Principal Software Engineer

Salary: £68,000 - 68,000 per year

Requirements:

• Deep mastery of C# and .NET
• SQL database design experience
• Solution architecture experience
• Cloud infrastructure experience, ideally Azure
• Experience using AI coding tools
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives
• Experience setting engineering standards
• Experience proactively managing risks
• Professional, production-level experience designing and building applications using C# and .NET
• Right to work in the United Kingdom
• Ability to travel to Edinburgh as required
• We are unable to offer sponsorship

Responsibilities:

• Champion engineering excellence across our technical landscape
• Oversee high-level design challenges across squads and ensure alignment with client needs
• Guide Tech Leads and developers to support professional growth and foster collaboration
• Lead the adoption of AI engineering practices across the full engineering lifecycle
• Drive documentation standards and lead technical discussions, guilds, and company-wide forums
• Tackle complex challenges across multiple squads and break them into actionable steps
• Mitigate risks at an organisational level
• Empower our engineering squads to build scalable digital products

Technologies:

• AI
• Azure
• C#
• Cloud
• Support
• SQL
• ASP.NET
• Mobile
• Security

More:

We are ClearSky, The Tech Enabler, and we unlock business growth by turning complex technical challenges into simple, high-performance digital solutions. Our engineering teams deliver bespoke software and AI solutions, and we believe in building solid software. We are hiring a Principal Engineer to help shape technical strategy, lead engineering excellence, and support our squads in building brilliant, scalable digital products. The role is based in Edinburgh at 4 Queen Street, with a hybrid working pattern of three days on site. We offer up to £68,000 plus a 10% company bonus, 34 days holiday, a birthday day off, sick pay, private dental and medical insurance, enhanced family-friendly policies, tailored professional development, office perks, and team celebrations. We value quality, creativity, autonomy, and a culture where our team can thrive and grow.

last updated 34 week of 2026