Principal Engineer

Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption.

We have partnered with 1500 companies to deliver a new kind of learning thats transforming todays workforce.

Our upskilling apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage to build critical AI data and tech skills. Our learners have driven $2bn ROI for their employers using the skills theyve learned to improve productivity and measurable performance.

In June 2022 we announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7bn the round makes us the UKs first EdTech unicorn.

But we arent stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800 employees we have ambitious plans to continue scaling. Were building a world where tech skills unlock peoples potential and output.

Join Multiverse and power our mission to equip the workforce to win in the AI era.

The Opportunity

As a Principal Engineer you will operate at the highest level of technical leadership at Multiverse. Youll work closely with the VP of Engineering and other senior leaders to set the technical vision influence architectural decisions across multiple teams and drive scalable high-impact solutions. This is the next step up from Staff Engineer: youll have a broader scope deeper influence and the opportunity to shape the long-term technical trajectory of the company

What Youll Do

• Shape Company-Wide Technical Strategy: Partner with engineering leadership to define long-term technical strategy making critical decisions that guide multiple teams and influence the direction of the entire companys products and platform

• Architect Core Systems at Scale: Design build and oversee various parts of the product ensuring reliability scalability and extensibility for future growth.

• Lead High-Impact Initiatives: Take ownership of the companys most complex ambiguous technical challenges aligning cross-functional teams and delivering impactful solutions

• Elevate Engineering Across the Org: Mentor and influence other engineers raising the technical bar through guidance code reviews design discussions and best practices adoption.

• Drive Innovation: Champion new technologies and approaches (including AI-assisted tools) balancing experimentation with pragmatic delivery.

• Cross-Team Influence: Act as a key technical advisor and connector across product design and engineering ensuring alignment on strategic initiatives.

About You

• Proven Principal-Level Leadership: Extensive experience designing building and operating complex systems at scale with company-level/cross-department level influence.

• Deep Technical Expertise: Mastery across modern tech stacks (TypeScript React Python Elixir AWS) or equivalent with an ability to select the right approach for each challenge.

• Strategic & Collaborative: Strong partnership skills with leadership peers and stakeholders to drive critical decisions and deliver outcomes.

• Mentorship as a Force Multiplier: Experienced in mentoring senior engineers and shaping organisational engineering practices.

• Pragmatic Problem Solver: Comfortable navigating ambiguity balancing technical excellence with business priorities and leveraging AI or other modern tools to accelerate outcomes.

Bonus Points For:

• Previous founding engineer or tech founder experience

• Leading large-scale refactoring initiatives

• Building applied AI capabilities into a product

If this role excites you but your experience doesnt perfectly align with every point wed still love to hear from you

Benefits

• Time off - 27 days holiday plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day 2 volunteer days 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year

• Health & Wellness- private medical Insurance with Bupa a medical cashback scheme life insurance gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support

• Hybrid work offering - we collaborate in the office 3 days per week

• Work-from-anywhere scheme - youll have the opportunity to work from anywhere up to 10 days per year

• Team fun - weekly socials company-wide events and office snacks!

Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Were an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. This will never change. Read our Equality Diversity & Inclusion policy here.

Right to Work

Do you have the right to work in the UK Unfortunately at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.

Safeguarding

All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.

Required Experience:

Staff IC