IT & Software

Principal Engineer

Kaluza

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you drive technical authority for a major product area, shaping scalable, cloud-native solutions. You influence architecture, roadmaps, and cross-team delivery while guiding a community of senior engineers. You’ll lead high-impact design decisions with potential hands-on contribution on rare challenges. The position blends strategic leadership with hands-off execution, contributing to Kaluza’s mission of enabling a clean, electrified energy future. This is a high-visibility opportunity to influence large-scale systems and collaboration across functions.

Pay / Benefits
  • Pension Scheme
  • Discretionary Bonus Scheme
  • Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP
  • Life Assurance
  • 26 days holiday
  • Personal Learning Budget
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the principal technical authority for a global product area with multiple modules
  • Lead innovation on complex, large-scale solutions and align them with target architecture standards
  • Influence multiple teams and partner with architecture leadership and senior engineers
  • Provide hands-off technical guidance while stepping in for design or PoC work when needed
  • Shape technical vision and roadmaps to align with business goals
  • Mentor engineers to deliver autonomous, loosely coupled distributed systems
  • Lead technical due diligence and high-stakes architectural decisions
  • Engage effectively with both technical teams and executive leadership
  • Drive cross-functional, impact-oriented architectural initiatives
Key requirements
  • Architect modern distributed, cloud-based systems in an enterprise context
  • Shape and influence technical vision and product roadmaps
  • Provide hands-on leadership and make principled technical choices
  • Mentor engineers and promote architectural best practices
  • Lead due diligence and high-stakes decisions with confidence
  • Deliver results and communicate with diverse audiences
  • Work independently and collaboratively with a growth mindset
  • Experience enabling AI/ML-powered solutions
  • Experience with AWS and API design
  • Proven track record delivering global B2B2C SaaS in mission-critical domains
  • Experience driving modern engineering practices such as DevOps and CI/CD
  • Ability to adapt to new domains and technologies
  • Effective communication
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Mentorship and coaching
  • AI/ML powered solutions
  • AWS
  • API design

Reference: WJ-747_30945959

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