Software Engineering Principal

Job description

Job Req ID: 57724 Posting Date: 17th April 2026: Function: Security: Location: Cheltenham: Salary: Competitive with great benefits: About the role: The Software Engineering Principal leads the delivery and customer relationships for the end-to-end technical solutions in the GSS Enablers Engineering space, ensuring that customer requirements are successfully and effectively delivered by a first-class technical professional services team and NPS, mission impact and customer intimacy are maintained to the highest level. This job role is based in Cheltenham and is Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week. You will need to be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting this role. You will need to have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible. What you’ll be doing: predictability to the engineering organisation’s capabilities. balancing short-term impact with long-term transformation. - Owns and leads the engineering organisation’s ability to deliver high quality outcomes, on time and on budget and implementing means of bringing measurability as well as - Operates as an SME within own field of expertise, setting the technical direction, and determining the optimum solution desi...