Principal Software Engineer

In this role, you'll get the chance to:

• Handle complex problems in the team from technical design to launch

• Determine plans-of-attack on large projects

• Solve complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects

• Lead code reviews & documentation and take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems

• Set the standard for meaningful code reviews

• Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide programmes in multiple projects

• Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer

• Mentor junior members of the team.

Your background:

• 10+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle

• Experience with Lucene, Solr, or other Search technologies.

• Bachelor's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree

• Expertise with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or TypeScript is required.

• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)

• Experience in Java, Spring, REST, and NoSQL databases

• Experience building event-driven based on SQS, SNS, Kafka or equivalent technologies

• Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time

• Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organisation

• Consider the customer impact when making technical decisions

If you've got these skills, even better

• Experience in ElasticSearch, OpenSearch or other search engine technologies

• Experience in Developer Experience or Developer Productivity

• Proficiency in Java

• Experience in at least one additional language

• Experience in CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment)
  
  
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