Job Description

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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- Salary up to £90,000
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- Hybrid working – 2 days per week in a Liverpool city centre office
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- Opportunity to shape a brand-new platform and influence engineering strategy
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- Work within a senior, AI-first engineering environment
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KEY POINTS

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- Principal-level position with significant technical ownership
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- Leading the design and development of a up-to-date platform rebuild
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- Strong focus on Node.js, TypeScript, React and cloud technologies
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- Prospect to shape engineering standards, architecture and AI adoption
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ABOUT THE CLIENT

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We're supporting an established, technology-driven organisation that is investing heavily in the future of its engineering function. Following continued growth and a major platform transformation programme, they are looking to appoint a Principal Software Engineer to play a key role in defining both the technical direction and engineering culture of the business.

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This is an opportunity to join at a pivotal stage, working within a highly experienced team that values innovation, collaboration and modern software engineering practices.

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THE ROLE:

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This is a highly influential technical leadership role where you'll help shape the future of a modern, large-scale platform whilst remaining hands‐on with development.

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You'll lead the design and delivery of scalable backend services, APIs, integrations and data flows, whilst providing architectural guidance across the wider engineering team. Although the role is backend-focused, you'll also maintain strong involvement across the full stack, working with modern frontend technologies and cloud infrastructure.

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Working closely with senior stakeholders,



product teams and fellow engineers, you'll help establish engineering standards, drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices, and mentor other engineers as the team continues to grow.

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This role offers genuine autonomy, giving you the opportunity to influence technology decisions, engineering processes and long‐term platform strategy.

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ESSENTIAL SKILLS

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- Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript
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- Experience with React and Next.js
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- Proven track record designing and delivering scalable software architectures
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- Cloud experience across Azure, AWS or GCP
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- Robust understanding of API design, integrations and distributed systems
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- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership
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- Passion for modern engineering practices and AI-assisted development
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- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
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THE BENEFITS

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- Hybrid working model with two office days per week
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- Annual training and conference budget
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- Private healthcare
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- Company bonus schemeInvestment in modern tooling and AI-powered development platforms
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- Opportunity to influence technical strategy at a senior level
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- Clear progression and long‐term career development
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By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

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KEY SKILLS

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- Principal Engineer
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- Full Stack Engineer
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- Node.js
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- TypeScript
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- React
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- Next.js
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- Azure
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- AWS
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- GCP
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- Software Architecture
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- Cloud Engineering
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- API Development
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- Technical Leadership
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- Platform Engineering
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- AI Development Tools
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- CI/CD
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📌 Principal Software Engineer (Liverpool)
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