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Principal Software Engineer

Leeds, England, United Kingdom🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2025-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Principal Software Engineer acting as an embedded consultant and advisor to help clients identify problems, shape visions, and build well-crafted, reliable systems.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Strategy & Mentorship)

Builds

Mission-critical systems for large enterprises, greenfield projects for startups, and AI-enabled products

Domain

Software Engineering / Consultancy / Modernization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | client delivery

Required skills

software engineering, system modernization, stakeholder advisory, complex engagement leadership, technical decision alignment, coaching and mentoring

Preferred skills

consultancy/agency experience, commercial conversations (proposals/pricing), platform thinking, service design, private equity/mid-market tech awareness, AI tooling integration

Technologies

(Not explicitly listed)

Responsibilities

Build relationships with strategic stakeholders as an advisor and partner, guide teams to build reliable systems, lead complex client engagements through discovery, coach and mentor others, introduce software craftsmanship and extreme programming practices

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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