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# Principal Software Engineer, Team Lead

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Oxford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £85,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Software Project Management, High Performance Computing, Parallel Computation, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/25947

## About the Role

* Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Maths or similar from a well-ranked university with significant industry experience
 * Demonstrable experience in software design for distributed high-performance computing platforms, particularly in a physics-based area
 * Excellent C++ is a must - there will be hands-on development work
 * Experience in developing high quality software and enthusiasm for continual improvement
 * Evidence of a collaborative team-focused approach to leading and managing colleagues

## Description

This successful and financially secure company is looking for a progressive-thinking Lead Software Engineer to bring expertise in software development and assume responsibility for their team developing complex solvers for numerical physics. The core code is written in C++11 with Python wrappers.


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