Principal Software Engineer - Hybrid London - 10% Bonus

Appvia; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud engineering consultancy based in Greater London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and direction in software delivery. This role involves designing and building scalable systems with a strong focus on modern architecture and best practices. Applicants should possess a solid background in software engineering, particularly with React and microservice architectures. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and various employee benefits and perks.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Private healthcare

Learning budget of £1,000

Dog friendly office

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Domain Driven Design (DDD) and modern system decomposition.
• Proven delivery of microservice-based architectures.
• Deep hands-on experience with React and full-stack development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of modern, scalable software systems.
• Shape architecture, service boundaries, and dependencies across complex systems.
• Collaborate with platform and cloud engineers to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Domain Driven Design (DDD)

Microservice-based architectures

React

Full-stack development

Testing strategy

AI-assisted development

Mentoring engineers

Consulting mindset

Tools

Java / Spring

NoSQL / SQL databases

Docker / Kubernetes

AWS

GitLab

Job description

A leading cloud engineering consultancy based in Greater London is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and direction in software delivery. This role involves designing and building scalable systems with a strong focus on modern architecture and best practices. Applicants should possess a solid background in software engineering, particularly with React and microservice architectures. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and various employee benefits and perks.