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Principal Software Engineer

Platform Recruitment Limited
Cambridge, UK
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Compensation
£60,000.0 - £80,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
totaljobs.com

Tech stack

.NET Framework C Sharp (Programming Language) Code Review Continuous Integration Distributed Systems Enterprise Messaging Systems Performance Tuning RabbitMQ TCP/IP Multithreading Concurrency Kubernetes
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Apache Kafka Grpc Docker Microservices

Job description

Platform Recruitment has partnered with an innovative technology company developing mission-critical systems used by organisations worldwide. They’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the technical direction of their platform., * Lead architecture and implementation of systems in C#/.NET

  • Build low-latency applications handling high-volume data traffic
  • Drive technical vision and mentor engineers across the team
  • Oversee code reviews, coding standards and CI/CD pipelines

Requirements

  • 10+ years C# and .NET Core
  • Strong distributed systems and microservices background
  • Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka or similar messaging technologies
  • Proficiency with TCP/IP, gRPC and high-availability protocols
  • Performance tuning, concurrency and multithreading expertise
  • Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD familiarity
  • Relevant degree

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