Principal Engineer

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This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India.

Join us as a Principal Engineer
• This is an exciting and challenging role that will see you leading best practice for application and software development life cycles within the bank
• With your software development background, you’ll be delivering software components to enable the delivery of platforms, applications, and services
• You’ll be recognised as a leader in software engineering, as you lead wider participation in internal and industry wide events, conferences, and other activities

What you'll do

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing, and deploying high performance robust and resilient systems for the bank. You’ll also lead engagements with senior stakeholders to explore and suggest appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams, overseeing the quality of work, and making sure it meets the required technical standards.

You’ll also be:
• Overseeing the definition of the technical strategy and advising on product roadmaps and migration plans to achieve strategic goals
• Making sure that the bank’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose
• Monitoring technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability, and performance, and providing progress updates to stakeholders
• Designing and developing reusable libraries and APIs for use across the bank
• Writing unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality

The skills you'll need

You’ll come with a background in software engineering, software or database design, and architecture, as well as significant experience developing software within an SOA or microservices paradigm. You’ll have experience leading software development teams and introducing and executing technical strategies as well as knowledge of using industry recognised frameworks and development tooling. You’ll also be proficient in HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and JavaScript and have a solid grasp of SASS and Bootstrap. Experience with content management systems like AEM would be beneficial.

Along with development experience in one or more programming languages, you’ll bring an excellent understanding of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, availability, and performance. You’ll have a background in designing or implementing APIs and experience of supporting, modifying, and maintaining systems and code developed by teams other than your own.

You’ll also need:
• Experience of test-driven development and using automated test frameworks, mocking and stubbing, and unit testing tools
• The ability to understand and translate product and business requirements into technical solutions rapidly and effectively
• Strong communication and analytical skills and the ability to validate feasibility and translate it into technical requirements
• An understanding of UX design, knowledge of accessibility, and the ability to implement AA standards
• Knowledge of ReactJS and accessibility testing tools like AXE and NVDA, and of basic design principles

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