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Open nowPosted 83 days ago

Principal Engineer

Workable (global search)107,990 open roles

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Budapest, Hungary
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Your applicationOpen nowPrincipal EngineerWorkable (global search) · Budapest, Hungary

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The posting

The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.

We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You’ll find our 700+ team across 12 regions and 9 time zones.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across multiple teams, influencing technical direction through expertise, collaboration and strong engineering practices.

You’ll work closely with Engineering Managers, Architects and delivery teams to drive high-impact technical initiatives, improve engineering quality and developer experience, and promote modern software engineering practices. The role has a strong focus on Continuous Delivery, automation, observability and scalable architecture.

You’ll also mentor engineers, contribute to technical strategy and help teams make better technical decisions — without relying on formal authority.

This position reports to the Engineering Manager for the Payments team, based in Budapest, Hungary.

What You'll Do

  • Shape technical direction and engineering roadmaps across teams
  • Lead high-impact technical and platform initiatives
  • Improve engineering standards, developer experience and delivery practices
  • Champion CI/CD, automated testing, observability and modern engineering practices
  • Design and review scalable software and cloud-native architectures
  • Partner with Architecture, Engineering Managers and delivery teams
  • Mentor engineers and support technical capability development
  • Contribute to technical discussions, code reviews and hiring

What We're Looking For

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong experience with one or more modern languages such as TypeScript/JavaScript, Go or Java
  • Deep knowledge of software design, architecture, testing and modern engineering practices
  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native applications; AWS is preferred
  • Strong understanding of APIs and communication patterns such as REST, GraphQL and gRPC
  • Extensive Continuous Delivery / CI/CD experience
  • Experience influencing technical direction without formal authority
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience working across global and remote teams
  • A proactive mindset and passion for improving engineering practices

Why you will enjoy working with us

  • Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
  • Private healthcare insurance
  • Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
  • Flexible and hybrid working
  • Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year
  • Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
  • 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
  • Periodic recognition and reward programs for outstanding performance and achievements
  • Frequent events and celebrations
  • Employee Assistance Program & Wellbeing Initiatives
  • Convenient and cozy office located near Astoria at KLUSTER Coworking

More about Pepperstone We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit and

We understand it’s important to do due diligence on a prospective employer and see what our team is saying on . We respect our team members’ experiences and will never pay to remove a negative review.

Pepperstone is an equal-opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.

“We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.

We will be reviewing applications as they come through, so if this is an opportunity that excites you, don't wait. Express your interest by clicking the apply button below as soon as possible.

Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.

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