Principal Engineer

Salary
£110,000 - £120,000
Location
London, - None Specified -
Type
Permanent
Workplace
Hybrid
Published
Feb 27, 2026
Ref
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Role: Principal Engineer (Backend)

Salary range: 100-120k

Location: Central London (x2 days per week onsite - Tues & Thurs)

Tech stack includes: TypeScript, React, AWS Lambda, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL.

Current team size: x6 Engineers + Head of Engineering

 

We're working with a SaaS startup company in the hospitality space, software that helps restaurant and hospitality brands help with things such as manage their menus, pricing and food data across all their locations. Instead of updating spreadsheets or manually changing menus site-by-site, they give operators one central system to control everything properly and instantly.

 

As Principal Engineer, this purely an IC role (no management), responsibilities would include:

  • Hands on coding (heavily focussing on backend)
  • Technical point of contact for the team
  • Mentoring the more junior members

 

Essentials for this role:

 

  • Startup experience (early stage / scaleup phase)
  • Strong hands on Backend/Typescript/SQL experience
  • Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects

 

Bonus:

  • Consultancy background
  • Experience with Serverless architectures and AWS

 

**No sponsorship available sorry!**

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