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About The Role
Team UK Prospect, Direct & Life Adviser Engineering
Working Pattern - Hybrid 2days per week in the Vitality London, Bournemouth or Stockport Office. Full-time hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role
- Strategic Enterprise Technology Leadership
- Recognised Java Engineering Expertise
- Advanced Architecture & Systems Integration Capability
What this role is all about
We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join Vitality's Engineering function, providing technical leadership across complex enterprise platforms and customer-facing solutions. This is a highly influential role responsible for shaping engineering standards, driving architectural decisions, leading large-scale technical initiatives and ensuring the successful delivery of integrated software solutions that support critical business outcomes. The role operates across multiple teams and works closely with senior stakeholders, architects and third-party partners to deliver technology that enables seamless customer journeys and long-term business growth.
Key Actions
- Lead the delivery of software solutions across the full development lifecycle, ensuring applications are designed, built, tested, released and supported to high standards of quality, reliability and performance.
- Take ownership of complex technical challenges, driving root cause analysis and resolution across multiple systems while improving the resilience, scalability and stability of business-critical platforms.
- Provide technical leadership across engineering teams, contributing to architecture decisions, shaping technical direction and promoting best practices in software design, development and delivery.
- Design and deliver integrated solutions across a diverse technology landscape, ensuring alignment with architectural principles, security requirements, operational standards and business objectives. xgikmsk
- Drive continuous improvement through code reviews, technical governance, engineering standards and the adoption of modern development practices, tools and ways of working.
- Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders, translating complex requirements into practical technical solutions and providing clear gu Please click on the apply button to read the full job description
Principal Software Engineer in London employer: Vitality Corporate Services
Vitality is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, offering flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance. As part of the Actuarial team in London, employees benefit from continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to collaborate with diverse stakeholders on innovative projects that drive the company's actuarial modelling capabilities forward. With a commitment to employee well-being and growth, Vitality stands out as a rewarding place to build a meaningful career.
Contact Details:
Vitality Corporate Services Recruitment Team
