Job Title: Principal Engineer/Manager (SC Cleared) Location: Remote (with ad-hoc travel to client''s office in London - likely once a month) Contract Length: 12 Months (with scope to extend) Start Date: ASAP IR35: Inside Interview Process: 1 Stage, MS Teams Clearance Required: SC (needs to have been used within the past 10 months) We are supporting a government client in hiring a Principal Engineer to join their engineering leadership team, providing strategic technical leadership across the platform, applications, ingest pipelines and live services estate. This is a hands-on senior technical leadership role, combining recent, personal engineering credibility with accountability for engineering governance, technical assurance, platform reliability and operational resilience across multiple teams and suppliers. The successful candidate will act as senior technical authority for engineering decisions and risk management, providing technical leadership during major incidents and critical service events. This role suits an experienced Principal Engineer or Software Engineering Manager comfortable leading and mentoring multiple engineering teams, engaging confidently with senior stakeholders, and developing capable, autonomous teams rather than acting as a sole technical hero. Many of the supported systems operate 24/7, and engineers will be expected to be part of an on-call roster as required. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and direction across the platform, ..... full job details .....