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Principal Engineer

Other • Principal • On-site • Full-time Hungary Budapest, Hungary

The Principal Engineer is a senior individual contributor who provides technical leadership through influence, expertise, and collaboration, operating beyond the scope of a single team to guide multiple teams toward better technical decisions and shape technical direction alongside Engineering Managers, Architects, and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

  • Partnering with Engineering leadership to define and execute a roadmap that improves engineering quality, efficiency, and developer experience across the organisation
  • Leading and delivering high-impact technical initiatives that enhance delivery pace, predictability, and operational efficiency
  • Influencing and guiding teams to make better technical decisions, inspecting current practices and driving incremental improvements aligned with business objectives
  • Collaborating closely with Architecture, Portfolio, Engineering Managers, and delivery teams to align technical direction with delivery goals and target architecture states
  • Championing and implementing modern engineering practices, with a strong focus on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, including automated testing, build and deployment pipelines, and observability
  • Contributing to high-quality software design and development, including participating in code reviews and pairing to uphold engineering standards
  • Mentoring engineers and supporting capability uplift across teams, strengthening overall engineering culture and practices
  • Supporting hiring processes and contributing to performance development within the engineering organisation

Soft skills

Strong technical leadership and ability to influence across teamsCommercially aware, customer-focused mindsetMentoring ability

About the company

The Pepperstone story started in 2010. A transformative global fintech that's digital, nimble, connected, and united in its vision to create a better way to trade, with a 700+ team across 12 regions and 9 time zones.

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