Principal Software Engineer

Accelero

United Kingdom

Description

Principal Engineer (Java) | FinTech

Once a quarter visit to London (Paid expenses).

Financial services experience is essential for this one.

£120,000 to £140,000

We're working with a B2B FinTech disrupting the SME lending market. Their SaaS platform is used by over 80 high street banks, challenger banks and specialist lenders to power smarter credit decisioning.

They're hiring a Principal Engineer to act as the technical authority across multiple product teams. Part hands-on builder, part mentor, part strategic voice with senior stakeholders.

What they're after:

  • At least 2 years as a Principal Engineer, Architect or equivalent
  • Strong background designing large-scale systems
  • Java and Kotlin on AWS
  • SQL and NoSQL (Postgres, MongoDB)
  • Frameworks like Spring, React, Temporal
  • SaaS in FinTech, with a solid grasp of data governance
  • A genuine passion for mentoring and growing engineers

The setup:

  • Remote (Once a quarter travel to London office - paid office travel)
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • 4x salary life assurance, pension, virtual GP and more

No visa sponsorship available on this one.

Sound like you or someone you know? Drop me a message.