Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester or London Hybrid Employment

CreateFuture is hiring a Principal Engineer

About the Role

This role involves leading high-impact technical initiatives, shaping system architecture, and providing strategic direction across engineering efforts. The individual will collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to ensure scalable, maintainable solutions are implemented.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement long-term technical strategies for platform scalability
  • Lead the design and deployment of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
  • Mentor engineering teams in best practices for code quality and system design
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for alignment with product and technical goals
  • Drive consistency across engineering projects through architectural governance
  • Collaborate with product managers to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps
  • Oversee the integration of third-party services and APIs
  • Ensure systems meet performance, reliability, and security standards
  • Lead incident response and post-mortem analysis for critical outages
  • Promote engineering excellence through code reviews and technical documentation
  • Champion automation and continuous integration practices
  • Guide the adoption of observability and monitoring tools
  • Support recruitment by participating in technical interviews and evaluations
  • Advocate for user-centric design in technical decision-making
  • Coordinate with security teams to enforce compliance and data protection
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing through internal presentations and workshops
  • Optimize deployment pipelines for speed and reliability
  • Identify technical debt and lead refactoring initiatives
  • Establish patterns for microservices and inter-service communication
  • Contribute to open-source projects relevant to the technology stack

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field
  • Experience in machine learning infrastructure or data-intensive systems
  • Contributions to open-source software projects
  • Public speaking or conference presentation experience
  • Leadership in technical communities or professional organizations
  • Familiarity with regulatory standards such as GDPR or HIPAA
  • Experience in fintech, e-commerce, or similar high-scale domains

Compensation

Competitive salary with equity and comprehensive benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote collaboration

Team

Cross-functional engineering and product teams focused on scalable system development

Impact and Innovation

  • Drive innovation by identifying opportunities for technical advancement
  • Lead proof-of-concept projects to validate new approaches
  • Foster a culture of experimentation and learning within engineering

Leadership Expectations

  • Serve as a role model for technical excellence and collaboration
  • Guide technical decision-making across multiple teams
  • Represent engineering in executive-level discussions

Available for qualified candidates requiring sponsorship

Scaling your freelance income?

Invoice multiple clients effortlessly

Managing 3+ international clients? Glopay streamlines everything. One EU company, unlimited invoices, automatic compliance. You just send and get paid.

Unlimited clients & invoices
Multi-currency support
Automated tax compliance
Client portal for easy payments
Scale with Glopay
Trusted by 10,000+ freelancers
About company
CreateFuture
CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference while always putting people first. We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years. Our UK Benefits - 35 days leave (including bank holidays). - Private medical insurance. - Enhanced parental and adoption leave. - Financial coaching + 5% pension match. - 40 hours of paid learning and development. CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row.
All jobs at CreateFuture Visit website
Job Details
Department Engineering
Category other
Posted an hour ago