Principal Software Engineer, Experian
+ Discretionary Bonus + Sharesave Scheme
1-2 days a week in office
Free credit check, score, and report
Be an early applicant
Free credit check, score, and report
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Discretionary Bonus + Sharesave Scheme
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
We’re focused on a clear purpose — to create a better tomorrow for consumers, for businesses, for our communities and for our people. It's our mission to improve financial inclusion. By improving access to financial services, we empower people to unlock opportunities and transform their lives.
Role
Who you are
- Degree-level qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Managed and scaled DevOps or platform engineering teams in enterprise-grade agile environments
- Experience in regulated or enterprise environments
- Exposure to FinOps, cost optimization, or platform product thinking
- Azure/AWS/GCP Architect or DevOps Engineer certifications
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, observability, and platform reliability engineering
- Governance and risk management knowledge, including change management, incident response, and operational resilience
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the strategic direction, operational excellence, and hands-on execution of DevSecOps practices across multiple teams and platforms
- Reporting into our Delivery Director, you will be accountable for the outcomes of DevOps delivery
- As a senior member of the CTO leadership team, you will govern best practices, foster a DevOps culture, and influence programs to ensure understanding of business and engineering goals
- Shape the DevSecOps strategy, product, engineering, and infrastructure goals
- Lead DevSecOps teams
- Promote best practices in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and platform reliability
- Guide the use of DevSecOps principles and ensure security is embedded in all stages of the delivery lifecycle and provide reports
- Ensure full accountability for Information Security compliance across the Identity & Fraud platforms and services
- Govern adherence to internal policies and external standards, ensuring compliance with all relevant security and operational frameworks
- Leverage working knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001 to support certification efforts and embed best practices into delivery workflows
- Use familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to assess security posture across ID&F
- Lead risk management activities, including identification, assessment, mitigation reporting of security and compliance risks
- Provide technical leadership across multiple delivery platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform)
- Guide standardisation with the wider organisation
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of delivery platforms
- Lead incident response and post-mortem processes to lead learning and improvement
- Guide cost optimization and efficiency through platform engineering and automation
- Lead Experian Compliance and Security policies for the ID&F organisation
Our take
Experian is one of the world's leading data and technology companies, best known for helping people and businesses understand and improve their credit. With free credit reports and tools that let users boost their score using everyday bills, Experian is making managing money a whole lot easier.
It's a powerhouse of a company too, operating in 32 countries and boasting an employee count of over 24,000. And its reach stretches across industries, helping lenders make fairer decisions, supporting healthcare teams in preventing fraud, and guiding businesses to use data more intelligently. It's a trusted name at the very heart of how the world uses data to make smarter financial decisions.
It's also investing in new technologies and ideas to make finance even fairer and faster. As data becomes more important in our digital lives, Experian's focus on innovation and transparency will surely keep helping people take control of their financial stories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working
- Discretionary bonus
- Pension
- Bupa Healthcare
- Sharesave Scheme
- 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave
- Discounted gym membership
- Discounted dental cover
Company values
- Working with integrity - We know that trust isn’t given, it’s earned. We’re committed to working with integrity and operating responsibly in every facet of our business. At Experian, that means treating our data, our people and our environment with respect.
- Treating data with respect - We handle the data of 1.3 billion people and 166 million businesses worldwide, so it’s essential to our business that we maintain their trust. Ensuring that we collect, store and manage data safely and responsibly is fundamental to our success.
- Investing in our community - We’re committed to investing our time, resources and partnerships to create a better tomorrow for our community.
- Unlocking the power of data - Data has the power to transform lives for the better, so we're leveraging new technologies and innovative products to do just that.
Company HQ
Nottingham, UK
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Leadership
Brian Cassin
(CEO)Previously the Chief Financial Officer of Experian and, before that, Managing Director at Greenhill & Co., Brian served for nine years as a non-executive director of J Sainsbury plc. He has also held various senior roles at Baring Brothers International and the London Stock Exchange.
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