Remote Principal Software Engineer

Remote Principal Software Engineer

2026-10-04T00:00:00

Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, GB, AB41 9 (Work From Home)

2027-01-02T19:01:49.12

About the Role

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 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 providing improvements as fast as possible.

As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we value a strong engineering culture, teamwork, and tight feedback loops. We are confident in our product and market potential, with big plans for the future. Check out this video to see what it’s like working as an engineer in our Belfast office.

Opportunities for a Principal Software Engineer

Our small engineering teams start from a few core principles but evolve over time. They all work a little differently depending on their preferences and the problems they are working on. You’ll impact what we build, as well as how we build it. A great team benefits from context and feedback—there’s no substitute for talking directly with the people impacted by our work. Engineers work across the business and communicate directly with customers and partners to ensure we're solving the most pressing problems.

Our tech stack includes C#, React, TypeScript, Postgres, AWS, and Kubernetes. You will become familiar with our pragmatically chosen stack but also help us define what great looks like.

About You

• A track record of creating a positive business impact outside of writing code, such as leading a team, driving the rollout of new technology, or owning the development of a major feature.


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


• A passion for learning and continual improvement, with comfort in giving and receiving constructive feedback.


• Ability to read more about our engineering values (implied link or reference).

Great to Haves

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


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


• Proficiency in working on a distributed, cloud-hosted product with rapid release cycles.


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


• We believe diverse teams perform better; if your experience doesn’t fit perfectly or you don’t meet every requirement but are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary: £78,000 - £90,000+ (depending on experience).


• This role is based in our Cambridge office with flexibility for remote work.


• Generous personal development budget 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 and other wellness benefits.


• Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive scheme.

About Us

Gearset is the leading Salesforce DevOps platform trusted by over 2000 companies worldwide, including Sonos, Intercom, TripAdvisor, Sage, and Salesforce. We maintain a fast-paced, exciting startup environment combined with the success and ambition of a scaleup, with headquarters in Cambridge (UK) and offices in Belfast, London, and Chicago. We pride ourselves on a unique culture based on trust, collaboration, transparency, and teamwork, fostering a feedback-driven environment focused on delivering the best solutions for our customers. Our accolades include a 4.3/5 Glassdoor score, 4.7/5 customer G2 scores, and 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 UK.

The Engineering Team

Our team is diverse: some studied computer science, others have only worked at startups, some have experience at large companies; some are former consultants, others former chemists. We value diverse experiences and opinions, which are key to our success. If this role sounds interesting regardless of your background, we encourage you to apply.

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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.