Principal Software Engineer

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Lead the architecture, technical strategy, and design of developer platforms, services, and tooling that support engineering teams across IC3 and its Azure DevOps ecosystem. Drive the adoption of AI-powered engineering capabilities, intelligent automation, agentic workflows, and LLM-enabled solutions that improve developer productivity and accelerate software delivery. Lead modernisation initiatives across build, test, release, source control, and developer workflows to improve consistency, reliability, scalability, and maintainability. Define and evolve common engineering platforms, frameworks, and services that reduce duplication, standardise practices, and enable teams to move faster with higher quality. Influence technical roadmaps and investment decisions by working closely with engineering leaders, architects, product managers, and partner organisations. Evaluate technical tradeoffs, manage dependencies, and resolve complex architectural challenges that span multiple teams, products, and technology stacks. Champion engineering excellence through secure development practices, CI/CD automation, observability, telemetry, testing, reliability, and operational rigour. Drive improvements in developer productivity by identifying friction points, measuring outcomes through data, and delivering scalable solutions that simplify engineering workflows. Establish technical standards and industry practices, and governance models that support efficient, secure, and compliant software development across IC3. Mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands-on problem solving. Foster an inclusive and collaborative engineering culture focused on ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, customer impact, and learning. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND solid technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms, production services, or enterprise software systems. Experience leading complex technical initiatives that span multiple teams, services, or organisations. Deep expertise in software architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence. Proficiency in C#, Java, Python, C++, JavaScript, or similar programming languages. Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, align teams, and build effective partnerships with engineers, product managers, and leaders. Demonstrated technical leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written English. Solid understanding of data privacy, compliance, and security in large-scale distributed systems. Experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, or other cloud platforms; Azure experience preferred. Experience building or leading AI-powered solutions, production AI applications, LLM-enabled experiences, agentic workflows, intelligent automation, applied machine learning capabilities, or AI-assisted engineering practices. Experience with CI/CD, Azure DevOps, automated testing, monitoring, telemetry, observability, incident management, and DevOps practices. Ability to create clarity in ambiguous environments, influence without authority, and align stakeholders around durable technical decisions. Communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear engineering, product, and business direction. Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and raise the engineering bar across an organisation.

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