Engineering Lead / Principal Engineer

The Role Our client is seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead / Principal Engineer to lead the architecture and delivery of complex enterprise platforms, automation and workflow-driven products. This is not a pure management role . You will lead a small engineering team while remaining hands-on across architecture, design, coding and production delivery. Key Responsibilities: Own architecture, system design, APIs, data models and technical delivery. Design complex workflows, state management and human approval processes. Build scalable enterprise integrations, including ERP/SAP where relevant. Lead engineers while remaining hands-on with code and technical reviews. Establish standards for security, testing, CI/CD, observability and reliability. Translate ambiguous business requirements into practical technical solutions. Identify appropriate opportunities to leverage AI/LLMs within enterprise workflows. Requirements: 10+ years software engineering experience. 4+ years at Staff, Principal, Lead Engineer or equivalent level. Strong backend and distributed-systems experience. Expertise in APIs, databases, microservices and enterprise integration. Experience with workflow-heavy or transaction-heavy platforms. Cloud, Kubernetes, containers and CI/CD experience. Strong security, reliability and observability mindset. Recent hands-on production engineering experience. Strong Advantage: Workflow/BPM or state-machine experience. Event-driven architecture. ERP/SAP integrations. Azure. LLM/GenAI or agentic AI in production. Financial services, government or other regulated environments.

Desired Candidate Profile

• 10+ years software engineering experience.
• 4+ years at Staff, Principal, Lead Engineer or equivalent level.
• Strong backend and distributed-systems experience.
• Expertise in APIs, databases, microservices and enterprise integration.
• Experience with workflow-heavy or transaction-heavy platforms.
• Cloud, Kubernetes, containers and CI/CD experience.
• Strong security, reliability and observability mindset.
• Recent hands-on production engineering experience.
• Strong Advantage: Workflow/BPM or state-machine experience.
• Event-driven architecture.
• ERP/SAP integrations.
• Azure.
• LLM/GenAI or agentic AI in production.
• Financial services, government or other regulated environments.