Principal Engineer

Posted 25 days 7 hours ago by Experis - ManpowerGroup

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Cheshire, Knutsford, United Kingdom, WA160
Job Description
Principal Engineer

Duration: 6 months +

Location- Knutsford, South Manchester (on-site 2-3 days per week)

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Our client, a leading banking institution, is hiring a hands on Principal Engineer to drive a strategic technology transformation. This role is perfect for an experienced backend engineer with deep expertise in workflow orchestration platforms like Camunda and/or Temporal.io, and a passion for building resilient, scalable enterprise systems.

What you'll be doing:
  • Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.io
  • Design scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestration
  • Drive modern backend engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practices
  • Architect durable, fault tolerant distributed systems with high observability
  • Develop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systems
  • Build reusable frameworks, prototypes, and production solutions independently
  • Guide engineering teams on orchestration, system resilience, and operational excellence
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define scalable technology roadmaps
  • Contribute to AI enabled software initiatives using LLM frameworks and AWS AI services
What you'll bring:
  • Proven experience with Camunda and/or Temporal.io in backend and distributed systems
  • Strong Python skills and experience designing production grade APIs
  • Expertise in building resilient, fault tolerant enterprise applications
  • Knowledge of workflow orchestration, retries, state management, and failure handling
  • Experience with APIs, messaging, microservices, and event driven architectures
  • Hands on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, and AI powered workflows
  • Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, serverless, and container deployments (preferred)
  • Ability to evaluate technologies independently and influence engineering standards
  • Strong stakeholder management and mentoring skills

This is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative projects within a dynamic financial environment. If you're passionate about AI, workflow automation, and building operationally mature systems, we want to hear from you!

Apply now to be part of a forward thinking team shaping the future of banking technology.

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