Principal Engineer

Duration: 6 months +

Location- Knutsford, South Manchester (on-site 2-3 days per week)

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Our client, a leading banking institution, is hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer to drive a strategic technology transformation. This role is perfect for an experienced backend engineer with deep expertise in workflow orchestration platforms like Camunda and/or Temporal.io, and a passion for building resilient, scalable enterprise systems.

What you'll be doing:
* Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.io
* Design scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestration
* Drive modern backend engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practices
* Architect durable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with high observability
* Develop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systems
* Buil...