Principal Engineer

JD Group; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and execution of technology solutions. You will oversee the development of eCommerce and Order Management capabilities, ensuring the security and quality of implementations. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in AWS, JavaScript, and various architectural styles. This role offers a competitive salary and an opportunity to work within a dynamic technology environment.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of AWS/cloud computing providers.
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML.
• Strong development experience in relevant technologies.
• Working experience with different architectural styles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design and execution of technology solutions.
• Ensure security and quality guardrails are adhered to.
• Manage productivity and quality of engineering execution.
• Devise policies related to engineering standards and practices.

Skills

AWS/cloud computing

API development

JavaScript

CSS

HTML

GraphQL

Typescript

Terraform (IAC)

Event-driven architecture

Job description

JD has been embarking on a digital re-platform initiative for MACH and EDA, with new SaaS providers being onboarded in a buy vs. build mindset. As a result, we are re-architecting our platforms to enable our teams to focus on integrating these systems and power bespoke differentiating technology solutions that deliver secure, scalable, and cost-optimised functionality and change at pace.

As a technology expert for the given domain, and for current and emerging technologies, you will be one of the key team members responsible for the feasibility and technical execution of solutions for a specific product domain, providing eCommerce or Order Management capabilities within our technology stack. This will include technical ownership of the domain and its workloads, the security and quality of the implementations and all relevant integrations with SaaS platforms.

Job Title – Principal Software Engineer

Location – BL9 8RR

Working rota – Monday Friday

Working hours – 40

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll be doing the following:

• To work with PSE counterparts to oversee the design and execution of aligned technology solutions in line with the organisation’s technology and engineering strategy
• To work with PSE counterparts and the Platform Services/DevOps team to ensure security, governance and quality guardrails are in place and adhered to
• To ensure tooling provided by the Platform Services team leavers all required engineering productivity, development and deployment tooling operating under a CI/CD methodology
• To work with PSE counterparts to devise policies and strategies pertaining to industry engineering standards & practices
• To manage the productivity and quality of internal & external engineering execution capability and capacity utilising metrics and data insights from our internal developer platform and work planning tools

What We're Looking For:

• Good knowledge of AWS/cloud computing providers and technologies specific to the domain including API development, Serverless, NoSQL, containers
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages (for customer-facing domains)
• Strong development experience
• Strong experience in GraphQL, Typescript and (IAC) Terraform
• Working experience with different architectural styles (MVC, event-driven, pipes, and filters).