Principal Engineer, Developer Surfaces Lead

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Principal Engineer, Developer Surfaces Lead in UK new

Appnovation Technologies
Full time
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UK
11/14/2026
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London

Responsibilities

Set technical direction, architecture, technology choices, and implementation standards across desktop, web, and MCP platform surfaces.
Remain hands-on with the Electron and Vue desktop codebase, including difficult technical problems and code reviews.
Coordinate objectives, dependencies, schedules, OKRs, and KPIs across independent surface teams through production delivery.
Build security and privacy into designs, guide secure SaaS configuration, and collaborate on vulnerabilities, defenses, and compliance.
Improve developer experience using quarterly DX survey results and engineering feedback.
Represent engineering with business stakeholders, enterprise and business architects, vendors, and developers; identify risks and provide ballpark estimates.
Promote engineering standards, automation, DevOps, and everything-as-code practices with other Principal Engineers.
Lead or support security incident and operational outage response, post-mortems, and resilience improvements.
Mentor engineers and build agreement across teams without relying on formal authority.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in frontend, desktop, or developer tooling engineering with increasing responsibility for digital solutions, products, and services.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Hands-on experience building and shipping developer-facing tools across multiple surfaces, ideally including Electron and Vue.
Broad technical knowledge across frontend, desktop, and backend systems as a full-stack generalist with a frontend lean.
Experience with Model Context Protocol or similar programmatic interfaces for AI agents and scripts.
Ability to lead without positional authority and build agreement across teams that are not directly managed.
Deep understanding of privacy and security by design, DevSecOps, CI/CD, RESTful APIs, and integration and microservice patterns.
Experience delivering large-scale enterprise software in a global 24/7 environment using a DevOps model.
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical senior stakeholders and distributed teams.
Right to work in the UK or Europe and availability to work GMT/BST hours.
Preferred experience with MCP or edge services on Cloudflare Workers or similar serverless platforms.
Preferred experience in pharma, life sciences, or another regulated industry, including relevant data-handling rules and policies.
Preferred experience with Agile and lean delivery, including Scrum, Kanban, estimation, and technical story decomposition.
Systems thinking demonstrated through complex multi-system integrations, professional engineering leadership certifications, consulting experience, and life sciences industry connections.

Benefits

Remote role for candidates based in the UK or Europe, with work aligned to GMT/BST hours.
Equal Opportunity Employer with accommodations available throughout the recruitment process.

Appnovation Technologies

Appnovation is a Global, Full-Service Digital Partner. We design, develop, and deliver digital experiences that drive measurable business transformation. With nearly 20 years of experience and thousands of successful projects delivered, we partner with industry leaders like Pfizer, Google, Yeti, ...

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