Job Description

Are you an experienced Java Engineer looking to shape technical direction, influence best practice, and lead by example?
This is an opportunity to join a modern, industry-leading software organisation building tech-for-good products used at scale. The business embraces a fail-fast, continuously improving culture and places engineering excellence at the heart of everything it does.
As a Principal Java Engineer, you'll play a key role in defining architecture, raising engineering standards, and supporting the growth of high-performing Agile teams while remaining hands-on with code.
The Opportunity
You will be a senior technical leader within one or more Scrum teams, helping to design and deliver the next generation of a market-leading platform. You'll work closely with engineers, product leaders, and stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and future-proof.
This role suits someone who enjoys technical ownership, mentoring others, and influencing engineering decisions across teams -not just delivering tickets.
About You
A highly experienced Java Engineer with a strong track record of delivering complex, high-quality software
Comfortable challenging existing approaches and driving technical improvements
Passionate about clean code, modern engineering practices, and developing others
A collaborative communicator who enjoys working across disciplines
Naturally curious, proactive, and motivated by solving meaningful problems at scale
The Role
Provide technical leadership within Agile Scrum teams, influencing architecture and design decisions
Remain hands-on, contributing high-quality production code from day one
Champion best-practice development approaches including TDD, CI/CD, and automation
Act as a mentor and coach to senior and mid-level engineers
Help shape engineering standards, ways of working, and long-term technical strategy
Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, and Architecture to drive successful delivery
Technical Environment
Expert-level Java development experience
Strong experience with Spring / Spring Boot
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and DevOps practices
Strong advocate of Agile delivery with the ability to drive teams forward
Solid experience with TDD, clean architecture, and scalable system design
Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, NoSQL, or cloud-native architectures is highly desirable
Why Apply?
Principal-level influence without losing hands-on engineering
Modern tech stack and engineering-led culture
Real impact through meaningful, customer-focused software
Flexible working and a collaborative, high-trust environment
Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.

Skills Required