Principal Software Engineer - AWS/Gen AI

Liberty Information Technology; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where you can lead talented teams and tackle complex challenges. This role offers the chance to work on Agentic AI solutions, utilizing cutting-edge technologies like AWS, Python, and React. You will guide a team through agile practices, ensuring top-notch software delivery while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence. With a focus on coaching and mentoring, you'll help shape the next generation of software engineers. This innovative firm promotes a hybrid working culture, providing flexibility and a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Employee Discount Schemes

Annual Bonuses

Competitive Pension

Flexible Working

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Generous Recognition Programme

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development, primarily in Python or React.
• Experience in agile delivery and providing technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead an agile team to achieve goals and mentor team members.
• Design and code solutions, ensuring high quality and security.

Skills

Software Development

Python

React.JS

AWS

Agile Methodologies

DevOps

Technical Leadership

Coaching and Mentoring

Technical Communication

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GenAI Tools

Job description

External Description

Work with and lead talented people to achieve wonderful things at Liberty IT; for this is where you’ll find complex challenges, where you’ll be given the scope and the support to go further, dig deeper and fly higher.

You’ll bring the expertise. We’ll provide the support and autonomy.

Sound good?

Read on for more information.

This role is part of our Digital Progressions (GenAI) work stream. Effectively, they're researching and building Agentic AI solutions from scratch. The tech is AWS, Python or React, and some side experience or on-the-job experience with GenAI tool integration or building. We are looking for an ability to make decisions around tooling, database selection and design, and then general web development building.

Experience and skills we need:

• A minimum of five years of software development experience in a commercial environment.
• Experience working in Python or React.JS and AWS.
• Experience in providing technical leadership to software engineers in the delivery of a feature set or enhancements of enterprise scale.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in agile software delivery and of DevOps as part of the SDLC.
• Experience in partnering closely with Product Owners and customer stakeholders to deliver software solutions.
• Extensive coaching and mentoring experience, including implementing engineering excellence best practices.
• Experience in identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives in the SDLC.
• Experience in technical communication with peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of and exposure to the Well-Architected Framework.

Experience and skills we’d love:

Below is an overview of the skills and experience we’d like you to have. However, don’t rule yourself out if you aren’t ticking all the boxes – a great attitude and desire to learn is what really stands out for us.

• Experience in working with and promoting a product mindset.
• Knowledge of and exposure to coaching frameworks.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead an agile team of Software Engineers to achieve their goals, and, with support from the Leadership and Support team, define the team’s path to get there. Coach and mentor team members utilizing suitable coaching frameworks.
• Own complex use cases or tasks. Design and code solutions working with the most suitable programming language, technologies, tools and frameworks.
• Contribute to the overall architecture through designing, documenting and implementing high quality, secure solutions and enhancements that satisfy the customers' problems or requirements.
• Facilitate engineering excellence across the team through coaching and mentoring on best practices, defining and implementing team coding and testing standards, and creating accountability among all team members in relation to security and testing practices.
• Oversee the technical delivery roadmap and proactively identify blockers or challenges to successful delivery in processes, tooling, deployment pipelines, or similar. Work with the team to resolve identified challenges.
• Regularly partner with the Product Owners to own backlog prioritization, set delivery goals and manage dependencies across stakeholders, customers and integration partners.
• Promote a product-focused mindset with your team and stakeholders.
• Encourage team-wide experimentation with new practices or technology. Introduce suitable new practices or technologies to ensure your team delivers the best possible solution in line with your customer’s needs and required timeframe.
• Grow your knowledge of architecture and design best practices.
• Supported by the leaders across Liberty IT, seek opportunities to share and celebrate what you and your team have achieved through internal tech talks, blogging, and external events.

What’s on offer

• Feel safe and secure whatever life brings, with health insurance (including access to a digital doctor), life assurance and income protection.
• Enjoy both today and tomorrow with employee discount schemes, annual bonuses and a competitive pension.
• Protect your well-being with flexible working and a real work-life balance. Specifically, we have adopted a hybrid remote and in-office working culture, meaning you have ultimate flexibility in your work environment.
• Grow yourself, your career and reputation through continuous learning, promotion opportunities and our generous recognition programme.

About Us

A little background on LIT

Liberty IT is the tech wing of Liberty Mutual Insurance. Bringing peace of mind to all aspects of customer’s lives, every day.

We’re an ideas company. Always. We thrive on engineering excellence and surpass with technical mastery. We build beautifully architected cloud solutions and reliably run high stability systems. We work alongside the best in the business and learn from the finest minds.

Great Place to Work in UK & Ireland 2022

Best Workplaces for Women (UK) 2022

Top 5 Best Tech Workplace

Centre of Excellence in Wellbeing

Fair employment and equal opportunities

Liberty IT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusion and diversity.

If you have a disability, accommodations are available on request when taking part in all aspects of the recruitment, assessment, and selection process.

Now, it’s over to you.

If you’re ready to fly in your career, apply now.