Principal systems engineer Work, Jobs in Edinburgh, Sct (with Salaries)

Principal Engineer, Digital Assistant
National Westminster Bank PLC —Edinburgh
- £80,600 - £120,900 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Hotel
- AWS
- Software development
- Annual leave
Principal Product Engineer - Custom Layout & Virtuoso Applications
Cadence Design Systems —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Life insurance
Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £44,171 - £62,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- CAD
- Engineering
- ERP systems
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Principal Mechanical Engineer
AECOM —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
Principal Engineer/ Technical Manager
Sweco —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Principal Electronics Engineer
Adaptive Group —Edinburgh
- £70,000 - £85,000 a month
- System design
- Communication skills
Quick apply
Digital Engineers - All Levels
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £37,400 - £71,400 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Principal Engineer/ Technical Manager
Sweco UK —Edinburgh
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
MK0 Lead Systems Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £59,500 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- System design
- No degree
- Leadership
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Electro Optic Systems Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £44,500 - £68,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
15h
Project Engineer (DSEAR)
RSE —Edinburgh
- Engineering
- Project management
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
Optos —Dunfermline
- CAD
- Engineering
- System design
Radar Trials Systems Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £38,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Travel
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Principal Mechanical Engineer - Water Sector
Stantec —Edinburgh
- Engineering
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
Principal Test Development Engineer
Raytheon —Glenrothes
- Weekend availability
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Sick pay
6d
Principal Engineer (iGaming)
CreateFuture —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Team management
- Travel
- Mentoring
Quick apply
3d
Grid Insights Architect
Analog Devices —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Engineering
Principal RF Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £53,300 - £71,400 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Mentoring
- Work from home
- Flexible schedule
13d
Senior Quality Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £44,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Design Proving Systems Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Edinburgh
- £44,500 - £68,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
13d

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Principal Engineer, Digital Assistant

National Westminster Bank PLC -
Edinburgh

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£80,600 - £120,900 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Transport links
On-site parking

Qualifications

CI/CD
Node.js
IT team management
Software development operations experience
Microservices
AWS
CI/CD pipelines
Technology leadership experience
Software development
Kafka
Unit testing
Service-oriented architecture
Software development or architecture experience
Leadership
GitLab
Python
Project progress tracking
Progress tracking
Hadoop

Full job description

Closing date for applications: 05/08/2026

Location Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time

Mostly Remote

You’ll spend most of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You’ll come into an office or hub at least twice a month to collaborate with your colleagues.

Managerial / Technical Lead

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Job description

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Join us as a Principal Engineer, Digital Assistant

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in a collaborative, agile and forward thinking team environment
With your software development background, you’ll be delivering software components to enable the delivery of platforms, applications and services for the bank
As well as developing your technical talents, you'll have the opportunity to build project and leadership skills which will open up a range of exciting career options

What you'll do

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing and deploying high performance robust and resilient systems for the bank, and will develop your leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams.

You’ll also gain a distinguished leadership status in the software engineering community as you lead the wider participation in internal and industry wide events, conferences and other activities.

You’ll also be:

Designing and developing high performance and high availability applications, using proven frameworks and technologies
Making sure that the bank’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose
Monitoring the technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance, and providing progress updates to stakeholders
Designing and developing reusable libraries and APIs for use across the bank
Writing unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality

The skills you'll need

You’ll come with a background in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as significant experience developing software within an SOA or microservices paradigm.

Along with development experience in one or more programming languages, you’ll bring an excellent understanding of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance.

You’ll also need:

Experience of leading software development teams whilst introducing and executing technical strategies
The ability to use industry recognised frameworks and development tooling
Knowledge and proficiency in designing full stack software and architecture solutions, preferable Chat or AI based
Experience in CI/CD pipelines, hosting on prem and cloud platforms including AWS and IBM Cloud
Experience of supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by teams other than your own using Python and NodeJS

Your benefits breakdown

Here’s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.

Tap each segment for details.

Your pay package

100% Base pay This is your base pay package that you take home every month.

+10% Pension funding This is monthly funding paid towards your pension.

up to +10% Benefit funding This is monthly funding paid towards a range of benefits you can choose from.

Your leave allowance

30 days Annual leave You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.

3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you’re passionate about.

3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.

Total rewards package

Welcome to our Gogarburn hub

Set in large grounds including beautiful woodland, Gogarburn offers a conference centre, a business school with hotel bedrooms, a restaurant, relaxing zen gardens, onsite parking, and excellent transport links.

Key facts:

Surrounded by 85 acres of woodland
Our carparks provide electric vehicle charging
Opened in 2005

Our tech stack

Here’s just some of the technologies we use.

Front end

JavaScript
ReactJS
AngularJS

Back end

Python
Java
Microsoft Dynamics

DevOps

AWS
GitLab
Google Cloud Platform

Data

Kafka
Hadoop
PostgreSQL
Snowflake

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