Principal Engineer (.Net)

TP ICAP; Belfast; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Belfast seeks an experienced Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership and oversee complex software solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong .Net knowledge, experience in agile methodologies, and a passion for coaching and mentoring team members. This role promises a dynamic environment with opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical leadership experience.
• Experience overseeing the development of complex systems.
• Leadership experience within a software delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical leader and developer on a team.
• Design, develop, test and oversee software solutions.
• Provide leadership and guidance to coach team members.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Analytical ability

Problem solving

Software development

Education

Degree or equivalent industry experience

Tools

.Net

Python

Job description

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The Principal Engineer (PE) will provide technical leadership to the development teams and nurture a culture of continual learning. The Principal Engineer will demonstrate the benefits of approaches to development and delivery either through working as a team member or through group sessions. They should be the authority for decisions relating to standards and engineering best practices within their teams.

The Principal Engineer will be passionate about software development and keen to use their technical and mentoring skills to help their development team to be successful. They should be comfortable working in agile teams, foster transparent communication, have a commitment to quality, and a focus on getting things done.

Role Responsibilities

Act as the primary technical leader and developer on a team, demonstrating strong technical competencies and acting as a dependable and high value contributor within the team such that other team members know what they should aspire to

Provide technical oversight of the analysis and design for assigned projects

Design, develop, test and oversee production software solutions, including the development of highly complex systems, and modifications to existing systems

Be able to communicate the architecture and principles behind a system to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Support the use of preferred planning and prioritisation tooling to capture and track deliveries, identify issues and help with roadmap and iteration planning and prioritisation

Ensure the team engages in a well-defined SDLC that supports planning, prioritisation and delivery needs

Support the team through help with defining scope and guiding estimation of work to be done by leveraging previous experience

Be custodians for target state architecture and best practice within your respective development team

Identify opportunities to evolve systems towards target state architecture and direct refactoring and prioritisation to positively influence deliveries

Work alongside Team Leaders, to provide technical leadership and direction for the development team

Participate in retrospectives and seek opportunities to drive best practice

Lead the software team to deliver high quality and innovative software solutions

Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development, through both gated checks like code reviews and more supportive approaches such as mentoring or identifying stretch opportunities for team members

Guide and support team to identify and escalate risks as appropriate

Work with the Team Leaders to provide time and resource estimates, identify potential areas of risk and suggest mitigating actions

Share complex technical designs or issues with non-technical stakeholders and influence their decision making where necessary

Identify tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process

Assist and facilitate prioritisation of software defects and enhancements

Manage risks and issues effectively with timely escalation to the project stakeholders

Experience / Competences

Degree or equivalent industry experience

Experience of hands on technical leadership

Experience overseeing the development of complex systems

Leadership experience within a software delivery team

Experience of the full software development lifecycle in a technical role

Current in-depth knowledge of .Net

Experience of a general purpose scripting language (such as Python, Perl, Ruby)

Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive approach

Strong analytical ability and problem solving skills