Staff Engineer

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Job Role: Staff Engineer (Adobe AEM/Java) Working Model: Full-Time - Remote (with occasional quarterly workshops/events) Salary: Up to £84,000 + Excellent Benefits Are you a senior engineer who thrives on leading technical strategy, driving engineering excellence, and mentoring others? Do you enjoy shaping platforms at scale while staying hands-on with modern technologies? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a major organisation as they rebuild their Digital Experience Platform, moving away from a legacy monolithic system to a modern, cloud-native, customer-first solution. You'll play a key delivery-focused role, supporting multiple squads and working alongside Principal Engineers and senior stakeholders to deliver complex, high-impact initiatives. Ideal Candidate: Proven experience as a

Senior/

Staff Engineer

within web and mobile application development

Strong expertise in

Adobe AEM

and

Java

(frontend-weighted, 60% web / 40% backend)

Experience designing and delivering

micro frontend architectures

with module federation

Deep knowledge of

CI/CD, automation, and testing frameworks

across unit, integration, E2E, and non-functional testing

Cloud-native expertise, ideally

GCP

or

Azure

(open to AWS)

Skilled in

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform

Knowledge of

secure development practices , OWASP, authentication/authorisation

Familiar with mobile frameworks (e.g. Ionic Capacitor)

Strong track record of technical leadership and mentoring across squads

Able to engage stakeholders up to C-suite level, influencing without direct authority

What's on offer? Up to

£84,000

salary

33 days holiday (increasing with service)

Private health cover option

6% matched pension contributions

Funded qualifications & extensive L&D opportunities

Discounts on insurance & breakdown cover

Life event loan up to £3,000

About the Role: Join at a critical stage as phase 1 of a new Digital Experience Platform goes live

Support

5-6 squads

as their most senior delivery-focused technical leader

Partner with the Principal Engineer (strategy-focused) to shape technical direction

Drive engineering quality, security, scalability, and best practices across squads

Act as a mentor, challenger, and enabler - showing teams

what good looks like

If this sounds like the right challenge for you, drop me a message or apply today - we'd love to chat! Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason

,

please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

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Location:
Watford
Salary:
£80,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering;Engineering

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