Principal Software Engineer – London/Winchester (Hybrid Remote) - £83k plus 10% Bonus

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting and telecommunications company is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for their London/Winchester locations. This hybrid role offers flexibility, a competitive salary, and a chance to work on enterprise-grade projects while mentoring junior engineers in a supportive environment.

Benefits

10% Bonus

6% Pension

Private Medical

Flexible Hours

2 days per week in office

Generous holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in backend Python development on large-scale projects.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and DevOps.
• Good understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development and technical leadership.
• Mentoring less experienced developers.
• Design and build microservice architecture.

Skills

Python Development

AWS

DevOps

Microservice architecture

Mentoring

Tools

Terraform

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Posted:

25.05.2025

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09.07.2025

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Job Description:

Principal Software Engineer – London/Winchester (Hybrid Remote) - £83k plus 10% Bonus

10% Bonus | 6% Pension | Private Medical | Flexible Hours | 2dpw in office | Enterprise-grade Projects

Ada Meher is currently resourcing for a Principal Software Engineer to join the one of the country’s leading broadcasting and telecommunications companies as they continue to build and deploy new platforms to support content syndication and distribution via the Cloud. You’d be joining a team of circa 14 talented Engineers with responsibilities for hands on Development as well as technical leadership and mentoring of less experienced developers.

This role is able to be interviewed and onboarded fully remotely, however candidates should be prepared to travel to office sites in London or Winchester 1-2 days a week and have the full right to work in the UK.

You will find a lot of flexibility in working hours, as the client focus on productivity over time-at-desk allowing employees to build their work load around life’s other demands!

To be considered:

• Demonstrable experience backend Python Development on large-scale projects
• Demonstrable experience with AWS infrastructure & DevOps
• Good understanding of IaC and Terraform would be a benefit
• Experience of Microservice architecture design and build
• Experience leading and mentoring more junior engineers

The company in question is a market leader not only in the solutions that they provide to their customers but also the technology they work on and the environment they create with many perks such as flexibility in working hours and remote work as well as private healthcare and a generous holiday allowance. They aspire to create a relaxed environment where people can work on forward thinking technology solutions and see great reward from the standard of the work they produce for their clients.

We are expecting a strong response to this Principal Software Engineer role, so please apply with or send a CV to [emailprotected] ASAP to be considered!