Principal Polyglot Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer | Polyglot 

Node, Perl, C++, Typescript, AWS

Central Reading, Hybrid (2 days office weekly)

Are you a Principal or Senior Software Engineer looking for a new challenging environment?

Are you looking for a challenging opportunity to drive through new technology transformation for a global business, in a high availability and scalability environment?

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing and established, FinTech business who have over 3 million customers on their platforms and are transforming their products, technology capabilities and environment.
You will be responsible for driving the development of high-impact projects, assisting
management and other senior technical leaders in creating strategic roadmaps, and driving priorities and system development to achieve the companies goals. 

Responsibilities:

● Develop future-proof software solutions, solve technical problems of the highest complexity, lead architectural design, and perform system-level integration in alignment with their exponential growth.
● Devise roadmaps and strategies to establish the technical direction for key components and services; work hands-on to integrate them into their systems.
● Create strong coding standards, maintain technical design documents, and develop operational concepts and interfaces.
● Solve scaling and performance problems with innovative architectural changes.
● Assist executives in making informed decisions regarding company goals by providing engineering expertise.

Experience required:

● University degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related field
● 15+ years of commercial industry experience.
● Strong software development skills - they use TypeScript/Node.js and/or Perl, with occasional C++ where performance counts. Any software language experience will be considered.
● Experience working with high-performance, low-latency systems with 24/7 uptime.
● Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
● Experience with front-end technologies and frameworks such as React.js and/or Flutter.
● Excellent spoken and written English communication skills

This position offers the chance to work at a Principal level, influencing the next stage of growth within a challenging technical environment. You will have the chance to shape the roadmap, collaborate with other senior colleagues and work in a growing organisation with complexed challenges to resolve.

The position offers hybrid and flexible working, the chance for occasional travel and to be part of a growing cloud and impressive Technology focused business. 

If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch.