Principal Software Development Engineer

About the role

Intrum is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of customer‑facing digital platforms. You will shape technical direction at scale, influence engineering strategy and build resilient, cloud‑native solutions in a highly regulated financial environment.

Key responsibilities

• Define architecture and develop scalable micro‑services, serverless and event‑driven solutions across AWS and Azure.
• Set engineering standards, promote modern cloud‑native and AI‑assisted practices, and mentor development teams.
• Drive DevSecOps excellence through CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and automation frameworks.
• Own critical customer systems, ensuring observability, monitoring, performance optimisation and rapid incident response.
• Collaborate with product, delivery, operations and commercial teams to align technical solutions with business outcomes.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading architecture and delivery of large‑scale, cloud‑native platforms.
• Strong track record of mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Deep understanding of security‑by‑design, privacy‑by‑design and regulatory compliance.

Required skills

• AWS
• Azure
• AWS Lambda
• DynamoDB
• AWS Connect
• Genesys Cloud
• CloudFormation
• AWS SAM
• Redgate Flyway
• CI/CD
• DevSecOps
• Microservices
• Serverless
• AI‑assisted engineering
• Infrastructure as Code
• Observability
• Monitoring
• Tracing
• Alerting
• Performance optimisation
• Incident response