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# Principal Engineer - Platform Enablement

- **Company:** Responsibilitiesdefine
- **Location:** UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Knowledge Management, Performance Tuning, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Strategies of Testing, Caching
- **Published:** June 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/38625233/

## About the Role

experience, adopt new tools and AI, and scale better engineering practices.Key StakeholdersThe Principal Software Engineer works closely with the Head of Engineering, Product Managers, and Field Operations SMEs. The role also collaborates with external partners and tooling providers such as Microsoft and Datadog.Leadership & InfluenceLead through influence and expertise, shaping backlog, standards and adoption; coach analysts/engineers; model product-led, iterative delivery and high standards of quality and controls.QualificationsDemonstrated experience solving complex, cross-domain technical challenges involving mobile, backend APIs, orchestration layers and field operational workflows.Strong architectural judgment balancing near-term delivery with long-term sustainability.Proficiency in designing scalable patterns that support multiple business domains.Experience with AI-enabled solutions in enterprise environments, including prompt-driven workflows, retrieval-augmented systems and AI
agents.Knowledge of field workforce operations (installation, service, repair) and related compliance, safety, and regulatory requirements.Experience working in product-led organisations and cross-functional teams.Core CompetenciesArchitectural design and pattern creation.CI/CD, observability, testing, release management.Performance tuning, caching, offline capabilities.Security hygiene, SRE practices, resilience.AI evaluation, monitoring, responsible lifecycle management.
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## Description

principles, and standards across all field workflows.Identify and deliver new digital capabilities: work with product and business leaders to define new capabilities such as supply chain, quoting, workflow optimisation, and knowledge management to enhance safety, compliance, customer experience, and productivity.Establish engineering excellence across teams: champion high engineering standards including clean architecture, CI/CD automation, observability, testing strategies, release processes, telemetry, performance tuning, and secure-by-design principles.Lead platform performance, reliability & offline capability: ensure the environment performs reliably in challenging field conditions such as poor signal or offline mode.Influence and steward Security, SRE, Quality and Platform-wide capabilities: shape quality, resilience and security strategies across teams.Continuously improve how work is done: identify opportunities to automate, simplify, reduce cycle time, improve developer


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