Location: Edinburgh
Principal-level engineer responsible for accelerating engineering delivery across a complex platform estate
Focus on adopting AI-native engineering practices to materially improve development velocity
Work across a large ecosystem including Microsoft CRM (SaaS), integration layers, portals, and bespoke middle-tier systems
Identify delivery bottlenecks and implement practical improvements to engineering workflows, tooling, and processes
Measure current engineering performance and drive measurable improvements in product backlog throughput
Benchmark current engineering velocity and delivery performance
Identify areas of engineering toil that slow delivery (e.g. immature DevOps, manual processes, hand-offs)
Create and prioritise a backlog of engineering improvements
Implement AI-assisted development practices using tools such as GitHub Copilot
Drive improvements across the full development lifecycle — coding, testing, integration and deployment
Improve pre–user story development workflows to accelerate delivery earlier in the process
Work across a platform ecosystem that includes:
Microsoft CRM (SaaS)
Integration layer (TIBCO)
Multiple customer portals
Bespoke middle-layer services
Demonstrate measurable improvement by benchmarking delivery performance at the end of the engagement
Strong experience as a Principal or Staff-level .NET Software Engineer
Experience improving engineering productivity and delivery performance
Deep experience in modern software development practices and architecture
Experience working with large, complex enterprise platforms
Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and engineering workflow optimisation
Experience introducing modern developer tooling and automation
Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot)
Experience modernising engineering practices in large enterprise environments
Experience working with Microsoft CRM or SaaS platform integrations
Exposure to integration platforms such as TIBCO
We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.
We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.
We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.
We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.
It usually looks like this:
Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.
We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.
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We look forward to your application!
CreateFuture was built to take action. With our 500-strong team of software engineering, strategy and design experts, across Edinburgh, Leeds, London and Manchester, we’re determined to get you exactly what you need.
As with our past clients, we get to the root of your challenge and do everything it takes to create positive solutions by building digital products and services that solve problems.
With years of experience helping catalyse major organisations into action, our rapid growth has been driven by people who seek to understand before they solve. We care about our craft. We challenge each other by asking, “Why not?”. And we’re proud to collaborate and partner with the likes of PayPal, adidas, FanDuel, Money Saving Expert, Penguin Random House, Yorkshire Building Society and more.
With CreateFuture, our people are at the forefront of every outcome and we know that a strong team dynamic is critical to success, so we’ll be there for you every step of the way. We draw on their unique skills for problem-solving – and helping your teams unleash their potential too. Put simply, we want to be an organisation that people want to work for and want to work with.
You don’t need to have all the answers. Share your problem and we’ll go from there. Let’s create something incredible, together, today.
