Who we’re looking for
We are looking for an experienced Principal Full-Stack Software Engineer to design, build and operate production-grade capabilities across APIs, data products, enterprise integrations and tools used by agents. This is a senior individual-contributor role for an engineer who can take complex problems from first idea through design, implementation, release and ongoing support.
You will remain strongly hands-on while providing technical direction across teams. You will create reusable engineering patterns, make sound architectural trade-offs, mentor other engineers and raise standards for testing, security, observability, deployment and support. The role requires breadth across software, data and integration, with the depth to resolve difficult engineering problems and deliver reliable solutions in a regulated environment.
About Us
Schroders is a global investment manager which provides active asset management, wealth management and investment solutions. We aim to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We serve a diverse client base that includes pension schemes, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, family offices, as well as end clients through partnerships with distributors, financial advisers, and online platforms.
Established in 1804, we have around 5,500 people across 36 global locations. Schroders' success can be attributed to its diversified business model, spanning different asset classes, client types and geographies.
About Cazenove Capital
Cazenove Capital is the wealth management business of Schroders. We support private individuals, families, charities, family offices and institutions with investment management, wealth planning, banking and related services.
The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre and we have everything we need to work flexibly.
The opportunity in Wealth Technology
Wealth has ambitious growth objectives. Supporting that growth requires us to scale the expertise of our advisers, planners and support teams without increasing headcount at the same rate.
Our approach is to build practical technology that improves the workflows driving commercial and client outcomes. That includes secure APIs, trusted data products, enterprise integrations and reusable tools that allow applications, workflows and governed agents to act on consistent business capabilities. The objective is to create components that can be used repeatedly across Wealth, increasing delivery speed without compromising control, resilience or supportability.
The team
You will join Wealth Technology and work directly with business, product, architecture, data, security and control teams. As a principal engineer, you will combine hands-on delivery with technical leadership: shaping solutions, influencing engineering direction.
What you'll do
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Design, build and operate full-stack capabilities, with particular depth in Python services, APIs and backend engineering.
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Create secure, reusable APIs and integration components that expose business capabilities consistently across the Wealth technology estate.
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Build governed data products and pipelines, turning source data into reliable, documented and reusable services for applications, analytics and agents.
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Develop tools that agents can use safely to retrieve data, invoke workflows and complete defined actions, with appropriate authentication, permissions, guardrails and auditability.
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Own engineering outcomes across the full lifecycle, including design, code, automated testing, deployment, observability, operational readiness and continuous improvement.
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Provide principal-level technical leadership through design reviews, reusable patterns, mentoring and constructive challenge, while remaining accountable for working software in production.
The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
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Substantial hands-on software engineering experience and a strong record of delivering production systems across the full development lifecycle.
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Deep Python engineering experience, including production services and APIs built with FastAPI or a comparable framework, plus the ability to work across user-facing components where required.
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Strong understanding of API design, distributed systems, enterprise integration, authentication and authorisation, event-driven and batch patterns, testing, deployment and observability.
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Experience creating data products and robust data pipelines using technologies such as Snowflake, SQL, dbt, Azure Data Factory or comparable cloud data tooling, including data modelling, quality and lineage.
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Experience building tool-using applications or agent capabilities, including reliable tool interfaces, structured inputs and outputs, permissions, evaluation, failure handling and operational controls.
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Principal-level judgement: able to shape technical direction, simplify complex problems, influence across teams, mentor engineers and balance pace with security, resilience, maintainability and regulatory control.
What you’ll be like
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A hands-on principal engineer who leads through technical credibility, working software and clear engineering judgement.
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Outcome-led and pragmatic, able to move quickly while building solutions that are secure, reusable, observable and supportable.
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Comfortable operating across software, data, integration and agent tooling rather than within a single technical specialism.
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Collaborative and straightforward, able to mentor others, challenge constructively and influence technical decisions across organisational boundaries.
We Recognise Potential, Whoever You Are
Our purpose is to deliver excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We believe diverse perspectives and an inclusive culture help us make better decisions and achieve better outcomes for our clients. That's why inclusion is a strategic priority for us, and we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for all roles and provide reasonable accommodations to support applicants and employees, including those with neurodiversity, disability, or physical and mental health needs. For more information, please visit our FAQs.
About Us
Skills Required
- Substantial hands-on software engineering experience delivering production systems across the full development lifecycle.
- Deep Python engineering experience, including production services and APIs built with FastAPI or a comparable framework.
- Ability to work across user-facing components when required.
- Strong understanding of API design, distributed systems, enterprise integration, authentication and authorization, event-driven and batch patterns, testing, deployment, and observability.
- Experience creating data products and robust data pipelines using technologies such as Snowflake, SQL, dbt, Azure Data Factory, or comparable cloud data tooling.
- Experience with data modeling, data quality, and data lineage.
- Experience building tool-using applications or agent capabilities, including tool interfaces, structured inputs and outputs, permissions, evaluation, failure handling, and operational controls.
- Principal-level judgment, including shaping technical direction, simplifying complex problems, influencing across teams, mentoring engineers, and balancing pace with security, resilience, maintainability, and regulatory control.
Schroders Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Schroders and has not been reviewed or approved by Schroders.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans are described as mature and competitive, with strong employer-supported schemes in the UK and a well-regarded 401(k) offering in the U.S. Pensions and retirement savings stand out as a distinctive strength within the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off and flexibility are emphasized, with generous annual leave in some markets and volunteer days highlighted in the UK. Flexible/hybrid working is presented as standard, supporting practical use of time-off benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is highlighted as a strength, including enhanced policies in the UK and an increased paid leave period in the U.S. Family-supportive provisions are positioned as part of a broader wellbeing focus.
Schroders Insights
What We Do
As a global investment manager, we help institutions, intermediaries and individuals across the planet meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. But as the world changes, so do our clients’ needs. That’s why we have a long history of adapting to suit the times and keeping our focus on what matters most to our clients. Doing this takes experience and expertise. We bring together people and data to spot the trends that will shape the future. This provides a unique perspective which allows us to always invest with conviction. We are responsible for £773.7 billion (€912.6 billion/$978.1 billion)* of assets for our clients who trust us to deliver sustainable returns. We remain determined to build future prosperity for them, and for all of society. Today, we have 6,000+ people across six continents who focus on doing just this. We are a global business that’s managed locally. This allows us to always keep our clients’ needs at the heart of everything we do. For over two centuries and more than seven generations we’ve grown and developed our expertise in tandem with our clients’ needs and interests. Source: Schroders, all data as at 30 June 2024. Disclaimer: Investing in securities is subject to risk. The value of investments can go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. Schroders will not make direct contact with you, via any social media platform or direct messaging service, to sell our products. If you think you have been a victim of a scam or have received unsolicited contact using the Schroders name or any associated names, and have any concerns, then please contact our Financial Crime Team using the details below: Telephone: +44(0)20 7658 4004 Email: [email protected] Schroder Investment Management Limited (Head Office): 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU Tel: +44 (0)20 7658 6000 Schroder Fund Advisors LLC, Member FINRA, SIPC (US): 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10022 Tel: +1 (800) 730-2932
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