Remote lead and principal C++ jobs in the UK
Live remote lead and principal C++ jobs in the UK, detected on employer careers pages and updated hourly. Every role is fully remote or work-from-home.
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We are currently tracking 52 live vacancies matching remote lead and principal C++ jobs in the UK, advertised by 13 different employers. 8 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The most active employers in this slice are Pubmatic, Appliedintuition, Timesm and Mimesis Studios. Every role is detected on the employer's own careers page rather than reposted from another board, so what you see here is the vacancy as the employer wrote it.
Too few of these roles publish a salary for a reliable benchmark. Where a figure is quoted it appears on the listing, and contract day rates are annualised so they can be compared against permanent salaries.
On working pattern, 100% are fully remote. By seniority, 100% at lead or principal level. Filter by any of these on the left.
Employers hiring for C++ in this slice most often ask for it alongside Machine Learning, Java, Python, C#, Rust and React. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.
Technical Lead Software Engineer - Multi-Agent Mission Systems
Strategic Program Manager, Information Security
Lead Software Engineer - Physical AI (Defense)
Lead Software Engineer - Physical AI
Lead Software Engineer (Defense Tech)
Engineering Manager - Robotic Systems and Test
Staff Software Engineer - Databases, Tempo | United Kingdom | Remote
Staff Backend Engineer - Alerting | UK | Remote
Technical Architect - iMMERSIVE
Principal Software Engineer - Golang
Principal Software Engineer - Data Analytics
Principal / Senior Software Engineer - Mobile Monetization (Ad Server)
Principal/Senior Software Engineer - Java
Principal/Senior/Software Engineer (AI-Powered Advertising Agents - AgenticOS)
Principal Software Engineer - Payments
Principal Security Engineer
Principal Security Analyst
Technical Project Manager
Senior Engineering Manager
Senior Technical Program Manager
Job titles employers are advertising
The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.
Questions about these roles
How many remote lead and principal C++ jobs in the UK are there right now?
We are tracking 52 live vacancies across 13 employers. The crawler revisits employer careers pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.
Are these contract or permanent roles?
Every role here that states a basis is permanent. Contract vacancies are listed separately.
Which employers are hiring?
The most active right now are Pubmatic, Appliedintuition, Timesm, Mimesis Studios and Immersiveai. Every vacancy links straight to that employer's own careers page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company, and there is no middleman between you and the application.
What other skills do these roles ask for?
Most often Machine Learning, Java, Python, C# and Rust. That is counted from the live adverts on this page rather than a fixed list, so it tracks what employers are asking for this month.
Are there entry-level or graduate C++ developer jobs in the UK?
Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.
What job titles are used for this role?
Employers on this page advertise it as Manager, Security Operations, Manager, Software Engineering - AI Product (London, United Kingdom), Manager, Software Engineering - Billing, Manager, Software Engineering - Data Platform and Manager, Software Engineering - DevEx AI Tools. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.
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