Principal Software Developer in Bicester

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / OXFORDSHIRE / UP TO £70,000 & GREAT BENEFITS

Amazing new opportunity for a Principal Software Developer to join a niche and growing tech organisation. Excellent pay and challenging opportunities to help you realise your full potential!

Alces Flight Ltd designs and develops innovative software for AI&HPC systems across the UK. We are advocates of open-source software and strongly believe in community-driven development. We have a broad customer base in multiple market sectors including academic/research institutions, finance, medical and Formula One.

We are investing to develop a new platform to expand our reach into Europe and the US and looking for a highly motivated Principal Software Developer to join our development team to help hack out the core of a new SaaS/IaaS platform from the ground up.

What do we Offer?

• Excellent pay (Up to £70,000, dependent on experience)
• Generous group pension scheme
• Exposure to challenging projects, cutting-edge technologies, and daily learning opportunities – we\’re an agile company at the forefront of our industry.
• We have a small, focused team with a relaxed working environment; we work in an agile way and empower teams to operate within those boundaries
• A friendly, social atmosphere in an office based environment
• We are pragmatic about what technologies we use, often evaluating new tools/languages and frameworks, so expect you to be the same
• We believe in team autonomy with responsibility placed on those building and deploying the software

Key Responsibilities of the Principal Software Developer:

• Work directly with and alongside company directors, an existing product lead and our system architects to hack out a core product that fits our particular gap in the market.
• Research, design and implement new software programs
• Develop and integrate existing software programs and platforms
• Be hands-on with our uniquely agile design, implementation and testing methodologies
• You can expect full ownership and responsibility for end-to-end delivery of your projects
• You\’ll frequently be exposed to large-scale AI computer systems and supercomputers, as well as emerging technologies such as public and private IaaS
• We strive for small frequent deployments of our technologies
• We primarily work with Ruby on Rails but you can expect to use multiple technologies whenever something becomes more appropriate.

What You\’re Good At:

• You have a passion for all things software development
• Your interests/skills have particular emphasis on open-source software and Linux environments
• You love solving problems; you understand that to solve business problems you have to draw on your extensive variety of multi-discipline skills
• You are a polyglot programmer, able to work in multiple programming languages
• You understand how to prioritise; you know when to plan and when to take the plunge
• You have a great attitude towards learning new and developing existing skills
• You want to lead and mentor software developers of all skill levels

What makes you Ideal:

• You have a demonstrable open-source software background (e.g. GitHub account and projects, etc.)
• You are a fast mover; you have a strong drive to continue to build your career in cutting-edge development
• You have a can-do personality, comfortable with communication at all levels, have run engineering teams or cross-functional teams
• You have degree level education
• You can demonstrate experience in running engineering teams or cross functional teams
• You\’re comfortable with and have experience working closely with senior stakeholders and wider business goals outside of a development only mindset.
• You have experience in scripting languages such as Bash, Ruby, Python
• You know your TLAs from OOP, MVC, and SQL to TLS, TCP and VPN.
• You know when to use Infrastructure as Code and DevOps methodologies.
• You\’ve worked with cloud technologies such as AWS, OpenStack, Azure or Google Cloud

What\’s Next?

If you have the skills and passion to be successful in this Principal Software Developer role, we would love to hear from you. APPLY TODAY and we will be in touch to discuss further.