Principal Software Engineer
hace 1 día
Hemel Hempstead
Principal Software Engineer (C#, Azure, Event-Driven) £90k + Bonus + Shares | Hemel Hempstead | Hybrid Method Resourcing are supporting a well-established tech company as they kick off a major platform rebuild and modernisation. After years of growth and acquisitions, they’re unifying multiple products into a single, event-driven architecture and they need a Principal Engineer to shape it. You’ll be the technical authority across a multi-year transformation: breaking down a large monolith, designing high-scale distributed systems, and helping build a platform processing millions (eventually hundreds of millions) of daily events. This is a hands-on, high-impact role at the top of the engineering track, blending deep technical design, coding, mentoring, and architectural decision-making. What you’ll work on: • Designing scalable, cloud-native distributed systems, • Leading technical decisions and solving complex engineering problems, • Driving an event-driven microservices transformation, • Setting engineering standards and best practices, • Pairing, reviewing, and mentoring across teams, • Enhancing CI/CD, testing, and production reliability What you’ll bring: • Strong experience with distributed systems at scale, • Deep technical ability with modern languages and cloud tooling, • Solid understanding of architecture & microservice design, • Balance of hands-on coding and technical leadership, • Curiosity and a passion for modern engineering practices Why join: You’ll be at the centre of a complete platform rebuild with big technical challenges, strong leadership support, and a highly lucrative total package.