Principal Software Engineer

Management Level

F

Equiniti (EQ) helps organisations to meet their regulatory requirements and undertake complex tasks, by combining specialist expertise with market-leading technology. Our technology platforms and solutions are used by 70% of the FTSE 100. EQ is owned by Siris Capital Group LLC, a US based private equity business.

From working within the UK financial industry to providing services to public sector organisations, we deliver highly accurate, flexible and effective services to clients across a range of sectors.

The expertise of our 4,300 people in the UK and India enables us to provide industry-leading specialist services to our clients, and in turn their customers, who are typically employees, pensioners, shareholders and consumers. We look to employ people who, like us, put the customer at the heart of everything they do

Role Summary

The Principal Software Engineer role is focused to maintain and upgrade the existing Xanite product set. The Role will be responsible to resolve software issues, improving the functionality of existing software, and ensuring that the design, application, and maintenance of software meets the quality standards of the company. Also be able to mentor, guide, and train other engineers. The role should be able to evaluate the user's needs, time limitations, and system limitations when developing software. Needs to be up to date on new technologies and software development practices. The role will work for the Equiniti UK Development Manager.

Core Responsibilities

• Designing, coding, and debugging software.

• Maintaining and upgrading existing software.

• Improving the performance of existing software.

• Recommending new technologies that can help increase productivity.

• Providing training to other engineers.

• Taking care of performance tuning of the application providing solutions to others.

• Supervising and overseeing the technical aspects of projects.

• Investigating software-related complaints and making necessary adjustments to ensure optimal software performance.

• Regularly attending team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to any issues.

• Track record of successful delivery of software projects

• Knowledge of common SDLCs and how to apply them in a delivery context

• Knowledge of/experience in working with different software delivery models

• Ability to work calmly and methodically even under pressure.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

• BE/ME/MCA/M.Sc. Computer Science with an excellent track record.

• Should have an overall 7+ years of experience in developing applications on the Java technology stack.

Should have appropriate level of expertise of using several of the following technologies:

• Java / J2EE

• Sprint / Hibernate frameworks

• Spring Batch

• Microservices, MSSQL

• Proficient in SOAP and REST APIs – JSON

• Apache Tomcat

• IDEs – NetBeans/Eclipse, MSSQL

• Jenkins , Version control Systems (SVN, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.)

• Unit / Integration and system testing

• Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, DSDM) , TDD , Jmeter

• Automation / Load Testing

• Selenium

• Visual Studio, TFS, MT

• Experience in the Financial sector

Personal Traits

• Able to work under general direction within a clear framework of accountability

• Strong analytical skills along with multitasking ability & Good communication skills.

• Proven experience in high-level programming languages, like Java.

• Proven experience in software development methodologies.

• Proven experience building complex web systems.

• Able to deliver work that meets the time and quality targets

• Highly flexible, including willingness to work away from home base and out of hours.

• Communicates fluently in a non-confrontational manner and can present complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Can rapidly absorb new technical information and apply it effectively.

• A good team player capable of delivering results in less than perfect circumstances.

• Pragmatic, tolerant of ambiguity, willing to backtrack and seek multiple solutions

• Willingness to work UK hours.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, ****** orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks