Principal Engineer

📋 Description

• Set technical strategy across multiple product areas, and make the commercial case for it to
• Identify cross-cutting architectural risks and resolve them before they block us at scale
• Set engineering standards, architectural patterns, and documentation norms, including the writing
• Raise the reliability, observability, and security bar across engineering: SLO philosophy, incident
• Be a force of innovation on AI for Software Engineering: Monitor our LLM usage, latest models trial
• Develop staff engineers and technical leads, multiplying leadership capacity across the organisation

🎯 Requirements

• Ten years or more in software engineering, with several of those spent operating at Staff or
• A track record of setting technical direction across several teams or product areas, where your
• Exceptional AWS expertise, both wide and deep. You've designed, operated and paid the bill for
• The judgement to evaluate new platforms and services against structured technical and commercial
• Strong grounding in API and identity architecture: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, PKCE, JWT, and IAM patterns
• Experience setting observability and reliability standards, and running incident practice that

🎁 Benefits

• Great work-life balance
• London office location with regular social events, office drinks and free snacks to keep you going
• Hybrid work schedule with 2 days per week in our Central London office
• Stock options so you can share in Motorway's growth and future success
• Pension scheme to plan for your future with our provider NEST
• Strong commitment to your personal development including budget for books, courses, conferences, etc