Remote Principal Software Engineer

Remote Principal Software Engineer

Start Date: 2026-10-04

Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire, GB, LE10 0 (Work From Home)

End Date: 2027-01-02 19:01:17.007

Company Overview

Gearset is the leading DevOps platform for Salesforce - our users can build and manage many aspects of their Salesforce development from within Gearset, from complex CI/CD pipelines to disaster recovery. The Gearset platform is a standalone tool that sits outside of the Salesforce platform, integrating via public APIs only. So while our engineering team doesn't develop within the Salesforce environment, our users do. We work closely with those domain experts to build novel solutions to their unique challenges, enabling them to make their Salesforce changes quickly and safely. We release new versions of Gearset multiple times a day and continually invest in improving our observability and infrastructure tools, allowing us to react swiftly to issues and deliver improvements rapidly. As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we value engineering culture, teamwork, and tight feedback loops. We are confident in our product and market potential, with big plans for the future.

Opportunities for a Principal Software Engineer

Our small engineering teams start from a few core principles but evolve over time. They all work differently depending on their preferences and the problem they’re working on. You’ll impact what we build and how we build it. A great team thrives on context and feedback—direct communication with those impacted by our work is essential. Engineers engage across the business, talking directly to customers and partners to ensure we address the most pressing issues. Our tech stack includes C#, React, TypeScript, Postgres, AWS, and Kubernetes. You will become familiar with our pragmatic stack and also help define what great looks like.

About You

• A track record of creating positive business impact beyond just writing code, such as leading teams, driving technology rollouts, or owning major features.


• Previous experience as a full-stack engineer, including working directly with customers.


• A passion for learning and continual improvement, comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback.


• You can read more about our engineering values here.

Great to Haves

• Familiarity with C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React.


• Expertise in an OOP language (e.g., Java, C++) and a modern JS framework (e.g., Angular, Vue.js).


• Proficiency with distributed, cloud-hosted products with rapid release cycles.


• Experience working in an agile development environment, delivering incremental small slices, and reacting to meet user needs.

Our Values and Approach

We believe diverse teams perform better. If your experience doesn't fit every criterion but you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply regardless.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary ranges from £78,000 to £90,000+ depending on experience.


• This role is based in our Cambridge office with flexible work-from-home options.


• Generous personal development budget for courses and conferences (up to £1500 annually).


• Top-end hardware provided.


• Free lunch in the office.


• BUPA health care, Life Insurance & critical illness cover.


• Discounted gym membership and other health and wellness benefits.


• Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive scheme.

About Us

Gearset is the trusted Salesforce DevOps platform used by over 2000 companies globally, including Sonos, Intercom, TripAdvisor, Sage, and Salesforce. We maintain a dynamic startup-like environment combined with the success of a scale-up, with headquarters in Cambridge (UK) and offices in Belfast, London, and Chicago. Our culture is based on trust, collaboration, transparency, and teamwork. We are proud of our awards, including Top 5 Best Company to work for in the East of England, UK, Top 5 Best Mid-sized Company, and Top 5 Best Technology Company in the UK. Our diverse team includes individuals with backgrounds in computer science, startups, large companies, consulting, and even chemistry. We value diverse experiences and opinions, believing they are key to our success.

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Gearset is the leading DevOps platform for Salesforce - our users can build and manage many aspects of their Salesforce development from within Gearset, from complex CI/CD pipelines to disaster recovery. The Gearset platform is a standalone tool that sits outside of the Salesforce platform, integrating via public APIs only. So while our engineering team doesn't develop within the Salesforce environment, our users do. So we work closely with those domain experts to build novel solutions to the unique challenges they face, enabling them to make their Salesforce changes quickly and safely. We live and breathe this approach ourselves: we release new versions of Gearset multiple times a day and we continually invest in improving our own observability and infrastructure tools. This means we can identify and react to issues quickly and delight our users by getting improvements to them as fast as possible. As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we know the value of a great
engineering culture, teamwork and tight feedback loops. We re confident in our product, market potential, and we have big plans for the future. Check out this video to see what it s like working as an engineer in our Belfast office. \n What are the opportunities for a Principal Software Engineer at Gearset? Our small engineering teams start from a few core principles but evolve over time. They all work a little bit differently, depending on their preferences and the problem they're working on. You ll impact what we build, as well as how we build it. A great team does their best work with context and feedback - there s no substitute for talking directly with the people impacted by our work. Engineers work across the business and talk directly to customers and partners , to ensure we're solving the most pressing problems. Our tech stack includes C#, React, TypeScript, Postgres, AWS and Kubernetes. You ll become familiar with our pragmatically chosen stack, but you ll also help us
define what great looks like. About you A track record of creating a positive business impact outside of writing code. To us this could look like leading a team, driving the rollout of a new technology or owning the development of a major feature Previous experience as a full-stack engineer, including experience working directly with customers A passion for learning and continual improvement, being comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback to make your work even better You can read more about our engineering values here Great to haves Familiarity with C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript and React Expertise with an OOP language (eg. Java, C++) and a modern JS framework (eg. Angular, Vue.js) Proficiency in working on a distributed, cloud hosted product with rapid release cycles Experience working in an agile development team, where you ve delivered incremental small slices, and are comfortable with reacting to meet user needs We believe that
diverse teams perform better, so if your experience doesn t fit perfectly or you don't meet every single requirement but you re excited about this role, we d love for you to apply anyway. Salary and benefits (the stuff you d expect!) Salary is £78k - £90k+ (depending on experience) This role is based in our Cambridge office but with the flexibility to work from home when you need to Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year Top end hardware provided Free lunch in the office BUPA health care Life Insurance & critical illness cover Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive scheme \n £78,000 - £90,000 a year \n About us Gearset is the leading Salesforce DevOps platform trusted by more than 2000 companies around the globe, including Sonos, Intercom,
TripAdvisor, Sage and Salesforce. We ve maintained the fast-paced, exciting environment of a startup, with the success and ambition of a scaleup, across our HQ in Cambridge (UK) and offices in Belfast, London and Chicago. We re proud of the unique culture we've built, one based on trust, collaboration, transparency, and teamwork. This allows us to be strongly feedback-driven and stay focused on delivering the best solution for our customers. Alongside our Glassdoor score of 4.3/5, and customer G2 scores of 4.7/5, we hold three awards from Best Companies UK: Top 5 Best Company to work for in the East of England, UK Top 5 Best Mid-sized Company, and Top 5 Best Technology Company to work for in the whole of the UK. About the engineering team Some of us studied computer science; some of us have only ever worked at startups; some have worked at huge companies; some are former consultants and some are former chemists. We know diverse teams with varied
experiences and opinions are key to the success of the business, so if what we ve shared about this role sounds interesting, we'd encourage you to apply, whatever your background.