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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** AVEVA Group plc
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Software Applications, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Fortran (Programming Language), Revision Control Systems, PDMS, Scrum Methodology, Cloud Services, Delivery Pipeline, Git
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/principal-software-engineer-aveva-8913389

## About the Role

* Experience developing professional software applications using C++ and/or C#.
 * Awareness of industrial engineering and/or factory plant design.
 * Comfortable with source control systems (GIT) and automated build pipelines (Azure DevOps).
 * Practices Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Desired Skills & Competencies

 * Experience working with Fortran and/or PML.
 * Efficient/Organised: The pace at AVEVA can be exciting and fast, so whilst you will need excellent time management and effective prioritisation, we will do all we can to support a balanced portfolio of work, and your wellbeing.
 * Quality Software: You are passionate about delivering software that is reliable, performant and scales well. You also endeavour to see these characteristics reflected in our delivery processes as well.
 * Problem Solving: You'll need to enjoy getting stuck into investigations. Troubleshooting and solving challenging problems is a big part of this role.
 * Constantly Growing: You are self-motivated and curious to learn new skills (both technical and otherwise), which is a must for reaching and expanding your potential at AVEVA.

## Description

As part of the E3D development group, you'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing applications that support both desktop and cloud solutions. You will work in scrum teams aligned to our customers' engineering disciplines, contributing to consistent delivery and modernisation of our product's extensive feature set., * Design, develop and implement functional features as per Product Owner requests.

 * Analyse, investigate and debug issues found both internally (by the team) and externally (by customers).
 * Drive quality throughout our product by taking the initiative on automated testing, architectural refactoring, and communal best practices.
 * Demonstrate sound decision making on individual and team workloads to ensure it is delivered in a timely manner.