Principal Software Engineer (Fully Remote) in Hampshire, Portsmouth

Portsmouth with a hybrid working (3 days in the office). Salary: From £60K - £80K, depending on experience, many benefits including pension, 25 days holiday and life insurance.

Our client is a growing software and data science consultancy. The team is dedicated to delivering high-quality, end-to-end software and data science services. Our client is looking for Principal C++ Software Engineers with a range of levels of experience including designing, delivering software applications, and leading teams.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a major role in developing code in the Software Modelling and Simulation, autonomy, and geospatial fields, along with providing key advice around innovation and new techniques to stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• Designing, developing and delivering software solutions using a large range of techniques, including Wargames, Modelling and Simulation, Robotic and Autonomous systems, Digital Twins and Synthetic Environments.
• Delivering technical consulting projects and products, with the opportunity to lead some of these.
• Building new relationships and maintaining current customer relationships.

Qualifications/Experience required include:

• At least 15 years’ experience in designing and implementing performant software applications.
• Apply mathematical principles or statistical approaches to solve problems in scientific or applied fields.
• Proficient in C/C++ or C# and Python.
• Demonstrable experience and capability in writing proposals and coordinating bid management activity.
• Extensive experience with a range of software modelling and simulation techniques.
• Experience in using cases and project data context to determine specifications and requirements.
• Understand varied codebases and be confident in making changes to large projects.
• Understand performance and hardware constraints.
• Building customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Be willing to travel across the UK and comfortable to work at client sites for periods.
• Experience working with Defence Digital, DE&S, Dstl, Frontline Commands or UK Defence industry.
• The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or have equivalent relevant experience.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Ideally looking for candidates with current SC or DV Security Clearance.

Keywords – C++, C, Python, Defence, Modelling, Simulation, Robotics, Synthetic Environment, Autonomous Systems, Requirements Management, Unreal Engine, Godot, Simulation, Bids, Proposals, C++ Software Engineer.