Principal Software Engineer

General Dynamics Missions System International; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to work on Research and Development projects in tactical communications. The role involves leading a team, overseeing the full development lifecycle, and requires strong proficiency in C# and Windows development. This position offers a flexible working environment and includes benefits such as a compressed nine-day fortnight and career development plans. Applicants must be eligible for UK Security clearance.

Benefits

Compressed nine-day fortnight

Personalized career development plan

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Strong Microsoft Windows Platform development experience.
• Recent experience developing C# software applications.
• Familiarity with containerisation and virtualisation strategies.
• Experience of full development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of engineers for project delivery.
• Oversee the full development and test lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineers from different functions.

Skills

C#

Windows Operating System architecture

Docker

Continuous Integration

Agile

Python

Java

C / C++

Go

Systems Engineering

Job description

This role is for a lead engineer experienced with Microsoft solutions and frameworks including architecting and developing solutions based on these technologies as well as developing applications utilizing the underlying Microsoft ecosystem.

This role requires both working individually and leading a small team of engineers to oversee the project delivery through the full development and test lifecycle.

This role is for a Principal Software Engineer to work primarily on Research and Development projects in the tactical communication domain. The role will entail requirements elicitation, design peer reviews, implementation, test and delivery for projects of differing maturity levels from prototypes to production quality.

This role requires working collaboratively with other engineers from several functions that are developing and maintaining the currently deployed system.

Qualifications (Essential)

• Strong Microsoft Windows Platform development experience including a good understanding of Windows Operating System architecture, development frameworks, services and security features
• Recent experience developing C# (including WPF) software applications or Windows components and services within a software team with Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft frameworks and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with / experience of containerisation and virtualisation strategies and their applications; preferably with hands on experience.
• Experience of full development lifecycle

Additional Information

Salary for this position is 59200 to 75000 depending on experience plus our excellent flexible benefits package.

We offer hybrid working - for this role ideally we are looking for an average of 2 days per week per month on site.

Benefits

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Please email if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

All successful / appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Full-time

Key Skills

Continuous Integration, Docker, Jenkins, Python, System Design, Agile, C / C++, Go, Systems Engineering, Software Development, Java, Distributed Systems

Experience

years

Vacancy

1