Principal Software Engineer

Spectrum IT Recruitment
London, UK
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
£90,000.0 - £120,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) .NET Framework Geographic Information Systems Microsoft Azure C Sharp (Programming Language) Distributed Systems SQL Databases Web Applications Cloud Platform System Event Driven Architecture Apache Kafka Stream Processing

Job description

Join a global technology organisation whose products are trusted by leading brands and deliver real-world impact across sustainability, education and safety.This is a pivotal role, reporting to the Head of Engineering helping lead tech direction and delivery for some genuinely innovative products.The Role

  • Act as the technical SME across multiple engineering teams including (Web Applications, GIS and Robotics)
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership-shaping architecture, improving products and unblocking delivery.
  • Solve complex engineering problems and drive best practice across the organisation.

Requirements

  • 5+ years’ experience as a Principal Software Engineer (or similar) in an enterprise environment.
  • Proven track record leading across multiple engineering teams and specialties.
  • Experience with Event-driven architectures.
  • Strong technical breadth across C#, .NET, SQL, Kafka and Azure (Java is a plus).
  • Agile Leadership

Desirable

  • The role has no direct reports, but established leadership skills are desirable
  • Distributed systems and real-time data processing.
  • Application and platform security fundamentals.

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