Principal Engineer

Job description

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!**

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English