Principal Engineering Lead: AI-Driven Cloud Architect

FalconSmartIT; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

FalconSmartIT in London, UK is seeking a Principal Engineering Lead to drive engineering excellence and strategic technical direction. The role combines hands-on software leadership, architecture stewardship, and people management across multiple teams to deliver high-quality cloud-native solutions.

Collaborating with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure and Engineering leadership, you will define standards, guide solution shaping, and promote AI-enabled engineering practices to optimise cost,

Formación

• Extensive hands-on software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• Experience across multiple programming languages, frameworks, and stacks.
• Proven ability designing and delivering cloud-native solutions, preferably MS Azure.
• Experience defining architecture, standards, and reusable patterns at scale.
• Strong knowledge of modern software engineering practices: DevOps/CI/CD, testing, security, observability, resilience, platform/cloud engineering.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical leadership and set engineering standards across the organisation.
• Shape solutions that deliver business value and strategic outcomes.
• Lead and develop engineering teams with coaching and performance management.
• Champion AI-native engineering to improve productivity and quality.
• Define and govern the engineering operating model, SDLC, and quality practices.
• Influence stakeholders and drive alignment between product, architecture, and infrastructure.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Architecture

System design

Stakeholder management

People leadership

AI-enabled engineering

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Herramientas

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Descripción del empleo

FalconSmartIT in London, UK is seeking a Principal Engineering Lead to drive engineering excellence and strategic technical direction. The role combines hands-on software leadership, architecture stewardship, and people management across multiple teams to deliver high-quality cloud-native solutions.

Collaborating with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure and Engineering leadership, you will define standards, guide solution shaping, and promote AI-enabled engineering practices to optimise cost,