At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical strategy and mentor engineers while shaping innovative software solutions.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company that values collaboration and technical excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous stock options, 25 days leave, and a personal development budget.
- Other info: Be part of a culture that promotes continuous learning and curiosity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving engineering practices and influencing key architectural decisions.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in software engineering and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Omaze's existing Principal Software Engineer, to provide technical leadership across the engineering organisation.
- Work closely with the CTO and Engineering Managers to shape engineering strategy and influence key architectural decisions.
- Define and evolve engineering principles, coding standards, and technical best practices across all engineering teams.
- Act as a technical advisor for complex initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure and aligned with our long‑term strategy.
- Extend the engineering organisation's capacity for ad‑hoc technical investigations, proof of concepts, rapid prototyping and strategic experiments.
- Lead technical discovery for high‑risk or high‑ambiguity initiatives before they enter delivery.
- Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve platform reliability, performance and developer experience.
- Champion modern software engineering practices, including automated testing, observability, CI/CD and cloud‑native architecture.
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leads, helping to raise the technical capability of the wider engineering team.
- Facilitate architecture reviews and encourage thoughtful technical discussions across teams.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend where they can create meaningful value for Omaze.
- Contribute hands‑on to critical projects when required, particularly where deep technical expertise is needed.
- Help engineering teams balance short‑term delivery with long‑term technical sustainability.
- Foster a culture of curiosity, continuous learning and pragmatic decision‑making.
- Company Benefits
- Generous stock options scheme
- 25 days annual leave PLUS Bank Holidays
- Private medical and dental insurance
- 9% employer pension contributions, when you contribute at least 2%
- A generous personal learning and development budget each year to use on training courses, conferences and professional memberships
- Personal equipment budget to work from home
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Principal Software Engineer employer: Omaze
Omaze is an exceptional employer located in Greater London, offering a vibrant work culture that prioritises employee well-being and growth. With generous benefits such as stock options, 25 days of annual leave, and private health insurance, we foster an environment where our Customer Experience Leaders can thrive and make a meaningful impact on customer interactions.
We think you need these skills to ace Principal Software Engineer
Technical Leadership
Architectural Decision-Making
Engineering Principles
Coding Standards
Technical Best Practices
Scalability
Maintainability
