation with AI and cloud-native patterns while balancing performance, security, and reliability in a remote-UK environment.

Qualifications

• Senior engineering role with architectural leadership and cross-team governance.
• Strong web architectures, integrations and cloud-native environments.
• Define and maintain NFR standards and ensure engineering quality at scale.
• Lead PoCs and evaluate emerging technologies for production.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design decisions, including tech stack choices and hosting approaches.
• Define and uphold minimum engineering standards with NFR benchmarks.
• Plan security considerations and integration strategies across systems.
• Conduct and lead technical reviews ahead of major releases.
• Identify opportunities for innovation through AI, DevTools and new tech.
• Run proofs of concept to validate technologies and strategic fit.
• Maintain technology alignment across squads and promote reusability.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to Lead Developers and senior engineers.
• Lead root‑cause analyses on critical issues and guide long‑term remediation.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Cross-team governance

Mentoring senior engineers

Technical reviews

Stakeholder communication

Tools

React

NestJS

Azure

Java

Job description

Bell Integration in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Developer to provide senior technical leadership across the IP Development team and set architectural direction for scalable engineering delivery across squads.

You will mentor Lead Developers and senior engineers, lead architectural reviews, and drive innovation with AI and cloud-native patterns while balancing performance, security, and reliability in a remote-UK environment.