Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer 6-Month Contract (Likely Extension/Potential to Go Permanent) London or Edinburgh | Hybrid (2+ Days per Month Onsite)Our leading banking client is looking for an exceptional Principal Engineer to join the leadership team of their Strategic Account Opening (SAO) platform, one of the highest-scale digital onboarding platforms in UK banking.As one of three Principal Engineers in the SAO Engineering Leadership Team, you''ll play a pivotal role in shaping technical strategy, driving engineering excellence, and partnering with senior business stakeholders to deliver a highly reliable, high-volume customer onboarding journey.About the PlatformThe SAO platform supports both new-to-bank and existing customer product openings across retail banking, including: Current accounts, savings, overdrafts, loans, and credit cards.At scale:-7,000 products opened per day-2-2.5 million per year-140-person engineering organisation (UK and India)Tech Stack:React JS single-page applicationJava Spring Boot microservicesIBM BPM - moving to CamundaPCF - moving to AWSWhat You''ll Be Responsible ForDomain LeadershipAligned to a retail business domain, you''ll be accountable for:Building trusted partnerships with senior business stakeholdersDelivering high- and low-level solution designEngineering standards, quality, governance and best practiceProviding coding and algorithmic guidance (with hands-on coding where required)Platform Engineering StrategyWorking with fellow Principal ..... full job details .....