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Principal/Staff Engineer (Core Product)

9 hours, 52 minutes ago
United Kingdom
Full-time
Lead
Technical Lead
Software Development
AWS MySQL Node.js PHP Python React System Design
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Arbor

Arbor

Arbor is the leading cloud MIS provider in the UK, empowering schools and MATs to collaborate effectively, save time, and enhance pupil achievement through centralized data management and insightful analytics.

IT Services
51-250
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Description

  • Own and deliver target architectures, technical strategies, and roadmaps for the product suite.
  • Partner with Technical Leads to support feature delivery, tech debt reduction, and architecture improvements.
  • Work with Product Directors to translate product vision into deliverables aligned to commercial and engineering goals.
  • Lead the shift to an AI-first way of working by architecting new SDLC foundations and practices.
  • Mentor and coach Technical Leads and Senior Engineers to raise architectural and engineering standards.
  • Act as a role model for technical leadership with a focus on pace, pragmatism, and outcomes.
  • Lead architectural reviews and ensure designs meet quality, reliability, security, and compliance standards.
  • Collaborate with Staff Engineers and Principal Engineers to shape broader technology strategy beyond your domain.
  • Partner with Engineering Management to grow teams, identify dependencies and risks, and report progress against strategic goals.

Requirements

  • Extensive track record of delivering outcomes and leading across large, complex product suites in a scaling, fast-moving environment.
  • Broad understanding of software architecture, system design, and scalable integration patterns.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to support engineer and technical lead growth while contributing across distributed, cross-functional teams.
  • Experience working in an ownership culture where quality, performance, observability, and security are core responsibilities.
  • Deep experience guiding architectural design, de-risking complex initiatives through MVP/0-1 thinking, and framework adoption.
  • An informed viewpoint on how AI-first engineering will change the SDLC and ways of working, ideally with worked examples.
  • Experience contributing to or leading technical communities of practice such as chapters, guilds, or architecture councils.
  • Practical knowledge of some core stack technologies or equivalent tools, including PHP, Node, React, Python, MySQL, and AWS.
  • Experience navigating between monolithic and distributed architectures with a pragmatic understanding of the value of each.
  • Remote location.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Benefits

  • 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays, made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 company-wide days over Easter, Summer, and Christmas.
  • Life assurance at 3x annual salary.
  • Comprehensive wellness support through AIG Smart Health, including 24/7 virtual GP access, mental health support, counselling, and health checks.
  • Private dental insurance with Bupa.
  • Salary sacrifice pension provided by Scottish Widows.
  • Enhanced parental leave, including 20 weeks full pay for maternity and adoption leave and 6 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
  • Access to professional development support, including CPD courses, upskilling resources, and professional memberships.
  • Flexible working arrangements discussed on a role-by-role basis.
  • Dedicated wellbeing initiatives, including mindfulness, lunch and learns, manager training, and mental health first aid training.
  • Volunteer for a charity of your choice for one day each year.
  • Dog-friendly offices.
  • Referral voucher worth up to £200 for successful employee referrals.

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