Jobs in Manchester, United Kingdom

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to join our team in Manchester, UK.

What you'll bring

• Extensive background in software engineering within enterprise-scale, high-throughput platform or data-centric environments.
• Understand, leverage, and integrate modern AI tools and concepts—including agentic programming patterns and LLM-assisted workflows—to accelerate platform engineering and developer velocity.
• Deep expertise in backend JVM languages (Java and/or Kotlin) with a strong understanding of distributed systems internals.
• Proven track record of delivering API-first infrastructures, API Gateways (e.g., Traefik), and edge routing solutions that guarantee enterprise reliability under sustained traffic loads (2K+ requests per second).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and managing complex CI/CD pipelines (strong familiarity with GitOps, ArgoCD, and high-velocity release workflows).
• Solid grounding in event-driven architecture, real-time data processing, and managing complex database transaction scopes at scale.
• Exceptional technical communicator with a proven ability to align globally distributed teams.
• You are highly skilled at distilling complex concepts into clear, structured RFCs and architectural designs to build consensus.
• Experience balancing rapid prototyping and fast iteration with long-term sustainability and quality—you have a bias for action and prefer to try and iterate rather than wait for perfect information.
• You have shaped architecture and platform strategy at an enterprise scale, navigating the trade-offs of hybrid and cloud-agnostic infrastructures.
• You bring a polyglot mindset, matching the right technology to the challenge rather than defaulting to a single stack (comfortable exploring React, Python, or Go when needed).
• Genuine curiosity—you're energized by learning new technologies and approaches to solve edge routing and platform enablement challenges.