Principal Engineer - Contract

Company: CreateFuture

Location: City of Edinburgh

Posted: May 7th, 2026

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

Key Responsibilities

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)

Bespoke middle-layer services

Demonstrate measurable improvement by benchmarking delivery performance at the end of the engagement

Required Experience

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

Nice to Have

Experience modernising engineering practices in large enterprise environments

Experience working with Microsoft CRM or SaaS platform integrations

Exposure to integration platforms such as TIBCO

What we’ll offer you

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.

Candidates for this role must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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