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Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Proven experience with Camunda and/or Temporal.io in backend and distributed systemsStrong Python skills and experience designing production-grade APIsExpertise in building resilient, fault-tolerant enterprise applicationsKnowledge of workflow orchestration, retries, state management, and failure handlingExperience with APIs, messaging, microservices, and event-driven architecturesHands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, and AI-powered workflowsFamiliarity with AWS Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, serverless, and container deployments, preferredAbility to evaluate technologies independently and influence engineering standardsStrong stakeholder management and mentoring skills Responsibilities: Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.ioDesign scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestrationDrive modern backend engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practicesArchitect durable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with high observabilityDevelop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systemsBuild reusable frameworks, prototypes, and production solutions independentlyGuide engineering teams on orchestration, system resilience, and operational excellenceCollaborate with stakeholders to define scalable technology roadmapsContribute to AI-enabled software initiatives using LLM frameworks and AWS AI services Technologies: AIAWSArchitectBackendCamundaCI/CDLLMPythonServerlessmicroservicesCloud More:
We are a leading banking institution delivering a strategic technology transformation within a dynamic financial environment. This is a 6-month+ principal engineer contract based in Knutsford, South Manchester, with on-site work required 2-3 days per week and an umbrella-only arrangement. We offer the opportunity to lead innovative projects focused on workflow automation, AI-enabled software initiatives, and the development of resilient, scalable enterprise systems as part of a forward-thinking team shaping the future of banking technology.
last updated 29 week of 2026