Principal Engineer: AI-Driven Systems Architect & Tech Leader

Collinson (Singapore); Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive reward package

Opportunities to learn and develop

Job summary

Collinson Group in Greater London is seeking an engineering leader to own the pillar's technical strategy, guiding multiple squads toward high‑quality, scalable solutions. You will lead hands‑on architecture and development, write real code, and mentor engineers while championing SOLID, automated testing and CI/CD.

Collaborate with Product Managers and Directors to align technical approaches with business needs, and drive observability with DataDog, AWS, Terraform and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Experience designing large, distributed, data-driven systems in the cloud.
• Proven track record leading an engineering team or squad.
• Familiar with Jest and Pact for testing.
• Ability to architect scalable, high-throughput systems.
• Experience deploying production systems with Terraform and Helm.
• Experience with GitHub Actions as a CI/CD platform.
• Strong observability mindset with DataDog or similar.
• Champions SOLID principles and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for the pillar guiding squads toward high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Lead hands-on architecture and development, writing real code and building proofs of concept.
• Ensure teams follow engineering best practices with security, performance and observability in mind.
• Mentor Lead Engineers and squad engineers to grow their potential.
• Champion SOLID, automated testing and CI/CD for fast, safe deployments.
• Build highly observable systems using DataDog and related tools.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and directors to align tech with business needs.
• Work with GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes and AWS for resilient deployments.
• Explore AI-driven ideas to embed AI in engineering processes.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

React

AWS

Kubernetes

GraphQL

JavaScript

CI/CD

DataDog

Tools

Terraform

Helm

GitHub Actions

DataDog

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Collinson Group in Greater London is seeking an engineering leader to own the pillar's technical strategy, guiding multiple squads toward high‑quality, scalable solutions. You will lead hands‑on architecture and development, write real code, and mentor engineers while championing SOLID, automated testing and CI/CD.

Collaborate with Product Managers and Directors to align technical approaches with business needs, and drive observability with DataDog, AWS, Terraform and Kubernetes.