Key Responsibilities
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing technical direction across application development, cloud technologies, infrastructure, security, data, and digital platforms.
Lead the resolution of highly complex technical and business challenges, developing strategic solutions that deliver long-term value across multiple teams and technology domains.
Translate business objectives, organisational priorities, and emerging technology opportunities into practical engineering strategies and technical solutions.
Shape and influence technology roadmaps, ensuring engineering investments support strategic business goals and future growth.
Provide vision, guidance, and expertise to technology leaders and engineering teams on the implementation of innovative solutions and modern engineering practices.
Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and engineering best practices, driving the adoption of innovations that improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes.
Collaborate across the enterprise to influence decision-making, build alignment, and support the successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
Champion engineering excellence by mentoring senior engineers, sharing technical expertise, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
What will you bring to the role?
As a Strategic Principal Engineer, you'll bring significant experience in technology leadership, ideally gained delivering large-scale web and mobile applications within Financial Services or a fast-paced FinTech environment. You'll possess deep technical expertise, a passion for emerging technologies, and a commitment to driving engineering excellence through continuous improvement and innovation.
You'll be an influential communicator, capable of engaging and collaborating with both technical and non-technical audiences, translating complex concepts into clear recommendations and driving alignment across teams and stakeholders.
Other key skills and experience
Proven experience within a Financial Services organisation undergoing digital transformation, or within a FinTech business delivering innovative digital products and platforms.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate, adopt, and champion emerging technologies, driving measurable improvements in engineering productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an impact-driven approach to delivering business value.
Exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across technology, product, and business functions.
Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers, enabling teams to grow, succeed, and achieve their objectives.
Expert-level experience within one or more modern technology stacks, including Java, .NET, BPM, SQL, or related enterprise technologies.
Proven ability to establish and promote engineering best practices, driving innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement across multiple teams.
Experience defining technical direction and influencing engineering strategy at an enterprise level.
If you're passionate about shaping technology strategy, advancing engineering excellence, and leveraging emerging technologies to solve complex business challenges, we'd love to hear from you.
Rewards designed for you
Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle
Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family
Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.
Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future
And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub
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