Additional Information
Hours:
35 hours per week, hybrid
Closing Date:
Sat, 6 Jun 2026
The Digital Experience Platform (DEP) powers Skipton's public websites and our Design System. Our websites and digital journeys serve our members, prospects, customers and brokers through millions of visits each month. Our Design System provides consistency across User Interfaces for our products and platforms, to ensure an accessible and intuitive digital experience.
As Principal Engineer, you set the engineering tenets, patterns and paved roads that these platforms and products (and the teams who build them) depend on every day. The technologies and platforms used within this platform group include our enterprise content management system Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), along with Java, React, React Native, .NET.
Operating across the platform scale, you will maximise the use of platform capabilities and strengthen our engineering fundamentals. You will define engineering, technical design and delivery standards, drive adoption through the Golden Path, and establish guardrails that make security and compliance by design
You partner with Architecture, Platform Ownership, UI Design, DevSecOps, Environments, Release, and Quality Engineering to turn strategy into small, safe, frequent changes, so DEP ships world‑class, user‑centric experiences that feel simple, personal and human, every week.
You'll also lead and manage a cohort of engineers within DEP - setting goals, raising the hiring bar, growing craft through coaching and feedback, and building a healthy, high‑performance culture in partnership with the Platform Owner
Who Are We?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We're the fourth largest building society in the UK , and proudly mutual, owned by our members, not shareholders. That means every decision we make is about doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.
Our people say Skipton is a great place to work, and now it's officially recognised as the happiest place to live in Great Britain. Whatever your background or ambitions, we'll help you grow, thrive, and shape a better future.
Why This Role Matters
The Digital Experience Platform is Skipton's public digital experience, our public sites and journeys are our digital branches for members, brokers and online visitors who come to Skipton to self-serve for products, services, support and information. Our Design System ensures consistency, shaping the UI experience across multiple applications, products and platforms through several technologies.
This is where the Principal Engineer becomes pivotal. This role directly shapes the reliability, accessibility and performance of our public digital channels, ensuring our AEM and Design System foundations deliver fast, intuitive and inclusive customer-facing journeys
You will ensure Skipton maximise the use of AEM Platform capabilities empowering engineers and AEM users, lead engineering for non-AEM sites, and ensure our Design System has first-class engineering.
You'll own and embed the delivery physics and develop Engineers - aligning teams on the same tenets, and creating a culture where psychological safety and high standards co‑exist.
Skipton · Skipton, UK