Principal Engineer

The Opportunity 

We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to join the ahm Core & Enabling Apps Squad as the most senior technical leader within the team. 

In this highly influential role, you’ll define and drive the technical strategy, engineering standards and technology roadmap for critical customer and core platform applications. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of cloud adoption, engineering excellence, platform modernisation and AI-enabled delivery practices, while partnering with leaders across Data & Technology to deliver secure, scalable and resilient technology solutions. 

This is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on technology leader who enjoys influencing strategy, mentoring engineers, driving innovation and leading large-scale transformation initiatives across complex enterprise environments. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Define and drive the technical strategy, engineering standards and technology roadmap for critical customer and core platform applications.
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers and influencing technology decisions across multiple squads and stakeholders.
• Lead cloud transformation initiatives, driving the adoption of cloud-native architectures, platform engineering practices and infrastructure as code.
• Champion engineering excellence through automation, DevSecOps, reliability, scalability and operational best practices.
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted engineering and automation capabilities to improve delivery velocity, software quality and operational efficiency.
• Partner with architects, security, risk, platform and vendor teams to deliver sustainable, secure and future-focused technology solutions.
• Lead innovation, proof-of-concept initiatives and continuous improvement programs that reduce technical debt and accelerate business outcomes. 

Must haves: 

• Extensive experience leading software engineering, solution design and technology delivery within complex enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in AWS cloud technologies, cloud-native engineering and modern platform architectures.
• Proven experience designing and delivering distributed systems and scalable enterprise platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or equivalent.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms, modern DevSecOps practices and engineering automation.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering transformation and modernisation initiatives.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring and operational excellence practices at scale.
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions and build alignment across senior stakeholders, squads and domains.
• Experience driving adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and emerging technologies.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.