Overview
Hi, we’re PEXA. PEXA revolutionised the way that property is settled in Australia, turning a paper-based process into a digital one. Our solution is a world-first, with over 500 people across Australia and an expanding international team, we’re helping 20,000+ families into their homes each week. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for an exceptional Principal Engineer to help shape the future of engineering at PEXA UK. This is one of the most influential technical roles within our organisation. Working closely with the UK CTO and engineering leadership team, you’ll define technical strategy, drive architectural decisions, champion innovation, and help build the engineering capabilities that support our next phase of growth.
As a technical leader, you’ll operate across multiple teams, influencing engineering direction at an organisational level rather than within a single product or platform. You’ll mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure we’re building secure, scalable and resilient solutions that deliver outstanding customer outcomes. You’ll also play a key role in advancing how we leverage AI across both our products and engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute engineering strategy across multiple teams and domains
- Drive architectural decisions that balance business priorities, scalability, security and long-term sustainability
- Design solutions that support future growth and evolving customer needs
- Identify and address technical risks across the organisation
- Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices and quality frameworks
- Drive improvements in performance, reliability, security and developer productivity
- Champion modern software engineering principles and continuous improvement
- Support the evolution of platform, infrastructure and service architecture
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies and AI capabilities
- Drive the integration of AI tools and practices that enhance engineering effectiveness
- Mentor and coach engineers across all levels
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, curiosity and continuous learning
- Lead technical discussions, knowledge-sharing initiatives and engineering communities of practice
- Partner with Product, Design and Business leaders to align technical strategy with organisational goals
- Translate business objectives into technical roadmaps and engineering outcomes
- Influence decision-making at executive level through clear communication and technical insight
- Represent PEXA externally within the technology community and industry forums
About You
You’re a highly experienced technologist who combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking and business acumen. You thrive on solving complex problems at scale, influencing engineering direction, and helping others grow. You’ll bring:
- Significant experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems
- A track record of defining technical strategy and driving organisation-wide engineering outcomes
- Strong experience working across multiple teams, platforms and stakeholders
- Proven ability to balance technical excellence with commercial priorities
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation
Technical Expertise
You’ll bring deep expertise across modern software engineering practices and technologies, including:
- Node.js, Python and Kotlin
- Modern frontend technologies
- Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
- Microservices and distributed architectures
- Containerisation and cloud-native development
- Security architecture and secure software development practices
- Performance, scalability and reliability engineering
Nice to Have
- Experience within financial services, property technology or other regulated industries
- Exposure to DevSecOps, SRE or Platform Engineering environments
- Knowledge of AI frameworks and technologies including Anthropic Claude, LangGraph, Hugging Face, LiteLLM or Pydantic AI
Benefits
- Annual Leave: 25 days per year (Jan-Dec), increasing to 27 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays
- Annual Leave Purchase: Option to purchase up to 1 working week of additional leave
- Wellness Days: 4 paid days per year
- Paid Volunteer Day: 1 paid day per year
- Pension scheme (Aviva): 6% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution
- Life Assurance: 4x basic salary
- Health Flex Pot via Benifex: £800 flexible benefit
- Additional Benifex perks: Opt-in for additional benefits
- Critical Illness Cover: 1x basic salary
- Group-wide Equity Plan: Eligibility for participation in our employee share plan
- Enhanced Maternity/Adoption Pay: Up to 20 weeks full pay
- Enhanced Paternity Pay: Up to 4 weeks full pay
- Performance-based Incentive Scheme: Discretionary Short Term Incentive plan
- Learning & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional membership reimbursements
- Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing resources
- Office Space: Access to PEXA offices in Leeds and Thame
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