Principal Software Engineer - AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform
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Salary
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£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and Appvia is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers, Cloud/architecture focus with strategy shaping). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
- The role: AWS Principal Platform Engineer - Kubernetes | Terraform | Multi-Cloud
- Who: Appvia.io - Cloud, Platform & Software Engineering Consultancy
- Contract: Permanent / Full-time
- Salary: £90k to £120k basic + 10% bonus / 10% shares + excellent benefits
- Location: London (hybrid working: approximately 1 day per week in office or on client site)
Before anything else:
UK work eligibility is a necessity, as the role requires full UK SC security clearance. British Passport or ILR only, with a min. of 5 years in the UK
This isn't a hands-off architecture role; this isn't a people-manager title with a technical veneer. This is a senior technical leader who still gets their hands dirty; shaping cloud strategy with a client's CTO one day, working alongside the engineering team the next. If that's how you operate, read on.
You'll bring:
- Expert AWS platform engineering: designing, building and operating at scale in complex enterprise environments. Not just familiarity, genuine mastery
- Multi-cloud: AWS primary, Azure and GCP alongside it
- Terraform / IaC: you write the standards others follow, not the other way around
- Kubernetes / EKS: in-depth, hands-on, production-scale. You know it inside out
- CI/CD and DevOps: you set the bar across the team and across client engagements
- Enterprise client engagement: you've owned relationships, shaped strategy, and delivered outcomes at senior level in a consultancy environment
- Team leadership and mentoring: you grow engineers, not just manage them
- Pre-sales and bid work: you've contributed to proposals and you understand the commercial side of consultancy delivery
Good to have:
AWS Solutions Architect Professional / AWS Advanced Networking Specialty / CKA / CKSS
What to do next:
Apply now with your latest CV and I’ll be in touch to chat further
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Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.