Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

See yourself at Dataminr

As a Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack you will be responsible for architecture, design, and development of our customer facing applications. You’re the person that other engineers come to for help solving the hardest problems. You have deep technical expertise and have earned the respect of your peers. You have built web platforms — UI frameworks, APIs, application infrastructure, toolchains — to deliver complex customer experiences.

You’ll join a team that is passionate and extremely knowledgeable about user experience. This is an opportunity to work with rapid experimentation and solve exciting new problems together with a globally distributed team. This role is based either in the UK or Ireland, with the option of being fully remote.

At Dataminr, we are creating a team of talented builders, creators and visionaries to have a real-world impact on how organizations respond to fast-emerging events as they unfold. We are over 600 talented individuals, spanning seven global offices, united by our passion to use AI for the greater good and be agents of positive change in our company and in our communities.

We offer a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you healthy and happy:

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plan options for employees domestic partners and their dependents

• Generous PTO, flexible sick days and remote working options

• Paid parental leave and family forming benefits

• Mental health benefits and support

• Company equity (RSUs) 

​At Dataminr, we serve a global community made up of many cultures and strive to reflect the diversity of the world in which we live. We stand for social justice and we lead with empathy. We foster a culture of allyship, standing up for those who face systemic barriers to equality. We actively condemn racism and discrimination in any form. 

We believe our differences give us strength. Our employees are empowered to be their best, authentic selves through various opportunities, such as our robust employee resource group (ERG) network, learning and development funds, and more. 

The opportunity

• Work with a multinational team to help create a seamless user interface that surfaces real-time alerts from around the world.
• Implement industry best practices with an approach that promotes clean, modular and scalable code.
• Plan and deliver the future iterations of our customer web application to accommodate evolving user needs.
• Provide technical leadership and work with other team members to help set clear and well structured guidelines for development
• Be a technical mentor for other engineers

What you bring

At Dataminr, we value you for who you are. We encourage you to apply for this role, even if you don't meet every qualification. Our candidates are reviewed on the basis of their skill and potential to succeed.

• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining large-scale, distributed software applications.
• Proven track record of mentorship and modeling strong engineering practices through hands on coding
• Collaborate with various stakeholders including User Experience, Product, and other engineers to design solutions with balanced tradeoffs (experience inLean product development is great!)
• Prior professional experience with React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with React Testing Library.
• Experience with Java, Scala, Python and/or other object oriented programming languages
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills

About Dataminr

Dataminr, the world’s leading real-time information discovery platform, delivers the earliest warnings on high-impact events, emerging risks and other critical business information far in advance of other sources. Recognized as one of the world’s leading AI businesses, Dataminr enables faster response, more effective risk mitigation and stronger crisis management for public and private sector organizations spanning global corporations, first responders, NGOs and newsrooms. Most recently valued at $4.1B, Dataminr serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 50 and half of the Fortune 100 companies and over 650 newsrooms worldwide.

Dataminr is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Individuals seeking employment at Dataminr are considered without regards to race, sex, colour, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status, pregnancy, unemployment status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status.

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