Principal Engineer

At Pluxee, we shape the world of employee benefits and engagement by bringing to life a personalized and sustainable employee experience, at work and beyond.

Job Description:

YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE

• Deliver scalable, secure, resilient and cost-effective end-to-end technical solutions that meet product, business, functional and non-functional requirements. 
• Provide visible technical leadership that improves engineering quality, delivery confidence, team capability and consistency across squads. 
• Align product technology roadmaps with business strategy, Pluxee enterprise standards, security requirements and global platform direction. 
• Ensure architecture decisions, system documentation and operational controls are current, traceable and suitable for governance and audit. 

Technical leadership for products and platforms 

• Own and evolve the end-to-end technical architecture for .NET digital products and shared platform capabilities. Act as the senior technical authority for product squads, resolving complex design decisions and providing clear, pragmatic technical direction. 
• Remain hands-on through prototypes, reference implementations, code reviews, troubleshooting and targeted delivery of high-risk or high-value components. 
• Partner with Product Owners, Product Managers and Digital Asset Owners to translate product outcomes into coherent technical capabilities, features and user stories. 
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and constraints early, with proportionate mitigation and decision records

Engineering excellence and software quality 

• Establish and promote engineering standards covering clean architecture, SOLID principles, secure coding, automated testing, code quality and maintainability. 
• Define guardrails for APIs, event-driven integration, data access, error handling, logging, monitoring and operational readiness. 
• Champion performance engineering, resilience testing, accessibility by design and production supportability. 
• Coach engineers and technical lead through design reviews, pairing, code reviews and communities of practice
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex technical issues and ensure systemic improvements are captured in product backlogs. 

Architecture governance and documentation 

• Maintain an accurate architecture repository and system inventory covering applications, integrations, infrastructure, data flows, technology standards and lifecycle status.
• Produce and maintain solution context, container, component, deployment, sequence, integration and data-flow views at an appropriate level of detail. 
• Document significant decisions using architecture decision records and ensure designs remain traceable to product and non-functional requirements. 
• Lead solution design reviews and assure country-specific solutions against Pluxee global enterprise architecture and security standards. 

Modernisation, cloud and DevOps 

• Shape modernisation roadmaps for legacy .NET applications, including incremental decomposition, API enablement, cloud adoption and technical debt retirement. 
• Guide the appropriate use of Azure services, containers, application services, messaging, API management, relational and NoSQL data platforms. 
• Improve continuous integration, continuous delivery, automated quality controls, infrastructure management, observability and release safety. 
• Promote cost-effective architecture and operational practices, including capacity planning, service ownership and FinOps awareness. 
• Lead the adoption of reusable global components and shared platforms where they meet UK product and regulatory needs

Security, compliance and operational integrity 

• Ensure threat modelling, secure design, privacy by design, vulnerability management and data protection controls are integrated into engineering ways of working. 
• Work with security, risk, architecture and operations stakeholders to address audit findings and maintain evidence of appropriate controls. 
• Define non-functional requirements and acceptance criteria for availability, recoverability, performance, security, accessibility and support. 
• Ensure technical designs include suitable monitoring, alerting, backup, disaster recovery and incident response considerations. 

YOU ARE A MATCH IF...

Education:
A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. Relevant Microsoft Azure or architecture certifications are advantageous. 

Work Experience:

• Extensive experience designing, building and operating enterprise-grade .NET products, with demonstrable technical leadership across multiple delivery teams or complex platforms. 
• Deep practical knowledge of C#, modern .NET, ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, distributed systems, asynchronous messaging and SQL-based data platforms. 
• Experience modernising legacy .NET Framework applications, including MVC, Entity Framework, T-SQL, stored procedures, Web API, SOAP and WCF integrations. 
• Strong knowledge of software architecture and design patterns, domain-driven design, modular architecture, microservices trade-offs, integration patterns and API lifecycle management. 
• Hands-on experience with Azure services such as App Service, Functions, Service Bus or queues, API Management, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, containers and monitoring services. 
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, code quality controls, observability, incident diagnosis, reliability engineering and DevSecOps practices. 
• Knowledge of application security, identity and access management, OWASP guidance, threat modelling, privacy by design and relevant compliance requirements. 
• Experience producing high-quality architecture artefacts, including context and container views, integration diagrams, data-flow diagrams, deployment views, technology roadmaps and architecture decision records. 
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to engineers, product stakeholders, senior leaders, auditors and suppliers.

Desirable technical skills:

• Experience in payments, prepaid cards, employee benefits, rewards, vouchers, cashback or regulated financial services. 
• Experience with frontend or cross-platform technologies such as Blazor, modern JavaScript frameworks or .NET MAUI. 
• Experience operating in a multi-country enterprise and integrating global platforms with country-specific products. 
• Understanding FinOps, cloud cost optimisation, accessibility standards and software supply-chain security. 

Languages:
Fluent English; French is advantageous

Location

Hybrid - Milton Keynes office.
 

Why join Pluxee?

Join an inclusive team

Work at the heart of the community alongside 5,000 experts across 29 countries - we embrace diversity and value uniqueness, fostering a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Turn inspiration into possibility

Get space to try new ideas, experiment and move the world of work forward as you bring new digital experiences - and moments of connection - to millions of people.

Make a positive impact

Touch millions of lives and create meaningful change for people and the world we share, supporting our commitments to diversity, sustainability, and local economies.

Grow with us

Get support you need to take meaningful steps in your career, whether you're performing your work/life balance or learning new skills.