Principal Software Engineer

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JD has been embarking on a digital re-platform initiative for MACH and EDA, with new SaaS providers being onboarded in a buy vs. build mindset. As a result, we are re-architecting our platforms to enable our teams to focus on integrating these systems and power bespoke differentiating technology solutions that deliver secure, scalable, and cost-optimised functionality and change at pace.

As a technology expert for the given domain, and for current and emerging technologies, you will be one of the key team members responsible for the feasibility and technical execution of solutions for a specific product domain, providing eCommerce or Order Management capabilities within our technology stack. This will include technical ownership of the domain and its workloads, the security and quality of the implementations and all relevant integrations with SaaS platforms.

· Job Title – Principal Software Engineer

· Location – BL9 8RR

· Working rota – Monday Friday

· Working hours – 40

What You\’ll Be Doing:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you\’ll be doing the following:

• To work with PSE counterparts to oversee the design and execution of aligned technology solutions in line with the organisation’s technology and engineering strategy
• To work with PSE counterparts and the Platform Services/DevOps team to ensure security, governance and quality guardrails are in place and adhered to
• To ensure tooling provided by the Platform Services team leverages all required engineering productivity, development and deployment tooling operating under a CI/CD methodology
• To work with PSE counterparts to devise policies and strategies pertaining to industry engineering standards and practices
• To manage the productivity and quality of internal and external engineering execution capability and capacity utilising metrics and data insights from our internal developer platform and work planning tools

What We\’re Looking For:

• Good knowledge of AWS/cloud computing providers and technologies specific to the domain including API development, Serverless, NoSQL, containers
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages (for customer-facing domains)
• Strong development experience
• Strong experience in GraphQL, Typescript and (IAC) Terraform
• Working experience with different architectural styles (MVC, event-driven, pipes, and filters).