Principal Full Stack Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer To be considered for an interview, please make sure your application is full in line with the job specs as found below. Salary to £80k, poss higher for their Unicorn candidate Role can be based remotely, as long as you can occasionally travel to London for client work (travel expenses paid) - approx. once a month. NB: Please only apply if you are a UK National & UK passport holder, have resided in the UK for the past 5 years and are prepared to go through UK SC Security Clearance. Proof of ID will be required prior to interview. This role is with a growing is a technology consultancy. This is a hands-on principal engineering role: architecture ownership across multiple services, technical leadership across teams, and direct contribution to engineering standards and hiring. Their successful candidate will be writing code as well as setting direction - this is not a purely architectural or management position. Current delivery is a Java/Spring Boot microservices platform on AWS EKS, with a Next.js frontend and Camunda-based process orchestration. Essential Experience level: 10+ years minimum, principal or staff grade equivalent. Backend and cloud: Java 17 or 21, at expert level - modern language features Spring Boot in depth: security, transaction management, async/reactive Microservices architecture design - has designed services from scratch Kubernetes and Docker in production (not local development use) AWS, hands-on: EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, EventBridge CI/CD pipeline ownership Automated testing discipline: JUnit, Mockito, integration testing, TDD or BDD Frontend: Held a lead or tech lead role on frontend development in React. Leadership must have been over React work itself. Understands and has implemented FFE/BFE separation - the split between the presentation layer (components, styling, client state) and the frontend's own server-side tier (data aggregation for the UI, session and auth handling, server-side rendering, API route composition). Leadership: Architecture ownership across multiple systems Cross-team technical leadership Track record of influencing engineering standards, technology choices, or hiring Evidence of growing other engineers Security clearance: UK SC clearance required. Active clearance strongly preferred; eligible candidates considered - must be a UK national with 5+ years continuous UK residency.

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Camunda 8 / BPMN process orchestration Next.js specifically (App Router, server components, route handlers) Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code, to module-authoring level React Native or equivalent building native mobile from a React codebase Design system or component library ownership Consultancy or client-facing delivery background Open-source contributions, conference talks, or published technical writing Polyglot beyond Java Other Stuff NB: for non-UK Citizens; we cannot accept applications from anyone requiring sponsorship (now or in the future) for UK permanent employment status.If you are utilising a work visa this must allow you to work in the UK unrestricted for at least the next 5 years. xwwtmva Profile 29 recruitment keywords: Java Spring Boot Microservices Kubernetes Docker AWS EKS Lambda S3 RDS EventBridge CI/CD Junit Mockito integration testing TDD BDD React Camunda BPMN Next.js Terraform lead senior manage manager director remote London hybrid developer engineer