At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative software projects and collaborate with a dynamic engineering team.
- Company: Join Gearset, the top DevOps platform for Salesforce, known for its great culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, remote work flexibility, and generous personal development budget.
- Other info: Be part of an award-winning company with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in tech while working with cutting-edge tools and technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in full-stack development and strong collaboration skills required.
The predicted salary is between 78000 - 90000 £ per year.
Gearset is the leading DevOps platform for Salesforce - our users can build and manage many aspects of their Salesforce development from within Gearset, from complex CI/CD pipelines to disaster recovery. The Gearset platform is a standalone tool that sits outside of the Salesforce platform, integrating via public APIs only. We work closely with domain experts to build novel solutions to the unique challenges they face, enabling them to make their Salesforce changes quickly and safely.
This means we can identify and react to issues quickly and delight our users by getting improvements to them as fast as possible. As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we know the value of a great engineering culture, teamwork and tight feedback loops.
What are the opportunities for a Principal Software Engineer at Gearset? Our small engineering teams start from a few core principles but evolve over time. Our tech stack includes C#, React, TypeScript, Postgres, AWS and Kubernetes. You’ll become familiar with our pragmatically chosen stack, but you’ll also help us define what great looks like.
- A track record of creating a positive business impact outside of writing code.
- Previous experience as a full-stack engineer, including experience working directly with customers.
- Familiarity with C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
- Expertise with an OOP language (e.g. Java, C++) and a modern JS framework (e.g. Angular, Vue.js).
- Experience working in an agile development team, where you’ve delivered incremental small slices, and are comfortable with reacting to meet user needs.
Salary is £78k - £90k+ (depending on experience). This role is based in our Cambridge office but with the flexibility to work from home when you need to. Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year. Free lunch in the office. Life Insurance & critical illness cover. Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits. Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive scheme.
Gearset is the leading Salesforce DevOps platform trusted by more than 2000 companies around the globe, including Sonos, Intercom, TripAdvisor, Sage and Salesforce. Alongside our Glassdoor score of 4.3/5, and customer G2 scores of 4.7/5, we hold three awards from Best Companies UK: Top 5 Best Company to work for in the East of England, UK Top 5 Best Mid-sized Company, and Top 5 Best Technology Company to work for in the whole of the UK.
About the engineering team: Some of us studied computer science.
Principal Software Engineer (Fully Remote) employer: Gearset
Gearset is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that prioritises collaboration, transparency, and continuous feedback. With a generous personal development budget, top-end hardware, and a range of health and wellness benefits, employees are empowered to grow professionally while enjoying a supportive environment. Located in Cambridge, the company combines the excitement of a startup with the stability of a successful scaleup, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
