Principal Software Engineer - Energy Platform & AI Systems
Joulen
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Job summary
Joulen in Belfast is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to act as the senior technical authority across product domains, shaping design principles, delivery strategy and operational standards while remaining hands-on.
You will mentor other engineers, advance trunk-based development, and govern AI-driven systems, with ownership of production reliability and collaboration with Head of Engineering to scale Joulen's energy-market platform.
Qualifications
- Demonstrable, hands-on XP: TDD, DDD, pair and mob programming, refactoring
- Track record of defining CD strategy with trunk-based development and feature flags
- Experience setting design principles, test strategy, and operational standards across multiple systems
Responsibilities
- Be the technical authority for your product domain and align engineering with product propositions
- Set standards to keep systems simple, tested, and safe to change at scale
- Shape continuous delivery and release strategy for frequent production deployments
- Own production reliability and govern AI in production software
- Design team interaction models and establish code ownership and review norms
- Grow senior engineers and influence hiring
- Collaborate with leaders to communicate up to board level
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Job description
Joulen in Belfast is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to act as the senior technical authority across product domains, shaping design principles, delivery strategy and operational standards while remaining hands-on.
You will mentor other engineers, advance trunk-based development, and govern AI-driven systems, with ownership of production reliability and collaboration with Head of Engineering to scale Joulen's energy-market platform.
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