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Principal Software Engineer
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Principal Software Engineer
🚀 Principal Engineer - £80,000 + Benefits - Hybrid/Remote (Edinburgh) 🚀
Want the influence of a Principal Engineer without swapping code for management?
You'll join a growing business whose platform is trusted by global organisations to protect their products and customers online.
This is a genuinely hands-on Principal Engineer position where you'll own major parts of the platform, solve complex technical problems and help raise the engineering bar across the business.
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You'll have a real voice in technical decisions, working closely with senior stakeholders while still doing what you enjoy most... building great software.
✅ Experience they're looking for:
- Strong backend experience with Ruby
- PostgreSQL
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- CI/CD
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😎 What's in it for you:
- £80,000 salary 🤑
- Remote working available 🏡
- Principal-level technical influence 💡
- No line management 🚀
- Own major parts of the platform ⚙️
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