Aker Systems Limited
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Duties & Responsibilities A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend services for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies. This involves designing, developing, documenting and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability. Design, develop, document and deploy new or enhanced features to our backend services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field. An equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a developer capacity is also acceptable for this position. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; JAVA programming experience as the core language, including Spring Boot. Fluent in writing JAVA coding. Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience with Scala and Spark. Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Working in Agile development and/or DevOps teams Using GitHub/GitLab for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience in Big Data technologies Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team, we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help out our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), Company Paid Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (4x times basic salary), Pension scheme, Perks at Work, Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme and Season Ticket Loan. Plus, a list of voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Critical illness cover and Virtual GP. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Aker Systems? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Do you, or will you, require sponsorship to work in the UK? Select Select Do you currently hold an active UK Security Vetting - Security Check (SC)? Select What is your notice period? Do you agree to allow Aker Systems to store and process your data for the purpose of considering your eligibility for employment? Select What are your salary expectations? By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to store and process my data for the purpose of considering my eligibility regarding my current application for employment. By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to retain my data for future opportunities for employment for up to 365 days after the conclusion of consideration of my current application for employment.
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Duties & Responsibilities A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend services for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies. This involves designing, developing, documenting and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability. Design, develop, document and deploy new or enhanced features to our backend services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field. An equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a developer capacity is also acceptable for this position. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; JAVA programming experience as the core language, including Spring Boot. Fluent in writing JAVA coding. Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience with Scala and Spark. Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Working in Agile development and/or DevOps teams Using GitHub/GitLab for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience in Big Data technologies Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team, we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help out our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), Company Paid Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (4x times basic salary), Pension scheme, Perks at Work, Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme and Season Ticket Loan. Plus, a list of voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Critical illness cover and Virtual GP. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Aker Systems? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Do you, or will you, require sponsorship to work in the UK? Select Select Do you currently hold an active UK Security Vetting - Security Check (SC)? Select What is your notice period? Do you agree to allow Aker Systems to store and process your data for the purpose of considering your eligibility for employment? Select What are your salary expectations? By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to store and process my data for the purpose of considering my eligibility regarding my current application for employment. By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to retain my data for future opportunities for employment for up to 365 days after the conclusion of consideration of my current application for employment.
Aker Systems Limited
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As the Lead Pre-Sales Architect within Aker Systems, your primary responsibility will be to develop customer solutions that consistently outperform those produced by our competitors by innovatively and cost-effectively meeting the requirements of our customers. You will be responsible for leading the Pre-Sales technical activities in our pursuit of new business and growth. You must be prepared to travel to London 2-3 times a month, occasionally including an overnight stay. Duties & Responsibilities Winning Proposals. You will be responsible for creating compelling technical responses to customer requirements, enabling Aker System to pursue new business via the DOS4, DOS5, GCloud, Technology Services and other commercial frameworks - either directly; or indirectly via a suitable partner or prime contractor. You will be experienced in creating high-scoring responses to customer's technical requirements. You are to proactively seek customer feedback, acting upon that feedback so that we may continually improve the strength and quality of our technical responses. Client Engagement. You will act as an ambassador for the business supporting sales personnel in client engagements. You will have excellent client-facing skills with the ability to influence and define enterprise solutions, data architecture transformations and their associated benefits - both financial and non-financial. Critically, you will do more than advocate technology for technology's sake, but instead readily articulate the business benefits and return on investment inherent in Aker System's customer-facing solutions and relate these to the customer's specific circumstances. Solution Leadership. You will be responsible for the design, planning and pricing of market-beating solutions that consistently outperform those of our competitors. As the senior technical professional assigned to strategic bids, you will provide leadership of the solution development activities and our responses to technical requirements throughout the sales process, ensuring the overall technical response and customer solution is of winning caliber and achievable in delivery. You shall take accountability and responsibility for your solution. You must clearly articulate design decisions both informally in whilst developing the solution in the 'Campaign' phase of the sales process 1 , and formally within the Company governance process. You must be able to balance economic, commercial and technological factors to create market-beating solutions. Competitive Insight. Through a combination of industry experience, proactive networking (internal and external), and technology horizon scanning you will maintain a balanced view of market capability. You are to apply this insight in the creation of customer-facing solutions by identifying the competitive nature of the individual solution estimates that inform the customers' total cost of ownership for Aker-supplied solutions. Estimates that fail to pass either: the commonsense test; or which are at odds with prevailing industry practices - are to be challenged and corrected to ensure that Aker Systems is able to win new business and grow by remaining competitive. Thought Leadership. Through proactive participation in strategic industry groups - and other 'idea generating or thought leadership' forums (such as public sector Chief Data Officer or CIO forums) - you are to enhance Aker's profile in the market by providing thought leadership and technical white papers both to customers and internal stakeholders. Requirements & Needs Analysis. Through ongoing and regular contact with our customer-base - coupled with an acute understanding of competitors' activities - you and your team will provide Aker's CTO with a barometer of current client needs and, thereby, work collaboratively with the CTO to evolve Aker's products and capabilities so they are able to meet and stimulate customer demand for our services. Risk analysis. You will be responsible for identifying solution risks and propose effective and proportionate mitigations. Where possible, you are to develop innovative approaches that cost effectively mitigate the identified risks, providing the customer with a low-risk approach to contracting with Aker Systems - or staying with us in the event of any re-compete. Technical Awareness. You will maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging trends and developments over a broad range of technologies as well as monitoring the outcomes of research work, seeking to identify where technology might be deployed in order to deliver business improvements and competitive advantage. Partnering for Solution Coherence. On occasion, it will be necessary to partner with external organisations and strategic partners. You are responsible for representing the business, developing and maintaining relationships with these organisations. As part of this activity, you will identify suitable strategic alliances to help develop our business strategy and capability in line with business requirements and budgeted growth commitments. Core Competencies Technical Competencies. You are to have the following technical competencies and expertise: Delivery. Designing, delivering platforms and managed services at enterprise scale, specifically bespoke software solutions, particularly in streaming and cloud-native solutions. Data. Solving enterprise data and analytics problems using technology. Cloud. Hands-on Public Cloud experience in either AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform, both their 'services' and 'how' to work in the cloud such as DevOps-centric approach. Security. Having worked in sensitive data environments and ideally have experience facing off to cyber security specialists. You will either hold SC clearance or be committed to achieving this. Sector. Initial target sectors and key areas of focus for sales growth are public sector and financial services. Experience Required. In order of priority, qualitative criteria are concerned with credibility, ability, experience and personality: Aker Delivery Teams. Working closely with engineers, Analysts, Architects and other members of the Aker Technical Team. Client CTO/Architects. Eventually become a go-to person for the sales teams and the client to reach out to regarding the technical direction of any client sales engagement. When necessary, liaise with other members of the Aker Technical Team regarding product developments, enhancements and feasibility of what has been proposed for a specific customer solution. Aker Sales Teams. Ability to understand the Aker USPs, technology stack, hyper scalers environments and native applications/services and think on their feet in pre-sales conversations during exploratory, due diligence or customer sales engagements. Design Winning Solutions. You are responsible for leading solution teams capable of outperforming our competitors in order to win strategic new business opportunities aimed at delivering profitable revenue growth. The measure of success shall be bids won total bids pursued with a target of maintaining or improving on 1 bid won for every 3 bids pursued. Solution Design Documentation. You are responsible for the creation, ownership and delivery of all solution design documentation - critically, this includes responses to the technical questions in the bid, which are scored during competitive evaluation. These documents include both external and internal-facing (predominantly client-facing) and shall meet the requirements of each set of stakeholders. The measure of success shall be the technical evaluation scores for each bid on which you participate, whereby you are to achieve a technical score in excess of 90% for solution quality and the quality of the written technical bid responses. Solution Design Analysis. You will be responsible for assessing and analysing all aspects of the solution design to ensure that a balance is maintained between compliance and affordability, whilst always remaining competitive. This analysis should include - but is not limited to - the risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies associated with your solutions. Business Cases for Change . click apply for full job details
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As the Lead Pre-Sales Architect within Aker Systems, your primary responsibility will be to develop customer solutions that consistently outperform those produced by our competitors by innovatively and cost-effectively meeting the requirements of our customers. You will be responsible for leading the Pre-Sales technical activities in our pursuit of new business and growth. You must be prepared to travel to London 2-3 times a month, occasionally including an overnight stay. Duties & Responsibilities Winning Proposals. You will be responsible for creating compelling technical responses to customer requirements, enabling Aker System to pursue new business via the DOS4, DOS5, GCloud, Technology Services and other commercial frameworks - either directly; or indirectly via a suitable partner or prime contractor. You will be experienced in creating high-scoring responses to customer's technical requirements. You are to proactively seek customer feedback, acting upon that feedback so that we may continually improve the strength and quality of our technical responses. Client Engagement. You will act as an ambassador for the business supporting sales personnel in client engagements. You will have excellent client-facing skills with the ability to influence and define enterprise solutions, data architecture transformations and their associated benefits - both financial and non-financial. Critically, you will do more than advocate technology for technology's sake, but instead readily articulate the business benefits and return on investment inherent in Aker System's customer-facing solutions and relate these to the customer's specific circumstances. Solution Leadership. You will be responsible for the design, planning and pricing of market-beating solutions that consistently outperform those of our competitors. As the senior technical professional assigned to strategic bids, you will provide leadership of the solution development activities and our responses to technical requirements throughout the sales process, ensuring the overall technical response and customer solution is of winning caliber and achievable in delivery. You shall take accountability and responsibility for your solution. You must clearly articulate design decisions both informally in whilst developing the solution in the 'Campaign' phase of the sales process 1 , and formally within the Company governance process. You must be able to balance economic, commercial and technological factors to create market-beating solutions. Competitive Insight. Through a combination of industry experience, proactive networking (internal and external), and technology horizon scanning you will maintain a balanced view of market capability. You are to apply this insight in the creation of customer-facing solutions by identifying the competitive nature of the individual solution estimates that inform the customers' total cost of ownership for Aker-supplied solutions. Estimates that fail to pass either: the commonsense test; or which are at odds with prevailing industry practices - are to be challenged and corrected to ensure that Aker Systems is able to win new business and grow by remaining competitive. Thought Leadership. Through proactive participation in strategic industry groups - and other 'idea generating or thought leadership' forums (such as public sector Chief Data Officer or CIO forums) - you are to enhance Aker's profile in the market by providing thought leadership and technical white papers both to customers and internal stakeholders. Requirements & Needs Analysis. Through ongoing and regular contact with our customer-base - coupled with an acute understanding of competitors' activities - you and your team will provide Aker's CTO with a barometer of current client needs and, thereby, work collaboratively with the CTO to evolve Aker's products and capabilities so they are able to meet and stimulate customer demand for our services. Risk analysis. You will be responsible for identifying solution risks and propose effective and proportionate mitigations. Where possible, you are to develop innovative approaches that cost effectively mitigate the identified risks, providing the customer with a low-risk approach to contracting with Aker Systems - or staying with us in the event of any re-compete. Technical Awareness. You will maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging trends and developments over a broad range of technologies as well as monitoring the outcomes of research work, seeking to identify where technology might be deployed in order to deliver business improvements and competitive advantage. Partnering for Solution Coherence. On occasion, it will be necessary to partner with external organisations and strategic partners. You are responsible for representing the business, developing and maintaining relationships with these organisations. As part of this activity, you will identify suitable strategic alliances to help develop our business strategy and capability in line with business requirements and budgeted growth commitments. Core Competencies Technical Competencies. You are to have the following technical competencies and expertise: Delivery. Designing, delivering platforms and managed services at enterprise scale, specifically bespoke software solutions, particularly in streaming and cloud-native solutions. Data. Solving enterprise data and analytics problems using technology. Cloud. Hands-on Public Cloud experience in either AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform, both their 'services' and 'how' to work in the cloud such as DevOps-centric approach. Security. Having worked in sensitive data environments and ideally have experience facing off to cyber security specialists. You will either hold SC clearance or be committed to achieving this. Sector. Initial target sectors and key areas of focus for sales growth are public sector and financial services. Experience Required. In order of priority, qualitative criteria are concerned with credibility, ability, experience and personality: Aker Delivery Teams. Working closely with engineers, Analysts, Architects and other members of the Aker Technical Team. Client CTO/Architects. Eventually become a go-to person for the sales teams and the client to reach out to regarding the technical direction of any client sales engagement. When necessary, liaise with other members of the Aker Technical Team regarding product developments, enhancements and feasibility of what has been proposed for a specific customer solution. Aker Sales Teams. Ability to understand the Aker USPs, technology stack, hyper scalers environments and native applications/services and think on their feet in pre-sales conversations during exploratory, due diligence or customer sales engagements. Design Winning Solutions. You are responsible for leading solution teams capable of outperforming our competitors in order to win strategic new business opportunities aimed at delivering profitable revenue growth. The measure of success shall be bids won total bids pursued with a target of maintaining or improving on 1 bid won for every 3 bids pursued. Solution Design Documentation. You are responsible for the creation, ownership and delivery of all solution design documentation - critically, this includes responses to the technical questions in the bid, which are scored during competitive evaluation. These documents include both external and internal-facing (predominantly client-facing) and shall meet the requirements of each set of stakeholders. The measure of success shall be the technical evaluation scores for each bid on which you participate, whereby you are to achieve a technical score in excess of 90% for solution quality and the quality of the written technical bid responses. Solution Design Analysis. You will be responsible for assessing and analysing all aspects of the solution design to ensure that a balance is maintained between compliance and affordability, whilst always remaining competitive. This analysis should include - but is not limited to - the risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies associated with your solutions. Business Cases for Change . click apply for full job details
Aker Systems Limited
Principal Software Engineer - Product team Remote/Home Based, UK Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and evolution of our secure, distributed, cloud-native systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll shape engineering strategy while designing and delivering scalable platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, leveraging technologies like Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical depth, product vision, and collaborative problem solving-someone who enjoys mentoring, leading by example, and helping teams achieve engineering excellence in complex, high-assurance environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the architecture and delivery of secure, scalable microservices in a multi-cloud, containerized environment Design and implement solutions using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, and other cloud-native tools Champion Domain-Driven Design (DDD), clean architecture, and event-driven paradigms Guide engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and architecture governance Mentor team members and maintain a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative delivery Define and uphold engineering best practices, including documentation, testing, observability, and CI/CD integration Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Security teams to translate business needs into reliable technical solutions Drive infrastructure automation and deployment consistency using Kubernetes and Git-based workflows Engage in performance tuning, debugging, and incident resolution across the full stack Contribute to platform-wide decisions around data modeling, APIs, and long-term architectural evolution Skills & Experience Required: Minimum 10+yrs of deep hands-on expertise in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and modern service-oriented architecture Strong understanding of Kafka, event-driven patterns, and asynchronous communication Experience designing and scaling cloud-native platforms in AWS or Azure Solid experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure automation Knowledge of CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins Strong grasp of DDD, API design, and operational aspects like logging, monitoring, and alerting Ability to work across the full stack and understand how systems interact in production Demonstrated leadership in complex delivery environments, with the ability to align teams around a shared technical vision Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills-able to translate complexity into clarity Experience with Terraform, Helm, or GitOps tooling Familiarity with front-end technologies such as React and TypeScript Exposure to GraphQL, observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), or large-scale data platforms Prior work in regulated industries (BFSI, telecom, public sector) To succeed in this role, you'll bring more than just technical knowledge. You'll demonstrate: A builder's mindset, passionate about developing scalable, secure, and future-proof systems The ability to lead through complexity-guiding teams through uncertainty with structure and clarity A collaborative, mentoring approach, focused on enabling those around you A bias for action, balanced with a disciplined approach to testing, automation, and operational readiness Curiosity and openness to new ideas, technologies, and better ways of working A high level of ownership, with a calm and methodical attitude toward incident resolution, delivery pressure, and change Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team, we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help out our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), Company Paid Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (4x times basic salary), Pension scheme, Perks at Work, Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme and Season Ticket Loan. Plus, a list of voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Critical illness cover and Virtual GP. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Aker Systems? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Do you, or will you, require sponsorship to work in the UK? Select Do you currently hold an active UK Security Vetting - Security Check (SC)? Select What is your notice period? LinkedIn Profile By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to store and process my data for the purpose of considering my eligibility regarding my current application for employment. By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to retain my data for future opportunities for employment for up to 365 days after the conclusion of consideration of my current application for employment.
Principal Software Engineer - Product team Remote/Home Based, UK Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and evolution of our secure, distributed, cloud-native systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll shape engineering strategy while designing and delivering scalable platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, leveraging technologies like Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical depth, product vision, and collaborative problem solving-someone who enjoys mentoring, leading by example, and helping teams achieve engineering excellence in complex, high-assurance environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the architecture and delivery of secure, scalable microservices in a multi-cloud, containerized environment Design and implement solutions using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, and other cloud-native tools Champion Domain-Driven Design (DDD), clean architecture, and event-driven paradigms Guide engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and architecture governance Mentor team members and maintain a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative delivery Define and uphold engineering best practices, including documentation, testing, observability, and CI/CD integration Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Security teams to translate business needs into reliable technical solutions Drive infrastructure automation and deployment consistency using Kubernetes and Git-based workflows Engage in performance tuning, debugging, and incident resolution across the full stack Contribute to platform-wide decisions around data modeling, APIs, and long-term architectural evolution Skills & Experience Required: Minimum 10+yrs of deep hands-on expertise in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and modern service-oriented architecture Strong understanding of Kafka, event-driven patterns, and asynchronous communication Experience designing and scaling cloud-native platforms in AWS or Azure Solid experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure automation Knowledge of CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins Strong grasp of DDD, API design, and operational aspects like logging, monitoring, and alerting Ability to work across the full stack and understand how systems interact in production Demonstrated leadership in complex delivery environments, with the ability to align teams around a shared technical vision Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills-able to translate complexity into clarity Experience with Terraform, Helm, or GitOps tooling Familiarity with front-end technologies such as React and TypeScript Exposure to GraphQL, observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), or large-scale data platforms Prior work in regulated industries (BFSI, telecom, public sector) To succeed in this role, you'll bring more than just technical knowledge. You'll demonstrate: A builder's mindset, passionate about developing scalable, secure, and future-proof systems The ability to lead through complexity-guiding teams through uncertainty with structure and clarity A collaborative, mentoring approach, focused on enabling those around you A bias for action, balanced with a disciplined approach to testing, automation, and operational readiness Curiosity and openness to new ideas, technologies, and better ways of working A high level of ownership, with a calm and methodical attitude toward incident resolution, delivery pressure, and change Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team, we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help out our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), Company Paid Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (4x times basic salary), Pension scheme, Perks at Work, Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme and Season Ticket Loan. Plus, a list of voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Critical illness cover and Virtual GP. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Aker Systems? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Do you, or will you, require sponsorship to work in the UK? Select Do you currently hold an active UK Security Vetting - Security Check (SC)? Select What is your notice period? LinkedIn Profile By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to store and process my data for the purpose of considering my eligibility regarding my current application for employment. By checking this box, I agree to allow Aker Systems to retain my data for future opportunities for employment for up to 365 days after the conclusion of consideration of my current application for employment.