We’re recruiting on behalf of a financial‑technology client seeking a Principal Developer with strong architectural capability. This role sits within a senior Architecture function and will shape the technical direction of a complex, data‑driven product suite.
This role directly influences the long‑term architecture, resilience, and scalability of a major financial‑technology platform. You’ll play a key part in shaping future technical strategy and ensuring the platform remains robust and fit for growth.
You’ll act as a hands‑on technical authority, defining architecture standards, validating solution designs, and guiding engineering teams toward scalable, secure, cloud‑native systems.
Key Focus: Architecture leadership + AWS expertise
What You’ll Do
Define and govern architecture, development, and data standards.
Design and review solution architectures, assessing risks and trade‑offs.
Build PoCs and technical spikes to validate decisions and technologies.
Provide architectural leadership across multiple products and teams.
Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and resilience.
Lead data modelling and contribute to data architecture standards.
Collaborate with senior architects, engineering leads, product teams, and external partners.
Ensure designs meet SLAs, security, compliance, and operational requirements.
What You’ll Bring
8–10+ years in software engineering and/or solution architecture.
Experience operating at Senior/Principal level in enterprise environments.
Strong background in distributed, cloud‑native, and data‑intensive systems.
Deep AWS experience (essential).
Strong data modelling and data architecture skills.
Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST/event‑driven services; good knowledge of Angular/Node.js.
Solid understanding of CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern DevOps practices.
Experience with observability, security‑by‑design, and high‑availability systems.
Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
This role directly influences the long‑term architecture, resilience, and scalability of a major financial‑technology platform. You’ll play a key part in shaping future technical strategy and ensuring the platform remains robust and fit for growth.
For immediate consideration, forward an up-to-date CV today to discuss circumstances confidentially