# Principal Software Engineer (Platform) Product Technology · Richmond Upon Thames · Fully Remote at Cazoo

- Company: Cazoo
- What the company does: Backed by General Catalyst and Sapphire.
- Company website: https://www.cazoo.co.uk/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-21
- Apply by: 2026-12-05
- Apply: https://careers.cazoo.co.uk/jobs/8582926-principal-software-engineer-platform?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cazoo-principal-software-engineer-platform-product-technology-richmond-upon-tham/

## About the role

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of Cazoo's technology platform. We're undertaking a significant modernisation of our existing Azure-based architecture, moving towards more scalable, cloud-native and event-driven services. This is an opportunity to influence how our core platform evolves, improve the experience of our engineering teams and build the foundations that support our customer-facing products. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- A leader in backend and platform engineering with several years of experience designing, building and operating high-traffic, business-critical systems
- A proven record of leading the modernisation of legacy systems into well-designed, cloud-native domains - including the difficult work of deprecating the old system safely
- Experience designing event-driven architectures using solutions such as Azure Event Hubs, Event Grid, Service Bus or Kafka
- TypeScript and Node.js
- Azure, including AKS, Azure Functions, storage and messaging services


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cazoo-principal-software-engineer-platform-product-technology-richmond-upon-tham/