Principal Apps Engineer

Your role

As a Principal Apps Engineer you will work alongside our engineers, product owners and stakeholders to lead and steer the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. Working with the Head of Engineering, you'll be responsible for the technical strategy and the tactical implementation, as well as helping with hiring, growing and running our team.

Day to day you will

• Lead technical direction and discussions within the team
• Ensure best practice and good code quality is maintained
• Support existing, and developing new, features to support business needs across all Sun
• Work with stakeholders to understand their requirements and help to define ticket requirements
• Assist with the release process to deploy new features/fixes to production

What we're looking for from you

• Demonstrate expertise in native mobile development for iOS and or Android, showing proficiency in both modern and legacy languages.
• Apply a test-driven approach to development (TDD/BDD) to ensure the stability and reliability of our mobile applications.
• Guide engineering peers by participating in thorough code reviews to maintain high standards across the codebase.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both internal stakeholders and external communities through presentations or meetups.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline the delivery of mobile features.
• Show a proactive mindset by driving positive change and continuous improvement within a collaborative agile environment.

Benefits

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary and paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK and The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• Generous pension scheme with employer contributions up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.