Principal FullStack Engineer / Tech Lead (Perm)

PRINCIPAL FULLSTACK ENGINEER/TECHNICAL LEAD

Galway, Ireland

Permanent

Work model: Hybrid

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Overview

• Our client, a leading global financial services organisation, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer / Technical Lead to join their Asset Management Technology team in Galway.
• This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineering leader to play a key role in designing and delivering innovative technology solutions that support retirement and college savings products managing over $950 billion in assets.
• As a Technical Lead, you will combine hands-on software development with technical leadership, guiding a high-performing Agile squad responsible for building modern microservices and user-facing applications. You'll have the opportunity to influence architecture, engineering standards, and best practices while working on highly visible, business-critical platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary Agile development squad.
• Design, develop, and enhance scalable microservices and web applications.
• Drive technical excellence across software engineering practices, including code reviews, testing, automation, and CI/CD.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Architects, Analysts, and Engineering teams to deliver business value.
• Perform root cause analysis, incident triage, and support complex problem resolution.
• Contribute to technical strategy, solution design, and architectural decision-making.
• Promote engineering best practices and establish development standards across the team.
• Support the delivery of innovative technology solutions for portfolio management, modelling, and trading capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in software design and development.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • oJava
  • oSpring Boot
  • oRESTful APIs
  • oAngular (or similar modern front-end frameworks)
• Experience with:
  • oOracle SQL and PL/SQL
  • oMaven
  • oJenkins
  • oCI/CD and DevOps practices

Nice to Have

• Exposure to AWS, Kubernetes, or cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks including Karate, Playwright, Storybook, or similar.
• Previous experience within Asset Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management, or Financial Services.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Thrives in collaborative Agile environments.
• Can effectively manage priorities across multiple workstreams.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Champions engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Builds strong working relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Enjoys mentoring, coaching, and developing fellow engineers.
• Is passionate about delivering high-quality, customer-focused solutions.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to lead the development of large-scale, business-critical applications.
• Exposre to modern technologies, cloud platforms, and microservices architecture.
• Collaborative, innovative, and supportive engineering culture.
• Career progression opportunities within a global technology organisation.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Galway-based role with a current hybrid working model.

Adecco is an equal opportunity employer.