Principle Engineer - Technical Delivery Lead

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We believe every decision maker can be empowered by technology. Skyral combines AI, leading edge simulation technology and world class expertise to transform the decision making experience. Our products and services enable faster and more confident decisions in a complex, unforgiving world. We deploy practical, intuitive and efficient solutions to governments and enterprises, delivering outstanding outcomes at the speed of relevance.

Omnia Training is redefining the British Army’s collective training. At Omnia Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world. Omnia Training is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy. This is more than a job — it’s a mission.

You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering Omnia Training’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training.

NOTE:

This role will require onsite working in Warminster. Due to the nature of this role, Skyral can only consider applications from candidates who live in the UK and are eligible for SC clearance.

• Proven ability to lead a software development team
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Ability to engage with MOD customer and commercial content providers
• Ability to translate architecture into working systems
• Ability to unblock teams across modelling, integration, and platform issues
• A solid understanding of modelling and simulation principles
• A strong grounding in distributed systems design

• C++ and Go (Golang)
• Cloud Native Computing & SDLC (Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, ORAS, ArgoCD etc.)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across system boundaries
• Ability to reason about performance, latency, and system behaviour
• Familiarity with containerisation, Kubernetes-style environments, and distributed deployments

• Leading a team of developers and serving as the Skyral primary point of contact at Warminster
• Holding technical accountability across multiple concurrent projects, whilst ensuring the team delivers a fully working training system, not just components
• Supporting the development solution architectures and turning them into implementation
• Making technical decisions across modelling, integration, and platform usage
• Stepping into problems across modelling challenges, integration issues, deployment blockers and guiding engineering work across all disciplines
• Ensuring solutions are designed to be composable, reusable, and comply with platform-first principles
• Acting as the final escalation point for technical issues on site
• Maintaining momentum across multiple parallel work streams

Note:

Please feel empowered to apply for this position, even if you think you may only align with some of the qualities listed above. Your unique skills and perspectives could be just what we’re looking for.

• Honest Conversations About Compensation – We are actively recruiting for various positions and considering candidates with diverse levels of experience. Skyral maintains a well defined salary range which a member of our Talent team will discuss with you during the first initial call.
• Unlimited Paid Holiday – We recognise the dedication and individual circumstances of our team members. We value and support the need to maintain a work-life balance, whether it’s taking time off during school holidays to be with your children, or simply having the flexibility to enjoy extended weekends without the stress of monitoring your remaining days off.
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance – Your health and wellbeing is our priority. Skyral is partnered with Bupa and from day one you are covered with a Level 3 policy. Additionally, if you wish to include family members or dependents on this policy, we offer a substantial discount.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – 26 weeks Maternity and 4 weeks Paternity leave.
• Everything Else – Company Pension, Company Swag, Employee Assistance…