Principal Technical Lead

Position Description:

At CGI we deliver secure scalable digital services that support some of the UKs most important public sector organisations. As a Principal Technical Lead within one of our key UK Government programmes youll provide strategic engineering leadership across multiple high-performing product teams delivering critical digital justice services. Youll help shape the future of complex cloud-based platforms while guiding the adoption of modern engineering and AI-enabled capabilities that improve service quality operational efficiency and user outcomes. Working in a highly collaborative environment youll influence technical direction mentor senior engineering leaders and drive innovation across large-scale public sector transformation programmes that make a meaningful difference to citizens nationwide.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK Best Employer by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary excellent pension private healthcare plus a share scheme (3.5% 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector including our Armed Forces and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and youll be part of an open friendly community of experts. Well train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

In this role you will provide senior technical leadership across multiple product teams supporting complex digital services within the programme. Youll mentor Technical Leads and senior engineers ensuring teams deliver secure scalable and high-quality solutions aligned with modern engineering standards and long-term platform strategy. Working closely with architects delivery managers and product leaders youll help shape technical direction while ensuring practical and effective implementation across a complex technology estate.
Youll also play a key role in identifying opportunities to introduce AI-enabled capabilities and AI-assisted engineering practices that improve productivity delivery confidence and service outcomes. Alongside hands-on technical leadership youll foster collaboration continuous improvement and engineering excellence across the wider programme.
Key responsibilities
Lead & Mentor Technical Leads and senior engineering teams across multiple product areas
Drive & Improve engineering quality secure development practices and DevOps standards
Review & Guide complex technical implementations across distributed cloud platforms
Collaborate & Align with architects delivery managers and product teams on strategic technical direction
Support & Enable AI-assisted engineering practices and AI-enabled service capabilities
Manage & Mitigate technical dependencies risks and delivery challenges across teams
Contribute & Support proof-of-concept initiatives innovation activities and emerging technologies
Foster & Develop high-performing engineering cultures through coaching and leadership
Support & Influence recruitment onboarding and capability development across the programme

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

To succeed in this role youll bring extensive experience leading engineering teams within large-scale complex digital delivery environments. You should have deep technical expertise across modern cloud-native engineering practices strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to mentor and influence technical leaders across multiple teams. Experience with AI-assisted engineering practices and highly regulated public sector environments will be highly beneficial.
Essential qualifications
Significant experience leading engineering teams and mentoring Technical Leads
Strong programming expertise in Java Angular and
Experience building and supporting distributed systems and microservices architectures
Strong knowledge of Azure cloud technologies including AKS Azure Service Bus and Application Insights
Experience working with PostgreSQL and modern application development practices
Strong understanding of DevOps CI/CD pipelines Git Jenkins and Terraform
Ability to review challenge and guide complex technical implementations
Experience working within regulated or public sector digital environments
Strong communication stakeholder engagement and technical leadership skills
Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools or AI-enabled software capabilities desirable
Understanding of responsible AI principles and governance considerations desirable
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Skills:

• Angular
• Azure Cloud
• GIT
• Java
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Postgre SQL
• Terraform

What you can expect from us:

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