Experis UK
Principal Engineer
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Duration: 6 months +
Location: Knutsford, South Manchester (on-site 2-3 days per week)
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Our client, a leading banking institution, is hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer to drive a strategic technology transformation. This role is perfect for an experienced backend engineer with deep expertise in workflow orchestration platforms like Camunda and/or Temporal.io, and a passion for building resilient, scalable enterprise systems.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.io
- Design scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestration
- Drive modern backend engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practices
- Architect durable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with high observability
- Develop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systems
- Build reusable frameworks, prototypes, and production solutions independently
- Guide engineering teams on orchestration, system resilience, and operational excellence
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define scalable technology roadmaps
- Contribute to AI-enabled software initiatives using LLM frameworks and AWS AI services
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What You'll Bring
- Proven experience with Camunda and/or Temporal.io in backend and distributed systems
- Strong Python skills and experience designing production-grade APIs
- Expertise in building resilient, fault-tolerant enterprise applications
- Knowledge of workflow orchestration, retries, state management, and failure handling
- Experience with APIs, messaging, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, and AI-powered workflows
- Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, serverless, and container deployments (preferred)
- Ability to evaluate technologies independently and influence engineering standards
- Strong stakeholder management and mentoring skills
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This is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative projects within a dynamic financial environment. If you're passionate about AI, workflow automation, and building operationally mature systems, we want to hear from you!
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