Principal Engineer

• Lead the definition and execution of key strategic initiatives
• Work autonomously and be accountable for strategic execution in part of the engineering organization
• Build both back-end and front-end systems, and work closely with designers, product managers, researchers, and data analysts
• Coach and mentor other engineers and partner closely with the Group Engineering Managers on technical strategy and leadership
• Have a mastery of domain knowledge and work as a leader within the R&D org to drive key strategic projects
• Provide assessments of project progress, risks and challenges to engineering leadership to help guide resource allocation and prioritisation
• Contribute to our technical architecture as we grow
• Care about agility as much you care for scalability and availability
• Contribute to all phases of software development including ideation, prototyping, design and implementation
• Build using the best tools in the industry
• Play an active role in hiring, mentoring and career development of other engineers
• Raise the bar for technical standards, performance, reliability, and operational excellence

• Significant, demonstrated impact that your work has had on the product and/or the teams
• Deep knowledge of a high-level programming language (for example, Ruby, Python, Perl etc.)
• Experience with Distributed systems
• 2+ years of experience as the primary technical leader for a team
• Experience collaborating directly with technical leaders, product teams and designers, and a proven track record of delivering value to customers or users
• 7+ years experience working as a full stack software engineer

Ideally, you’ve built an exciting SaaS product in your previous roles and loved the satisfaction that comes with knowing that people around the world are using something you’ve created

• Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
• We serve lunch every weekday, plus a variety of snack foods and a fully stocked kitchen
• Regular compensation reviews
• Pension scheme & match up to 4%
• Life assurance, as well as comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Paid maternity leave, as well as 6 weeks paternity leave for fathers
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• MacBooks are our standard