Support an Intelance led independent technology audit.
Review selected home-built platforms, applications and codebases.
Assess code quality, technical debt, maintainability, documentation and engineering standards.
Review platform architecture, APIs, integrations, services, data flows and points of failure.
Assess DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, release management and deployment controls.
Review observability, logging, monitoring, incident data, resilience and disaster recovery evidence.
Assess whether the current platforms can scale for higher digital volumes, international growth and third-party integrations.
Help judge which components should be kept, fixed, bought, rebuilt, retired or simplified.
Identify key person dependency, weak documentation, fragile integrations and high cost areas.
Work with cyber, data, cloud, enterprise architecture and business specialists.
Turn technical findings into clear, plain-English messages for a CEO, CFO and Board.
Support the creation of a technical evidence pack, architecture findings, heatmap and roadmap.

Experience as a Principal Engineer, Engineering Director, CTO, VP Engineering, Software Architect, Platform Architect, or senior technical assessor.
Strong experience reviewing software codebases, not only designing architecture from slides.
Good understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, microservices, event-driven design, cloud platforms and integration patterns.
Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, test automation, release management and engineering quality.
Ability to assess maintainability, scalability, resilience, technical debt and documentation quality.
Ability to review engineering practices without turning the work into a full code remediation project.
Ability to explain technical issues in simple language to senior non-technical leaders.
Strong judgement on build versus buy decisions.
Experience working with complex, business critical platforms.
Availability to support proposal activity immediately, with potential delivery work over an eight-week audit period.

Short-term, high impact advisory work.
Potential involvement in a Board level technology audit for a major UK business.
Flexible day-rate associate model.
Clear role boundaries and defined technical assessment scope.
Opportunity to work with a senior team across enterprise architecture, cyber, data, AI, supply chain technology, finance systems and technology cost review.
Work that focuses on evidence, real system quality and clear decisions, not generic consulting slides.

Principal Engineer – Codebase, Platform & DevOps Assessor

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