Principal Engineer, AI-Driven Digital Assistant — Remote

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking institution is hiring a Principal Engineer to lead the development of software components. This role involves designing high-performance applications and managing engineering teams. A strong background in microservices, programming best practices, and experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and leading teams are essential. The position allows for growth in both technical and leadership skills, offering a remote-first working style.

Qualifications

• Significant experience developing software within an SOA or microservices paradigm.
• Experience leading software development teams and executing technical strategies.
• Excellent understanding of programming best practices around scalability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of software and tools to meet project objectives.
• Design and develop high performance applications using proven frameworks.
• Manage technical delivery of software engineering teams.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality.

Skills

Software engineering

Microservices

Leading development teams

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms (AWS, IBM Cloud)

Tools

Python

NodeJS

Industry recognised frameworks

Job description

A major banking institution is hiring a Principal Engineer to lead the development of software components. This role involves designing high-performance applications and managing engineering teams. A strong background in microservices, programming best practices, and experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and leading teams are essential. The position allows for growth in both technical and leadership skills, offering a remote-first working style.