Principal Developer

Principal Developer Glasgow | Hybrid | Permanent | £67,000 + bonus + great benefits We’re working with an established financial technology business looking for a Principal Developer to join its technical team. This is a hands-on leadership role combining software expertise, financial systems knowledge and people management. The Role You’ll play a key role in delivering and implementing financial software solutions while supporting and developing a team of developers. Your responsibilities will include: Leading, supporting and managing a team of developersProviding technical guidance, mentoring and supportActing as a technical lead across projects and overseeing build activityReviewing and signing off solution designsImplementing and testing financial software solutionsLeading peer reviews and driving development best practiceManaging defect triage through acceptance testingActing as a technical escalation point for project and software issuesEnsuring delivery remains within agreed scope, timescales and budgetsManaging changes through the appropriate change control processSupporting team members with objectives, development plans and career development What We're Looking For A combination of reconciliation expertise, financial sector experience, software knowledge and people leadership. Essential experience: Strong reconciliation experienceExperience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME)Strong commercial software experiencePeople management / line management experienceFinancial services, FinTech or financial software experienceMS SQLData querying and manipulationSQL performance tuningSSRS / Power BIExperience with low-code configuration tools You should also have a strong understanding of the software development and implementation lifecycle, change control, technical delivery and project scope management.