Principal Software Engineer

A World-Class technology company founded in Edinburgh are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer, ideally with a good background in Java and AWS, to lead several of their core squads. Really Modern Tech, great culture and flexible working on offer (hybrid policy of one day in office per week).

They’ve been operating very successfully now for well-over ten years and are recognised as the market leaders within their field. They’re currently going through a period of growth as they're scaling up several of their products and squads, so it’s a really exciting time to join.

Within this role you’d find yourself looking after a few Agile squads (roughly 35 Engineers) each of which are currently looking after business-critical products. This is definitely regarded as a ‘hands on' role, and you’ll be expected to get regularly involved in coding – predominantly in the backend with Java, you’ll be seen as the subject matter expert within your squads.

You’ll also be involved in the project road map for all teams, working closely with the Lead Engineers, advising on the technical strategy and helping them to implement this. A lot of the squads are currently focusing on scaling their products to deal with the ever-increasing demand, so you’ll have a good background in this.

In addition, the company place a really big importance on best practices and you’ll be expected to really champion this within your role to make sure all the teams are delivering software to the highest possible level.

You’ll ideally have good experience with the following;
• Strong Programming skills; ideally with Java
• Software Architecture
• Cloud Services (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Proven experience in a similar role

The following is highly desirable;
• Apache Kafka
• Front-end experience (ReactJS with TypeScript)
• DevOps tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraforms)

They’ve got custom-built offices in central Edinburgh, which includes pool tables, games consoles, even their own Gym and much more – it’s genuinely a great space! They do support hybrid working, where you’ll be expected onsite roughly once a week for meetings and F2F time with your teams.

In return they’re able to offer a salary from £+0k to £115k (depending on ability and experience) and a really strong benefits package to match; which includes multiple bonuses and uncapped holidays.

This is a really unique opportunity to join an already well-established organisation, that are going through really exciting period of growth. If you’re keen to find out more, please apply or drop Doug Paget a message via LinkedIn.