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# Principal Software Engineer (TechOps)

- **Company:** Cubiq Recruitment
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.cubiqrecruitment.com/jobs/principal-software-engineer-techops/#cqj-apply

## About the Role

* Substantial experience in software engineering with a strong operations, platform or infrastructure focus, at or near principal level.
 * A track record of designing and running production systems on a major cloud platform.
 * Deep, hands-on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and automation.
 * Strong programming ability, and the habit of solving operational problems by building proper tools.
 * Experience with monitoring, reliability and incident response in complex environments.
 * The ability to influence technical decisions, mentor others and work comfortably with researchers and engineers alike.

## Description

As Principal Software Engineer (TechOps), you will be the senior technical voice on how software is built, shipped, run and kept dependable across a company whose output is research. Your decisions will shape how quickly scientists can test an idea, how confidently engineers can release, and how smoothly large-scale experiments run.

This is a London-based role at principal level. You will set direction as well as deliver, raising the standard of engineering operations while staying close to the work., * Set the technical direction for TechOps, deciding how the company builds, deploys and operates its software and infrastructure as it scales.

 * Design and evolve reliable, secure and efficient cloud infrastructure that supports both research and production workloads.
 * Build and improve CI/CD, release and automation tooling so engineers and scientists can ship safely and quickly.
 * Champion Infrastructure as Code and repeatable, well-documented ways of working across teams.
 * Establish strong observability, monitoring and incident practices, so problems are found early and learned from.
 * Partner with ML researchers, scientists and product engineers to understand what they need and remove the friction that slows them down.
 * Mentor engineers, review designs and help build a culture of operational excellence., * Join a heavily funded company with a serious research ambition and a team to match.
 * Hold a senior role where your judgement shapes the foundations everyone else builds on.
 * Collaborate daily with scientists and ML researchers, and learn a field that is being rewritten as you work.
 * Be based in London, at the heart of the company.

If this sounds like the kind of problem you would like to spend the next few years on, drop me a line for a confidential chat. I would be glad to share more about the team, the scope of the role and what the company is building, with no pressure either way.