Principal Engineer - AI-Driven Systems & Leadership

CreateFuture; City of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CreateFuture is a UK digital consultancy focused on building robust products with a people-first culture. The Principal Engineer role centers on AI-driven architecture, system thinking, and leadership that multiplies the team’s impact across client projects.

You will drive design decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery quality while navigating the evolving AI landscape and complex client environments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates AI fluency and architectural influence across platforms.
• Strong system thinking, design reviews, and decision-making at scale.
• Leadership mindset with mentorship and client-facing delivery focus.

Responsibilities

• Set AI-enabled engineering direction and system design.
• Mentor engineers and drive high-quality delivery across teams.
• Direct architectures and decisions that scale in production and for clients.

Skills

AI fluency

System thinking

Leadership

Mentoring

Review discipline

Backend architecture

Cloud / IaC

Data pipelines

Tools

Claude Code

APIs

Job description

CreateFuture is a UK digital consultancy focused on building robust products with a people-first culture. The Principal Engineer role centers on AI-driven architecture, system thinking, and leadership that multiplies the team’s impact across client projects.

You will drive design decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery quality while navigating the evolving AI landscape and complex client environments.