Principal Engineer: Architecture & Tech Leadership

fundapps; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FundApps (SteelEye merged) is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction across the Surveillance estate and work with our most senior engineers on its toughest problems. You will stay hands-on, reviewing architecture, reading and writing code, and joining incidents.

The role balances deep technical detail with a 10,000-foot view, ensuring architecture coherence, high craft standards, and a robust security model across AWS and Azure environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex systems.
• Strong architectural and design competencies across SaaS platforms.
• Proven ability to manage incidents and drive reliability.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the Surveillance estate and ensure coherence across teams.
• Review architecture, contribute code, and participate in on-call incidents.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to raise engineering craft and security posture.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural direction

Code review

Incident management

Cloud strategy

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

FundApps (SteelEye merged) is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction across the Surveillance estate and work with our most senior engineers on its toughest problems. You will stay hands-on, reviewing architecture, reading and writing code, and joining incidents.

The role balances deep technical detail with a 10,000-foot view, ensuring architecture coherence, high craft standards, and a robust security model across AWS and Azure environments.