Principal Software Architect - Global Enterprise Platform

Kaluza; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP

Life Assurance

Home Office Budget

Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests

Progressive Leave Policy

Personal Learning Budget

Job summary

Kaluza is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to act as the leading technical authority for a major global product area, spanning multiple modules. You will drive innovation on complex, large-scale solutions and ensure alignment with architecture standards across teams.

You will influence product roadmaps, mentor engineers, and contribute to code-level design as needed, while maintaining a strong independence and growth mindset.

Qualifications

• Architect modern distributed, cloud-based systems applying modern architecture and engineering practices in an enterprise software environment.
• Shape and influence technical vision and product roadmaps to align with business goals.
• Provide hands‑on leadership, making appropriate technical choices to satisfy requirements.
• Mentor and guide engineers in delivering autonomous, loosely coupled distributed systems with proven architectural principles and patterns.
• Lead technical due diligence and make high‑stakes decisions with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Act as the leading technical authority for a major global product area comprising multiple modules.
• Drive innovation on complex, large-scale solutions and ensure alignment with target architecture standards.
• Enable multiple teams and act as a strategic partner to architecture leadership and senior engineers.
• Occasionally contribute to code-level design or proof-of-concept for challenging problems.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Technical vision shaping

Hands-on leadership

Mentorship

Technical due diligence

Cross-team influence

Stakeholder engagement

Independent working

Tools

AWS

API design

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Kaluza is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to act as the leading technical authority for a major global product area, spanning multiple modules. You will drive innovation on complex, large-scale solutions and ensure alignment with architecture standards across teams.

You will influence product roadmaps, mentor engineers, and contribute to code-level design as needed, while maintaining a strong independence and growth mindset.