Team – Health Policy Product Delivery Stream
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London, Bournemouth or Stockport Office - Full time hours
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role:
1. AI‑Augmented Engineering Leadership
2. Enterprise‑Scale Software Architecture
3. Engineering Governance in Regulated Environments
What this role is all about:
Our Software Engineers play a critical role in Vitality’s successful business model by building and maintaining software solutions, in line with quality and time parameters, to enable operation as a fully integrated composite business, offering brilliant products with seamless, intuitive customer journeys.
The Principal Software Engineer leads and plans development across large or multiple teams, providing deep expertise in one technical specialism and strong capability across at least two others. In addition, this role is accountable for leading and embedding an AI-augmented software development lifecycle, where AI tools are used to amplify engineering effectiveness while maintaining clear human accountability for design, quality, security, and delivery outcomes.
The role influences both internal teams and external third parties, ensuring that modern engineering practices, including AI-augmented development, are adopted responsibly, consistently, and in line with Vitality standards, governance, and risk appetite.
Key Actions
Implement the software development lifecycle (AI-augmented)
4. Build, maintain, test, deliver, release and document user-friendly, customer-centric software solutions
5. Lead on and solve large, complex technical problems, ensuring robust root-cause analysis and clear recommendations
6. Take ownership of releases and ensure their success
7. Take accountability for the successful technical operation of owned systems
8. Embed AI-augmented development practices including AI-assisted coding, testing, refactoring, analysis and documentation
9. Ensure AI usage enhances sound engineering judgement and design discipline
10. Define and coach architectural and design patterns supporting safe and effective AI usage
Deliver to standards
11. Apply Vitality technical, security and process standards to manage risk and protect data
12. Act as a subject-matter expert on engineering standards including AI-augmented development
13. Help define, evolve and assure AI-in-Engineering standards and guardrails, including security, IP, data handling and auditability
14. Champion modern engineering practices and lead by example
15. Contribute to the creation, review and sign-off of AI-specific standards and controls
What do you need to thrive?
16. Recognised subject-matter expertise in at least two engineering specialisms.
17. Minimum 6+ years proven experience in Software Engineering.
18. Advanced knowledge of multiple programming languages and platforms.
19. Demonstrable hands-on experience with AI coding tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.
20. Proven ability to lead an AI-augmented transformation within an engineering team, including guardrails and coaching.
21. Sitecore CMS experience, minimum 2 years.
22. .NET Core experience, minimum 2 years.
23. Java Spring or Spring Boot experience, minimum 2 years.
24. Experience with modern web application frameworks and integration technologies.
25. Full stack development experience including web, microservices and databases.
26. Strong analytical and principal-level problem solving skills.
27. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
28. Strong technical leadership and influencing skills.
So, what’s in it for you?
29. Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
30. A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
31. Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
32. Life Assurance – Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:
33. Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
34. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
35. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
36. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
37. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
38. Give you the space to try, fail and learn
39. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
40. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
41. Be there for you when you need us
42. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.