Principal Software Engineer

Hackajob Ltd; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackajob Ltd is seeking a Principal Software Engineer within Infrastructure Platforms Engineering & AI Practices. You will architect governance patterns, embed identity security controls, and lead adoption of AI-enabled development across teams.

The role focuses on security, governance, and scalable platforms, collaborating with JPMorganChase to align patterns with enterprise requirements. You will influence architecture, ensure auditability, and drive standards across multiple teams while

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Professional software engineering experience owning complex, production-grade systems in large enterprises.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, Go, or Scala.
• Experience using AI assistants in software engineering and agentic capabilities.
• Experience developing engineering practices across teams including identity and security patterns.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build governance-by-design patterns with policy controls, approvals, and evidence collection.
• Create standards and tooling (CLI, SDKs, libraries, templates, automated checks) for compliant identity solutions.
• Partner with platform owners to embed continuous compliance reporting in systems built and consumed.
• Integrate AI capabilities so patterns include agent-ready identity constructs and AI-assisted reporting/review.
• Drive engineering excellence via design reviews, reference architectures, and coding standards.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Go

Scala

Agentic AI

Identity security

Governance

Distributed systems

Technical communication

Agentic AI-enabled development

Auditability & traceability

Regulated governance

Architecture influence

Job description

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and expert applied experience
• Professional software engineering experience with ownership of complex, production-grade systems in large enterprise environments
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or Scala
• Experience using AI assistants in software engineering, including agentic capabilities
• Experience developing engineering practices across teams, including identity and security engineering patterns and standards
• Understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency and security implications, and governance
• Experience influencing leaders and engineers across large organizations to drive pattern adoption and reuse
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems or internal platforms used by multiple teams
• Strong technical communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices across teams, including human-in-the-loop validation, auditability and traceability of changes, and secure handling of sensitive data
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including security and resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance; ability to influence senior technical leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse
• Experience delivering systems with auditability, traceability, and compliance requirements in regulated environments
• Ability to influence architecture decisions and collaborate effectively across teams

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build governance-by-design patterns and libraries that embed policy controls, approvals, and evidence collection
• Create standards and tooling such as CLI, SDKs, libraries, templates, and automated checks that make it easy to adopt and evidence compliant identity solutions across diverse platforms and services
• Partner with platform owners to ensure that continuous compliance reporting is embedded in the systems we build and consume
• Integrate AI capabilities so that our standard patterns include agent-ready identity constructs and can leverage AI where useful for reporting and review
• Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, reference architectures, coding standards, performance benchmarking, and reliability engineering practices as part of existing governance processes
• Coach and grow engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Work closely with identity architects, platform engineers, and risk and control partners to ensure we leverage best-in-class solutions and embed them in our development practices and tools
• Architect and govern agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment to improve delivery speed, code quality, and operational outcomes at scale, while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse across teams
• Apply knowledge of tools within the software development life cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale

Technologies:

• Agentic AI
• AI
• Architect
• Embedded
• Java
• Marketing
• Python
• Scala
• Security

More:

We are partnering directly with JPMorganChase to hire a Principal Software Engineer within Infrastructure Platforms Engineering & AI Practices. This role focuses on security, compliance, infrastructure engineering, identity security, and AI, helping us design and build platforms and shared services that meet access, compliance, and governance requirements. You will collaborate across our organization to define and apply consistent patterns and solutions in an AI-enabled environment, and you will help lead engineering standards, architecture, and high-impact software at scale. J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. We value diversity and inclusion, offer reasonable accommodations where needed, and our Corporate Functions team supports the firm across finance, risk, human resources, marketing, and other essential areas.

last updated 38 week of 2026