Principal Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Salary - £65K-£85K negotiable depending on experience plus competitive benefits package including pension, 25 days holiday and life assurance.

Location – Portsmouth, Hants, Hybrid

Our client is a rapidly growing software and data science consultancy firm, renowned for their reputation and keen ability to understand and meet customer requirements effectively. Their team is dedicated to delivering high-quality, end-to-end software and data science services. This role offers the opportunity to work with these teams to operate across multiple sectors, including defence, energy, transport, and health, and contribute to the development of cutting-edge solutions.

They are looking for principal 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. You will be designing solutions for complex challenges that will meet and exceed user requirements.

Responsibilities will 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.
• Applying mathematical and computational methods to tackle real world problems, applying tools and techniques, and developing novel approaches where required.
• Delivering technical consulting projects and products, with the opportunity to lead some of these.
• Building new relationships and maintaining current customer relationships.

Essential requirements for the role of Principal Software Engineer:

• 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.
• Demonstratable skills in stakeholder management including influencing, negotiating and conflict management.
• Demonstratable experience and capability in writing proposals and coordinating bid management activity.
• Experience of line management and enabling people to perform.
• Extensive experience with a range of software modelling and simulation techniques.
• Experience in using cases and project data context to determine specifications and requirements.
• Experience in one or more of the following technical disciplines: Videogame engine technology (e.g. Unreal Engine, Godot), Entity or Event based Simulation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
• Understand varied codebases and be confident in making changes to large projects.
• Understand performance and hardware constraints.
• Building customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Supporting and leading authoring of technical reports and presenting to customers.
• Be willing to travel across UK and comfortable to work at client sites for periods (occasional).
• 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.
• We’d love you to bring a strong STEM / computing background.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in managing a project from start to finish.
• This candidate will be able to create a plan of action which will consider a fixed timeline and evaluate risks.
• This individual should also have experience managing people and be an effective communicator.
• Our client is looking for candidates with SC or DV UK Security Clearance as you will be working on defence/government-based projects.