# Principal Software Engineer

Join Huguenots as a Principal Software Engineer, where you will lead the maintenance, extension, and feature development of our software's backend. You will have the opportunity to work on all layers of the application, including AWS infrastructure. You will also architect and implement new software solutions, collaborate closely with design, front-end, and client-facing teams, and provide technical guidance and leadership to our growing backend team. Missions Lead the maintenance, extension, and feature development of the software's backend, including AWS infrastructure. Architect and implement new software solutions, leading the overall structural design and fostering engineering best practices. Provide technical guidance and leadership to the backend team, collaborating closely with design, front-end, and client-facing teams. Profil recherché You have 10+ years’ experience in professional Python development, with at least 5 years of experience working with Django specifically Mastery of the full product development life cycle Proven experience tackling and, where necessary delegating, large, complex tasks, whilst maintaining a keen eye for detail A confident and positive communi

- **Id**: 3723292
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/huguenots-principal-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T10:04:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T05:28:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1274
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- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4333619
- **Name**: Huguenots
- **Domain**: huguenots.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/huguenots>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Welcome to the Jungle

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Django** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T03:47:41Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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