Principal Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Principal Software Engineer

LOCATION: Manchester (Non-Negotiable)

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Manchester office.

Are you a tech leader who loves empowering teams and driving change? We're looking for an innovative Principal Engineer to drive the success of our teams, ensuring they have everything they need to thrive.

In this role, you'll be the go-to person for everything tech in your area. You'll oversee both day-to-day operations and long-term change initiatives, ensuring everything runs smoothly while constantly improving efficiency. You'll make sure technology is at the heart of decision-making, working with product owners to develop solutions that drive the business forward. Your deep technical background will be essential in guiding the team and making strategic calls on risk, resilience, and cost management.

If you're ready to step into a leadership role that shapes both people and technology we'd love to hear from you!

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers across software, data, and architecture disciplines.
• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and resilient systems using modern technologies.
• Champion Dev Ops and CI/CD practices to enable continuous delivery and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Drive the evolution of our telephony and digital platforms into cloud-native, microservice-based ecosystems.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with security, data governance, and regulatory standards.

• Modern Engineering knowledge from across a broad range of solutions and platforms, including microservices, build patterns, Dev Ops, automation, hosting, language and platform choices.
• Experience navigating complex systems architectures, comprised of modern and legacy solutions, and in-house and product solutions using both on-premise and Cloud hosting.
• Practical experience of software design, build and release using Dev Ops principles and practices, with working knowledge of Java, JSP, GCP, test automation and automated pipelines.
• An ability to manage complex delivery, bringing teams together from within and outside the Bank around a shared outcome to deliver successfully.
• Experience of mentoring and coaching engineers to build a world class engineering capability. A passion for coaching and developing colleagues and building a strong team culture.
• An ever-developing knowledge of and interest in engineering principles, practices and technologies.

• Experience with telephony platforms (e.g. Genesys, Twilio, Avaya, Nuance)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet)
• Secure-by-design principles and architectural patterns
• Interest in AI, IoT, or service mesh (e.g. Istio)
• NodeJS
• A passion for delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles
• Experience of software quality tools such as Sonar Qube

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best,…