Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

London

Brief

Principal Software Engineer needed for a multinational Defence and Security organisation based in London who are looking to employ an experienced and well-rounded Principal Software Engineer that takes pride in their work with experience in design, development, test and integration of quality software, experience in Java and the use of object oriented design and experience of technical leadership.

What the role entails:

Some of the main duties of the Principal Software Engineer will include:

As a Principal Software Engineer you will have had responsibility for the design and delivery of software projects; supporting business development; leading teams, line managing and mentoring colleagues; and working with customers. The systems you have worked on will follow the latest methodologies on requirements capture, software development; continuous integration, deployment and requirements validation. You will be used to working with a broad variety of frameworks and/or tool sets.

What experience you need to be the successful Principal Software Engineer:

• Experience in design, development, test and integration of quality software
• Experience in Java and the use of object-oriented design
• Keen to learn a broad range of technologies on the Java stack
• Experience of technical leadership

Also, we'd love it if you have experience of...

• Agile/Scrum methodologies using tools such as Confluence and Jira
• DevOps approaches and associated tools such as Ansible, Docker and Jenkins
• Messaging and Routing Technologies such as NiFi and Kafka
• Cloud-based architectures
• Linux operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server/CentOS)
• Different programming languages, such as: Java, C, C++ and Python
• Working with open source products
• Supporting business development through contributions to customer proposals and R&D projects

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

Please note that all application must have obtained or be eligible for UK security clearance up to DV level before moving forward for the Principal Software Engineer position

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