Freight Lead Software Engineer in London

Shell's business thrives on innovative technology and skilled professionals. We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team as a Tech Lead. This project aims to develop an integrated freight management platform for Trading & Supply. The new platform will replace RADAR with Veson IMOS, a leading industry solution, and will include a custom in-house system for demurrage and PDE calculations, integrated with our ETRMs.

What You’ll Be Doing

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play an active role on small and large projects as a Tech Lead. At Shell, a Tech Lead drives digital transformation and ensures the successful execution of technology projects.
• Responsible for architectural decisions, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions that align with Shell's enterprise standards and future vision.
• Play a central role in the successful delivery of the new freight management platform.
• Drive the technical design and standards and lead the development team in implementing Veson IMOS and the bespoke in-house solution.

Industry Knowledge

What you bring

• Voyage Management experience; familiarity with Veson IMOS.
• Experience with the full Trading system landscape and capabilities around Life of a Deal.

Experience & Leadership

• Extensive experience in software delivery with significant years leading software engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering and leading large-scale programs.
• Build and maintain motivated teams, drive development and collaboration.
• Direct workload of engineers, partitioning tasks and assigning accountability.

Technical Design

• Own and drive technical design and standards for software products in Voyage Management.
• Define and document system architecture, integration patterns, and technology choices.
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms.
• Lead engineering decisions across the project team, managing divergent opinions.
• Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value.
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (scalability, security, performance, maintainability).
• Lead architectural reviews and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.

Collaboration & Communication

• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Listen to and interpret the needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions.
• Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities.

Problem Solving & Innovation

• Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture.
• Manage dependencies, overcome obstacles, and maximize value against constraints, managing trade-offs or technical debt.

Technical Skills & Mastery

• Desirable Technologies & Programming Languages: React.js, Node.js, Python with Cloud Native Platform Development (AWS/Azure).
• Data Development technologies: SQL, NoSQL, Cloud Datastores.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks/Spark; Azure Data Factory is a bonus.
• Experience designing and building containers, microservices, cloud-native applications, and federated data platforms (Data Mesh).
• Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security.
• Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series.
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architectures (Event Hub, Event Bus, Kafka), ELK.
• Exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
• 5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible.

Agile & Engineering Standards

• Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments.
• Lead the engineering community to follow Software Engineering Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse.
• Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency.

What We Offer

• You bring your skills and experience to Shell and, in return, you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet.
• You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another.
• You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Competitive starting salary with annual performance-related increases; pay and benefits packages ranked among the best.
• Paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization committed to diversity and inclusion; applications from all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences are encouraged.
• Growth through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Access to a wide range of training and development programs.

Note: As part of your application, please submit a motivation letter along with your resume. The motivation letter should outline your reasons for applying to this position and how your skills and experiences align with the job requirements.

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