Principal Engineer

Location: Manchester

Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year (Band 8b)

Recruitment and retention payment: 12.5% per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent (Full‑time, Flexible working, Compressed hours)

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is seeking a Principal Engineer to provide senior leadership across the engineering, deployment, and production operation of digital applications and services.

This is a strategic role focused on ensuring services are technically robust and designed to meet real user needs. You will lead the engineering of modern, high‑quality live services, applying best practice in product development and user‑centred design from early discovery and prototyping through to secure, scalable, and maintainable production environments.

Working across the full product lifecycle, you will partner with NICE Business Service Owners, designers, and stakeholders to translate user needs...