Hybrid Principal Engineer

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About the role

  • Principal Engineer at Beamery specializing in scalable software solutions. Collaborating with teams to enhance product architecture and drive technical standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design solutions, produce architectures and write RFCs for initiatives and projects which have impact across Engineering and beyond
  • Maintain your hands-on credibility by helping teams ship scalable, performant software
  • Partner with Product and Engineering Directors on planning by scoping and sizing for large new projects and features that span multiple teams
  • Work with other Principal Engineers to create and update the architectural vision that will deliver on Beamery’s strategy
  • Engage with other Principal Engineers in setting and advocating Beamery Engineering technical standards and Engineering Culture
  • Set the standard for operational ownership, supporting teams to own their services end-to-end
  • Coaching and mentoring Engineers all the way up to Staff level from teams across the organisation
  • Collaborate on customer solutions with non-technical stakeholders including Sales, Customer Success and our high profile, Fortune 500 customers

Requirements

  • A proven track record of designing and delivering scalable cloud-based software and services
  • Demonstrable experience of running and supporting services in production environments
  • Previous experience as an individual contributor in an Engineering leadership position (Staff+, Principal, Architect, etc.)
  • Strong experience building and operating backend systems in complex environments.
  • Expertise with Javascript/Typescript and Node.js Ensuring quality and reliability through unit, integration and end-to-end tests.
  • Experience with frontend applications built in React.
  • A strong understanding of caching strategies for backend services and message queues.
  • Exposure to DevOps, incident management and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with Kafka and exposure to SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • People leadership / mentorship / coaching
  • Ability to collaborate with non-technical colleagues to convert ambiguously defined problems into well-understood requirements and pragmatic solutions

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Principal Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£120,000 - £163,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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