Principal Engineer – Technology Engineering (CIO) – Hybrid (Leicester or Bexhill)
What you’ll be doing:
As a Principal Engineer within the Technology Engineering team (CIO), you’ll play a key role in developing engineers through line management, mentoring, sponsorship, and delivering clear, constructive feedback.
You’ll be deployed to the highest‑priority business challenges, quickly resolving complex issues and helping the organisation learn how to prevent them in the future. You’ll provide strategic and technical input to improve project outcomes and influence the company’s direction through high‑impact delivery.
Working closely with stakeholders, you’ll shape and improve the delivery pipeline by identifying gaps and leading solutions that increase speed, reliability, and consistency across the SDLC. You’ll also identify opportunities to reuse and enhance existing platforms to maximise engineering investment.
You’ll lead the Centre of Excellence for your domain, driving tooling improvements, establishing best practices and controls, and embedding continuous learning. As a recognised role model, you’ll champion high standards, link technical decisions to business impact, and foster a high‑performance engineering culture.
Technical Skills & Experience Required:
- Strong transformational leadership skills, with the ability to influence decisions and implement new processes aligned to business goals
- Excellent mentoring and people development capability
- Extensive experience in application and/or web development within an Agile environment
Tools & Technologies:
- Strong experience with at least one Agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and tools such as Jira or Octane
- Expert knowledge of cloud platforms
- Advanced coding expertise in React or React native app development frameworks
- Expert use of GitHub for source control
- Strong understanding of build, release, and deployment automation
- Proven ability to design and integrate CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins
- Deep experience with continuous integration platforms (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent)
Application Domains:
- Customer‑facing web and mobile e‑commerce
- Document templating and production systems
- Distributed n‑tier architectures
- Web services and API‑driven / service‑oriented architectures
- Operational reporting platforms
- Desirable: Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Dynatrace, or equivalent
What we offer
Salary – Attractive salary based on experience + Car Allowance (pay reviews completed each year)
Competitive Bonus Scheme – All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus, usually paid in March. The scheme is based on the company’s performance against business goals and your own personal performance.
Flexible Working – We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach. Discuss details with recruiter, including days in office and at home.
Physical Well‑being – We fund colleagues to claim against everyday health care through our healthcare cash plan.
Financial Well‑being – 4x your salary with life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%, and other benefits including discounts, cashback, mortgage advice, and free access to financial wellbeing support.
Mental Well‑being Programme – Thriving mental health app, colleague assistance programme available 24/7, in‑house mental health first aiders, support groups and dedicated team.
Additional benefits – 27 days annual leave + Bank holidays, option to buy or sell contract weeks, access to private healthcare, dental plans, health assessments, cycle‑to‑work scheme, tech schemes, onsite facilities, social events.
Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. We have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks. At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.
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