Principal Software Engineer: Strategy & Delivery Lead

Answer Digital Limited.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Flexible annual leave

Annual bonus

Training & development

Pension

Healthcare plan

Social events

Parking & Cycle2Work

Job summary

Answer Digital is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to guide software engineering across major client engagements and large-scale projects. You will set direction, uphold standards, and influence proposals and bids as a senior voice with clients.

You will mentor senior engineers, shape capability strategy and governance, and lead initiatives on AI-assisted engineering and observability. Leeds-based, senior leadership role in a fast-growth consultancy.

Qualifications

• Strong track record of technical leadership at scale.
• Experience delivering large-scale development projects, ideally in consultancy or software vendor setting.
• Hands-on leadership to clients and internal teams, including executives.
• Agile delivery with continuous delivery; secure, operable software practices.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategy, standards and growth of the largest capability.
• Own technical direction across client engagements; ensure sound, deliverable solutions.
• Uphold engineering standards: code quality, security, assurance and operability.

Skills

Technical leadership

C#

.NET

ASP.NET Core

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud

Security

Observability

Job description

Answer Digital is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to guide software engineering across major client engagements and large-scale projects. You will set direction, uphold standards, and influence proposals and bids as a senior voice with clients.

You will mentor senior engineers, shape capability strategy and governance, and lead initiatives on AI-assisted engineering and observability. Leeds-based, senior leadership role in a fast-growth consultancy.