Principal DevOps Engineer

Few&Far; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Manchester seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer to enhance a large SaaS platform. This hands-on position involves managing and evolving production infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes, fostering collaboration across teams, and delivering secure and scalable solutions. Candidates should have over 5 years of DevOps experience, strong AWS skills, and familiarity with Terraform. Remote work is possible, with excellent benefits including a competitive salary up to £100k and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £100k

Remote working with occasional team meetings

Learning & development budget

Long-term incentive plan

Private healthcare & wellbeing benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure roles.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience including networking, IAM, and compute.
• Production Kubernetes experience required.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience in running and improving CI / CD.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve production infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes.
• Support a global, multi-tenant SaaS platform.
• Build and maintain infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve security, monitoring, and incident response.
• Collaborate with engineers across product, data, and commercial teams.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Job description

Principal DevOps Engineer

AWS ☁️ | Kubernetes ⚙️ | Terraform 🏗️ | SaaS Infrastructure

We’re working with a product‑led software company hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer to join a senior, engineering‑first team focused on building reliable, scalable production systems.

This is a hands‑on role at the heart of a large SaaS platform, balancing stability, security and speed of delivery 🚀

The role

• ⚙️ Own and evolve production infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes
• 🌍 Support a global, multi‑tenant SaaS platform
• 🔁 Build and maintain infrastructure automation and CI / CD pipelines
• 🔐 Improve security, monitoring and incident response
• 🤝 Work closely with engineers across product, data and commercial teams

What they’re looking for

• 🧠 5+ years in DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure roles
• ☁️ Strong hands‑on AWS experience (networking, IAM, compute, managed services)
• 📦 Production Kubernetes experience
• 🏗️ Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
• 🔁 Experience running and improving CI / CD
• 🚀 Pragmatic, delivery‑focused mindset

Package

• 💸 up to £100k base
• 🏡 Remote working with occasional team meetings
• 📚 Learning & development budget
• 📈 Long‑term incentive plan
• 🏥 Private healthcare & wellbeing benefits
• 🌴 Generous holiday allowance