Principal Software Engineer

MediSolution; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 Personal Days

Lifestyle Reward £325

Private Medical Insurance

Death in Service

Discounts

Job summary

Xanalys, a Harris Computer company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for a permanent remote-working role. This senior contributor role focuses on AI-enabled workflows, SRE/DevOps ownership, and end-to-end modules across .NET, SQL Server, Azure, and tooling.

You will work with the Platform Team Lead and Director of R&D, spend ~80% hands-on coding and 20% planning, mentoring teammates, and shaping technical standards while maintaining quality through automated testing and structured

Qualifications

• Extensive .NET and SQL Server experience.
• Strong scripting in PowerShell and Bash.
• Proven CI/CD and release management experience.
• Experience interacting with customer technical teams in regulated settings.

Responsibilities

• Own modules and features end-to-end from design to production support.
• Drive technical standards and influence across multiple products.
• Mentor teammates and raise engineering quality by example.
• Collaborate with Platform Team Lead and Director of R&D on priorities.
• Develop AI-driven workflows and ensure reliable deployments.

Job description

## Principal Software EngineerPostulerlocations: Remote - UK: Office - Altrincham: Remote - Londontime type: Temps pleinposted on: Publié aujourd'huijob requisition id: R0044729**Xanalys,** a **Harris Computer company**, is currently recruiting for a **Principal Software Engineer** on a permanent, remote-working basis. This role sits in a small, high-trust business unit supporting a cross-functional, cross-product platform portfolio: legacy and greenfield applications, developer tooling, internal dashboards, and company-wide tools. This is a senior individual contributor role with technical leadership influence (no direct reports), working closely with the Platform Team Lead and Director of R&D.**Top Priorities*** AI workflow usage and implementation are a key part of this role: use AI tooling heavily and daily, and design/ship agentic workflows that improve team delivery.* Maintain a quality and testing-first engineering approach: automated unit, integration, end-to-end, and acceptance testing are core to delivery.* Own SRE and DevOps outcomes as a top priority: reliability, observability, operability, CI/CD health, and continuous improvement are part of day-to-day ownership.**Scope of the Role*** Work profile: approximately 80% hands-on engineering, 20% planning, triage, review, retros, and technical leadership activities.* Ownership: own modules and features end-to-end (design, build, test, release, production support), not entire enterprise products.* Landscape influence: understand the broader enterprise landscape, form strong technical opinions, and drive change across products.* Stewardship: adopt and stabilise orphaned modules, then bring them up to current standards.**Core Responsibilities*** Use AI tooling heavily and daily: Copilot, Claude, and agentic workflows, including creation of skills, agents, rules, plugins, instructions, and prompt patterns.* Champion and train others (technical and non-technical) in collaborative AI tooling and workflow agentification.* Ensure outward communication is human-curated, concise, and thoughtful; never publish unedited AI output.* Maintain a quality and testing-first approach with automated unit, integration, end-to-end, and acceptance testing.* Deliver and improve complex enterprise systems spanning hybrid monoliths and standalone modules.* Build, scale, and optimise solutions across .NET, SQL Server, Azure, Terraform, Docker, PowerShell, bash, XML, and XSL.* Own CI and CD through Azure DevOps pipelines, including quality gates and deployment automation.* Run structured release management using established CD systems, disciplined tagging/versioning, and Jira release management.* Integrate and support third-party components, packages, and integrations.* Follow established patterns and practices, and introduce better ones where justified.**Required Experience and Attributes*** Significant hands-on engineering experience with deep .NET and SQL Server capability.* Comprehensive scripting capability in PowerShell and bash for build, deployment, operations, and troubleshooting.* Proven CI/CD and release management capability (including tagging/versioning and Jira release practices).* Strong ownership mindset, proactive communication, and high personal organisation.* Demonstrated ability to mentor others and raise technical standards through influence.* Confidence working directly with customer technical teams in regulated settings.* Ability and willingness to obtain Security Clearance**Nice to Have*** Experience scaling and optimising legacy systems.**About Us**Xanalys specialise in providing powerful software capabilities for threat assessment, investigative case management, and advanced crime and fraud analytics. Our solutions help our clients to manage multi-jurisdiction major crime investigations, assess and analyse suspicious financial transactions, capture and act upon intelligence reports, and disclose evidence in a court-ready format to ensure successful outcomes.http://www.xanalys.org**Benefits** Harris offers an extremely competitive UK employee benefits programme. 5 Personal Days leave entitlement are granted over and above the standard 25 days holiday and bank holidays. Harris also offers all UK employees an annual Lifestyle Reward of £325. Other benefits included such as Private Medical, Death in Service, Discounts etc.**Supporting Your Application**Our recruitment process will comprise of an interview with the lead recruiter followed by a take home test. As an equal opportunities employer, we want to make sure we do all we can to make this a positive experience for you. When applying, please make us aware of any adjustments or additional support we can provide you with before or on the day of an interview