Principal Engineer
1 day ago
Leeds
Role: Principal Engineer Location: Hybrid (Tunbridge Wells, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Bristol and Bournemouth) Salary: £100,000+ We have an exciting opportunity for two Principal Engineers to join a large UK-based health and insurance organisation. This is a fantastic chance to work in a product-led operating model, where teams are aligned to value streams and structured to take initiatives from idea to delivery with minimal hand-offs. The organisation is focused on building a Single Digital Platform, centred around Salesforce, and supported by a significant .NET estate and Azure services. The mission is to re-platform the business to improve efficiency, flexibility, and ultimately deliver better health outcomes for millions of members. Responsibilities • Lead a product engineering team, taking ownership of delivery outcomes aligned with the transformation roadmap., • Contribute to the Engineering Leadership team, helping to set and deliver the engineering strategy., • Be hands-on with code, including reviewing pull requests and ensuring engineering best practices are followed by both internal and third-party engineers., • Inspire excellence, improving employee engagement, performance, and wellbeing., • Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and business experts to ensure delivery quality and expectations are met., • Assess new technology solutions and ensure non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, resilience, GRC compliance) are met., • Encourage collaboration and product ownership across developers and testers., • Support a shift-left approach to secure, quality, and tested code., • Lead in a multi-vendor environment, providing guidance and direction to delivery teams., • Improve core DORA metrics and optimise flow across systems and processes. Requirements • Proven experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams., • Expertise in Salesforce and its ecosystem, including building scalable business solutions and integrating with multiple applications., • Experience with Azure, .NET, ADO pipelines, and React web applications is highly desirable., • Ability to design and deliver complex solutions on time and budget, accountable for outcomes rather than just output., • Experience managing high-volume, critical application estates, ideally in financial or regulated sectors., • Strong stakeholder management skills across multiple business domains., • Good understanding of current and emerging technologies and their business potential., • Ability to translate business strategy into technical solutions and requirements into technical design., • Experience working in Agile environments with a focus on optimising flow across the SDLC., • Prior experience in product-centric organisations is preferred. What We Offer The organisation values its people and offers a comprehensive rewards package, including: • Competitive annual salary dependent on experience, • Annual company & performance-based bonus, • Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions), • Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary), • Private medical cover, • 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, • Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave, • Wellbeing services & resources