Principal Software Engineering (Azure and Integration)

Join us, be part of more. We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

Location: UK-based hybrid role, Occasional travel to site. Centrica, Technology is a core driver of how we deliver our strategy. You’ll join a team modernising our platforms, strengthening cyber and operational resilience, and advancing a product‑led way of working that brings engineers, data specialists and business experts together to deliver meaningful outcomes at pace. We’re scaling automation and AI from proof‑of‑concept into real, end‑to‑end change - improving customer journeys, reducing cost‑to‑serve, accelerating delivery, and building the digital foundations that underpin everything from energy trading and risk to field operations and critical infrastructure.

If you want to work on complex, high‑impact problems using modern engineering practices, and help build reusable platforms that will shape how Centrica operates over the next decade, this is the place to do it.

Day to Day

• People Lead through influence and technical expertise across squads, shaping engineering standards, best practices and technical decision‑making without direct line management.
• Coach, mentor and support engineers, acting as a positive role model and helping teams develop their technical capabilities and ways of working.
• Support recruitment activities, including technical assessment and selection of engineering talent.

Product

• Partner with Product and Engineering stakeholders to develop and influence product strategy, using technical insight to identify opportunities that deliver business value.
• Maintain a strong understanding of business strategy, performance and engineering operating costs, ensuring teams remain focused on product outcomes and strategic objectives.

Delivery

• Lead technical workstreams, helping teams navigate architectural decisions, priorities and delivery trade‑offs to achieve successful outcomes.
• Coach teams on effective delivery practices, including iterative development, work breakdown, estimation and early value delivery.
• Monitor team health and delivery metrics, proactively identifying issues, removing blockers and driving continuous improvement across teams and the wider organisation.

Engineering

• Define and drive the technical strategy, architecture and engineering standards for large‑scale platforms and product suites.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, resilient and cost‑effective solutions, ensuring alignment with wider enterprise architecture.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews and architectural governance, supporting high‑quality, secure and maintainable software delivery.
• Lead the evolution and adoption of engineering practices, principles and communities, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across Centrica.
• Support major incidents and post‑incident reviews, using insights to strengthen systems, teams and engineering practices.
• Stay connected to industry trends, emerging technologies and best practices, identifying opportunities that can be leveraged across the organisation.

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