Principal Engineer

Responsibilities Leading a product engineering team, taking ownership of meeting delivery outcomes as per our transformation roadmap Working within the Engineering Leadership team to set the engineering strategy and delivering on it Spending a large amount of your time being hands‑on with the code, e.g. reviewing pull requests and ensuring best practices are followed by both full‑time and third‑party engineers Inspiring excellence in our teams and driving improvements in employee engagement, performance, and wellbeing Representing engineering in your teams, working with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Business subject matter experts, to ensure our business commitments are delivered with quality and to expectation Assessing new technology solutions Ensuring our non‑functional requirements are met regarding performance, scalability, resilience, and GRC requirements (Information security, risk, industry regulation compliance) Helping to encourage collaboration and product ownership across developers and testers Ensuring continual shift of secure, quality and tested code activity left Working in a multi‑vendor environment, providing direction and support to the delivery teams Improving our core DORA metrics and ensuring optimal flow through our systems and processes Qualifications Proven experience building and leading high performing engineering teams Expertise in Salesforce and its ecosystem, building business solutions using Salesforce and scaling them in large enterprises, integrating Salesforce based services with multiple different applications and architectures Experience with Azure and .NET services, ADO pipelines, and React web applications is a big plus Ability to design and deliver complex solutions to time and budget, being accountable for outcomes not output Proven experience in being responsible for application estates that manage high volumes delivering critical business value, with experience of doing this in the financial services sector a plus Strong stakeholder management across a variety of business domains Good understanding of current and emerging technologies and their potential to deliver business benefits Ability to translate business strategy into technical solutions and business requirements into technical design Experience working in Agile environments and a deep understanding of how to ensure optimum flow of work through the full SDLC Prior experience working in a product‑centric organisation preferred You’ll need to show you meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job advert or job description You don’t need to share the details of your long‑term health condition or disability for your application to be considered under this scheme Benefits Competitive annual salary dependent on experience Annual company & performance‑based bonus Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions) Life Assurance (up to 10 × annual salary) Private medical cover 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave Wellbeing services & resources AXA employee discounts Equal Opportunity & Accessibility As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we take pride in treating our employees and potential hires with respect and without discrimination based on any Protected Characteristics. AXA UK are recognised as a Disability Confident Leader. We actively encourage applications from people who face barriers in the workplace due to a disability or long‑term health condition. We participate in the Disability Confident 'Offer of Interview' scheme. This means a fair and proportionate number of candidates with long‑term health conditions or disabilities who meet the essential criteria of a job, will be offered an interview. All successful candidates will be subject to pre‑employment checks in line with regulatory requirements in the financial services sector. #J-18808-Ljbffr