Principal Software Engineer
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As a Principal Backend Engineer, you'll lead architectural decisions and hands-on development of complex systems using modern engineering practices and cloud-native design.
You Will Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams
Design and implement scalable, secure, and event-driven microservices Partner with Engineering Managers and Architects to shape our long-term system architecture
Lead delivery of large-scale, cross-cutting technical initiatives Promote engineering excellence through TDD , pair programming , CI/CD , and DevOps
Mentor Senior and Lead Engineers, supporting technical growth and leadership development
Actively contribute to codebases when needed to guide or unblock high-impact work
Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Data, and Platform Engineering teams
Champion observability best practices , including metrics, logging, and tracing
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Requirements
We're looking for a hands-on technical leader with strong engineering instincts, system-level thinking, and a collaborative mindset.
You Should Bring 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
Proven experience designing and scaling distributed, event-driven microservices Strong knowledge of .NET/C# and the AWS cloud ecosystem Experience with EKS/Kubernetes , container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., CDK , Terraform )
Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., SQL Server , PostgreSQL , DynamoDB )
Experience with messaging and pub/sub platforms (e.g., SNS/SQS , EventBridge )
Commitment to quality development practices: TDD , code reviews , design patterns Strong mentoring and leadership experience within high-performing teams
Solid understanding of observability tooling and incident response
Benefits & conditions
At IVC Evidensia, our people are at the heart of everything we do. That's why we invest in your well-being, career growth, and flexibility. You'll enjoy a range of benefits including:
Genuinely flexible remote or hybrid working (UK-based)
Dog-friendly office when you visit the Chocolate Factory 6.6 weeks' annual leave , including bank holidays
Birthday leave
- take the day off to celebrate
Enhanced family-friendly policies and discretionary bonus Reduced-cost veterinary care for your own pets
Private medical insurance or Cash Health Plan (eligibility applies)
Company pension scheme with IVC contributions
Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (eligibility applies)
Retail discounts and cashback offers 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme Ongoing wellbeing and professional development initiatives Similar jobs, Principal Data Engineer Bristol - Mostly from home with the requirement to be in Edinburgh a couple of times a month Permanent £100,000 plus benefits such as 20% pension, 40 days holiday, private healthcare, share scheme and much more iO Associates are working with an...
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