Principal Engineer

📋 Description Setting the architecture direction across the shared services, and making sure each one can run Keeping the flagship app's internationalisation coherent as the services underneath it change. Owning the seams: how the shared services interact across and within regions. Data residency: deciding what data is shared, what stays regional and what never leaves a region Kafka in both worlds: self-contained within an isolated region, and replicated across regions where Terraform and Kubernetes that stand up a new region repeatably, with explicit regional config and 🎯 Requirements Stood production systems up in new, isolated regions under data-residency rules, and taken systems Been the architecture lead across several teams or services, not just one. Current, senior Go, and enough React to change it with confidence. Deep working knowledge of Cassandra, Postgres and Kafka in distributed setups. Kubernetes and Terraform experience at the level of designing platforms, not just using them. The confidence to say "this will not work" to a client, with evidence. 🎁 Benefits Flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Office hubs in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria. Supportive and friendly culture surrounded by smart, curious people. Real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. Impact over activity.