Job summary

Permanent, full-time Principal Engineer / Technical Architect job role
Hybrid working, 2 days a week

Key skills required for this role

Principal Engineer, Software, Technical Architect, Cloud, Applications

Important

Principal Engineer, Software, Technical Architect, Cloud, Applications

Job description

Our client, a dynamic organisation within the IT sector, is currently seeking a Technical Architect / Principal Engineer to join their team. This is a permanent role with the requirement to come into the office in Worcester twice per week.

This role of a Principal Engineer will be technical contributor to the architecture of a new product that integrates with a varied software stack. Using defined architectural principals, lead cross-functional product delivery teams and provide technical leadership to enhance delivery and performance.

Key responsibilities summary:

• Getting code into production: Ensure code (features, fixes, experiments) is deployed safely and efficiently into production or user environments.
• Test Driven Development: Design and implement tests to specify and validate code functionality, making it clearer, simpler, and bug-free.
• Performance and scalability engineering: Assess, recommend, design, and optimise systems for responsiveness, traffic load, large datasets, and processing times.
• Business logic and backend development: Design and maintain business logic, core databases, and APIs to ensure data and services are accessible.
• Collaboration: Work closely with others to achieve common goals, experimenting with tools and techniques to enhance teamwork.
• Continuous integration: Write code that supports continuous integration, with frequent commits to a single codebase.
• Continuous delivery/deployment: Implement techniques to enable the continuous delivery or deployment of new features and updates.

Skills / Experience sought:

• Significant experience in software development with proficiency in C#
• Experience with cloud-based platforms such as Azure or AWS
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture
• Understanding of integrating with varied software stacks
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Experience in mentoring and coaching team members
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification in IT or a related field

Apply now to join our client's innovative and skilled team