Permanent
Principal Software Engineer
Spectrum IT Recruitment
London
Posted: 13 May 2026 (2 days ago)
Closing date: 11 June 2026
Ref: 225100703
Join a global technology organisation whose products are trusted by leading brands and deliver real-world impact across sustainability, education and safety.
This is a pivotal role, reporting to the Head of Engineering helping lead tech direction and delivery for some genuinely innovative products.
The Role
- Act as the technical SME across multiple engineering teams including (Web Applications, GIS and Robotics)
- Provide hands-on technical leadership-shaping architecture, improving products and unblocking delivery.
- Solve complex engineering problems and drive best practice across the organisation.
Requirements
- 5+ years'' experience as a Principal Software Engineer (or similar) in an enterprise environment.
- Proven track record leading across multiple engineering teams and specialties.
- Experience with Event-driven architectures.
- Strong technical breadth across C#, .NET, SQL, Kafka and Azure (Java is a plus).
- Agile Leadership
Desirable
- The role has no direct reports, but established leadership skills are desirable
- Distributed systems and real-time data processing.
- Application and platform security fundamentals.
Please apply to this advert or email your CV direct to (url removed)
Please note; sponsorship is not available for this role.
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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