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Principal Software Engineer Java Spring Boot AWS

Client ServerBroadgate, Central London🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 24 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Principal Software Engineer role offers significant career growth through leading impactful, long-term technical transformations for top financial services clients, leveraging your expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS. You'll thrive in this collaborative, hybrid environment if you enjoy problem-solving, client interaction, and driving innovation within a respected global technology consultancy. Apply to advance your skills and contribute to exciting cloud migration projects.

Quick Overview

Salary
£120k/yr
Seniority
Leader
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Broadgate, Central London, United Kingdom
Posted
2 days ago
MicroservicesSpringSpring BootAWSJavaREST

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer / Developer (Java Spring Boot AWS) London / WFH to £120k

Are you an experienced Java focussed Software Engineer, with technical project leadership and client facing skills?

You could be progressing your career at a global technology consultancy.

As a Principal Software Engineer you will lead client projects, often long term technical transformations, designing, developing and delivering a range of projects for clients, mainly within the financial services sector and with a focus on migrating legacy systems to AWS and introducing CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments.

You'll join a collaborative team with a focus on engineering best practice and continuous improvement of client systems; you will have lots of business and client exposure, leading projects and providing expertise.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home policy with three days a week in the London, City office (or at client sites), you'll join a friendly, diverse, upbeat team.

About you:

  • You have experience within a financial services or Fintech environment
  • You have strong Java development skills including multi-threading and concurrency
  • You have experience with Spring Boot and microservices environments
  • You have a good knowledge of REST APIs
  • You have a good understanding of AWS
  • You have a thorough understanding of software development and Computer Science fundamentals such as Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Design Patterns
  • You are familiar with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines
  • You're collaborative, enjoy problem solving and interacting with clients

What's in it for you:

As a Principal Software Engineer / Developer you will earn a highly competitive package:

  • Salary to £120k
  • Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection
  • Private medical care for you and your family, including mental health
  • Travel Insurance
  • Charitable giving
  • Gym membership for you and your family
  • Flexible holiday scheme

Apply now to find out more about this Principal Software Engineer / Developer (Java Spring Boot AWS) opportunity.



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