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Principal Software Engineer

Spectrum IT Recruitment

London, UK

£90,000 – £120,000

about 11 hours ago

Skills & Technologies

JavaC#C.NETKafkaEvent-drivenDistributed SystemsAgileSQLAzureReportingRoboticsLeadershipBest PracticeSustainability

Job Description

Join a global technology organisation whose products are trusted by leading brands and deliver real-world impact across sustainability, education and safety.

This is a pivotal role, reporting to the Head of Engineering helping lead tech direction and delivery for some genuinely innovative products.

The Role

Act as the technical SME across multiple engineering teams including (Web Applications, GIS and Robotics)

Provide hands-on technical leadership-shaping architecture, improving products and unblocking delivery.

Solve complex engineering problems and drive best practice across the organisation.

Requirements

5+ years' experience as a Principal Software Engineer (or similar) in an enterprise environment.

Proven track record leading across multiple engineering teams and specialties.

Experience with Event-driven architectures.

Strong technical breadth across C#, .NET, SQL, Kafka and Azure (Java is a plus).

Agile Leadership

Desirable

The role has no direct reports, but established leadership skills are desirable

Distributed systems and real-time data processing.

Application and platform security fundamentals.

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