# Principal Software Engineer

Logistics: Hybrid - 1-2 days per week in our London HQ Alto Software Group powers more than half of all UK housing transactions each year. Estate and letting agents run their whole business on Alto, every day: winning instructions, marketing homes, agreeing sales, moving tenants in and managing properties for years after. The platform behind that is large and proven, and we're investing in its next generation: moving it, one part at a time, onto a modern architecture while agents keep using it every day. The new platform is built for people and AI agents alike: anything a person can do, an AI agent can do safely on their behalf, with the same permissions, data protection and audit trail as a person. It's one of the hardest and most interesting engineering problems we have, and we want someone who'll love it. The role in one line You'll lead how Alto moves onto its next-generation platform: a platform ready for AI agents as much as for people. You'll decide how it should work, build the foundations yourself, and create the blueprint for other teams to follow. What that looks like day to day You'll own the target architecture: the key design decisions, the boundaries between the part

- **Id**: 3870637
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alto-software-principal-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T14:17:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T16:19:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5437
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Health insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: PropTech

## Company

- **Id**: 679778
- **Name**: Alto Software
- **Domain**: altosoftware.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/altosoftware>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Technologies

- **.NET** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T14:17:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 92
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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