Principal Engineer - Savings Service

Are you a highly experienced Engineer ready to lead complex technical change and shape the future of our technology platforms? We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across critical delivery initiatives, translating business needs into scalable, high-quality solutions. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of engineering, influencing design, delivery and innovation across our technology landscape.

This is a hybrid role, a mix of working from home plus time in our central Leeds & Bradford offices.

About the role

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll act as a technical lead across complex initiatives, shaping solutions and guiding delivery from design through to live service.

You’ll work closely with engineering teams, stakeholders and third-party partners to ensure solutions are robust, scalable and aligned to business outcomes. You will -

• Lead the design and delivery of complex technical solutions, translating business requirements into clear deliverables

• Own technical direction across projects, including solution design, build, testing and release planning

• Assess solution options and perform gap analysis to ensure alignment between current and future state systems

• Collaborate with stakeholders and 3rd party partners, acting as a key technical contact and subject matter expert

• Maintain awareness of technology trends, ensuring platforms remain supported, resilient and aligned to future needs

• Support live service stability by coordinating defect resolution and acting as an escalation point for risks and issues

About you

You’re a senior engineering professional with deep technical expertise and a strong track record of leading complex delivery. You’re confident shaping solutions, influencing stakeholders and driving high-quality outcomes. You’ll have -

• Strong experience designing and delivering complex technical solutions across enterprise environments

• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, well-architected solutions

• Experience leading technical delivery across the full lifecycle, from design through to live service

• Strong analytical skills, including solution evaluation and gap analysis

• Experience working with suppliers and third-party partners in delivery environments

• Awareness of emerging technologies and a proactive approach to continuous improvement

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels

• Hands-on experience of Java and Spring Boot. In addition, you’ll have -

• Strong knowledge of modern technologies and platforms used within digital and cloud applications

• Desirable skills include:

  • Restful Design, working with API Gateway products - Azure

  • Containers and Container Orchestration - Docker, Kubernetes

  • Continuous Integration Pipelines and version control platforms