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The Wave
Birmingham, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 180K

Job location

Remote
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Distributed Systems
Software Engineering

Job description

You'll be a technical leader who :

  • Sets the bar for engineering excellence and helps teams deliver customer value faster through modern principles and practices.
  • Contributes to product and technical direction, identifying capability gaps and driving continuous improvement across a cross-functional environment.
  • Leads architectural and design discussions; audits codebases to maintain high standards across the business.
  • Guides teams through growth phases and can act as incident coordinator when needed.
  • Coaches and mentors engineers across disciplines, building strong relationships and clear communication channels.
  • Lead of huge migration projects

Requirements

  • Proven ability to lead or facilitate application design at scale and making strategic code-based decision
  • Experience auditing and improving codebases, championing engineering standards and contributing to new ones.
  • Expertise in distributed systems architecture and scaling real-world products.
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits & conditions

This range is provided by Wave Talent. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from Wave Talent

Principal Tech Recruiter (Software Engineering) at Wave Talent

Principal Engineer (C# / .NET) - Fully Remote UK - up to £180k Base + Bonus + 15% ESP

What's in it for you?

Join a product-led tech team where you'll ship high-quality software that makes a real difference to over 4 million users, move quickly without breaking standards, helping others level up as you go. Expect meaningful autonomy, a supportive, cross-functional culture and the chance to shape engineering practices across multiple teams., * Base Salary up to £180,000

  • Guaranteed stock options
  • Private medical cover and access to gym / pass schemes
  • Employee resource groups and an inclusive culture
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Employee share plan
  • Great workspaces and modern tooling
  • All benefits reflect a people-first approach so you can do the best work of your career Principal Engineer (C# / .NET) - Fully Remote UK - up to £180k Base + Bonus + 15% ESP Seniority level

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