Principal Software Engineer — AI-Driven Cloud Leader

MHR; Ruddington; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internal training courses and cross-de

GP access 24/7 for you and family

Additional holiday days beyond 25 days

Enhanced Family leave

MHRewards discounts

Referral bonus up to £2,000

On-site subsidised restaurants

Private medical insurance and dental

Job summary

Join MHR as a Principal Software Engineer, leading complex engineering challenges that shape our products and technical direction. You will operate across the organisation, defining strategy, influencing architecture and guiding delivery while remaining actively involved in solving complex engineering problems and supporting implementation of critical technical initiatives.

Drawing on experience with Microsoft technologies such as .NET and Azure, you’ll apply modern programming practices

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on .NET engineering experience building complex enterprise applications.
• Experience operating at Principal, Staff or senior technical leadership level.
• Strong knowledge of Azure, cloud-native architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience shaping technical strategy and leading complex engineering initiatives.
• A strong advocate for AI-assisted engineering, TDD and modern development practices.
• Strong technical leadership, collaboration and stakeholder influencing skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.
• A passion for innovation, experimentation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and scalable cloud architecture.
• Lead design and code reviews and champion AI across the SDLC.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards across products.
• Drive delivery of complex engineering initiatives and ensure quality.
• Influence architecture and steer engineering direction across the org.

Skills

.NET engineering

Azure cloud

Technical leadership

Mentoring

AI adoption

TDD

Distributed systems

Tools

Azure

.NET

Job description

Join MHR as a Principal Software Engineer, leading complex engineering challenges that shape our products and technical direction. You will operate across the organisation, defining strategy, influencing architecture and guiding delivery while remaining actively involved in solving complex engineering problems and supporting implementation of critical technical initiatives.

Drawing on experience with Microsoft technologies such as .NET and Azure, you’ll apply modern programming practices