Principal Engineer

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We’re partnered with a global financial services organisation seeking a Senior VP Full Stack Engineer to lead from the front-driving mission-critical delivery, shaping engineering standards, and building high-performing teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on engineering leader who thrives in agile environments and enjoys solving complex business challenges through scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. You’ll play a key role in shaping engineering standards, leading talented teams, and delivering critical systems end‑to‑end.

This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role with real influence across architecture, people, and technology.

What you’ll do

  • Lead, coach, and scale high‑performing engineering teams
  • Own end‑to‑end delivery of critical systems (design → deploy → optimise)
  • Drive engineering excellence across microservices, APIs, testing, and DevOps
  • Champion secure, resilient, and observable platforms
  • Partner with product and business leaders to deliver measurable outcomes
  • Influence architecture strategy, modernisation, and governance

What you bring

  • Proven leadership of engineering teams in agile environments
  • Strong Java (Spring) expertise and microservices architecture
  • Experience building scalable, observable, testable systems
  • Hands‑on experience with AI tools and integrating AI into products
  • Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining top talent

Java, Spring, Angular, Docker, GitLab, Splunk, AppDynamics

A high‑impact leadership role at scale -owning delivery, shaping teams, and driving modern engineering in a complex, regulated environment.

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Company: Burns Sheehan
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

We’re partnered with a global financial services organisation seeking a Senior VP Full Stack Engineer to lead from the front-driving mission-critical delivery, shaping engineering standards, and building high-performing teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on engineering leader who thrives in agile environments and enjoys solving complex business challenges through scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. You’ll play a key role in shaping engineering standards, leading talented teams, and delivering critical systems end‑to‑end.

This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role with real influence across architecture, people, and technology.

What you’ll do

  • Lead, coach, and scale high‑performing engineering teams
  • Own end‑to‑end delivery of critical systems (design → deploy → optimise)
  • Drive engineering excellence across microservices, APIs, testing, and DevOps
  • Champion secure, resilient, and observable platforms
  • Partner with product and business leaders to deliver measurable outcomes
  • Influence architecture strategy, modernisation, and governance

What you bring

  • Proven leadership of engineering teams in agile environments
  • Strong Java (Spring) expertise and microservices architecture
  • Experience building scalable, observable, testable systems
  • Hands‑on experience with AI tools and integrating AI into products
  • Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining top talent

Java, Spring, Angular, Docker, GitLab, Splunk, AppDynamics

A high‑impact leadership role at scale -owning delivery, shaping teams, and driving modern engineering in a complex, regulated environment.

#J-18808-Ljbffr…

Posted: May 19th, 2026