Principal Software Engineer, INSTANDA

• Extensive relevant software development experience broadly ranging from front-end, back-end, cloud automation and orchestration with depth as an accomplished engineer
• Significant track record of strategic and innovative thinking, as well as execution and implementation
• Experience in implementing solutions using modern software architectures (e.g. OOP, SOLID, Secure coding principles)
• Specialist in clean code and implementation of design patterns for common problems
• Depth of knowledge in Information Security - design, quality review and quality assure solutions and services with security controls embedded, specifically engineered as mitigation against security threats as a core part of the solutions and services
• Ability to analyse current processes, identify, and implement opportunities to optimise processes, and lead and develop a team of specialists to deliver improvements
• Ability to lead, coach and mentor senior engineers
• Authoritative cloud computing skills (network, security, serverless, Kubernetes etc.) and automation
• Experience in leading high performing teams from a technical perspective
• Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and delegate work
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and handle competing deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Extensive experience in Source control management, Unit tests, Web APIs, SQL Server, LINQ and Entity Framework, C# .NET MVC
• Web-based languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Azure DevOps, Issue tracking tools.

Desirable

• We are looking for Principal Software Engineers to join us at an exciting time as we continue to invest and grow our Engineering function. You will join a new team within Engineering, as a key influencer in shaping our company's technical strategy, participating in cross-functional collaborations, and leading critical initiatives to ensure the continuous advancement and success of our software development endeavours
• Lead technical excellence from design to operations and launch of core product features following best practices
• Drive technical direction and influence overall strategy advising decisions on both Technology and Product investments
• Estimation, solution design, detailed technical design, application technical deliverables including code, associated tests and documentation
• Pioneer and promote methodologies like AI driven development, clean code and clean architecture
• Contribution to functional excellence in terms of definition and maintenance of standards, methods and tools, bringing in best practices from market standard implementations
• Lead complex solution development and application transformation initiatives
• Drive implementation efficiency and effectiveness while building major product features and future projects to minimize cost, increase speed of implementation and maximize value delivery
• Work with the architecture teams on the deconstruction of the platform into business components
• Work with DevOps team to drive DevOps practices to automate the Product development life cycle
• Promote effective innovation across all of engineering including proof of concepts and code foundations
• Deep technical skills and capabilities to become a key part of projects defining the future product technical strategy, keen to engage, network and innovate in collaboration with companywide teams
• Oversee periodic inspection processes on technologies/standards and recommend improvements
• Work closely with architects to prepare technical/design specifications required for projects