Principal Engineer
Financial Services
PrincipalEngineer-CPTO,BPL
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“Principal Engineer - CPTO, BPL at Principal Engineer. Skills: Distributed systems, Cloud-native technologies, Software architecture, Engineering leadership. Drive technical excellence. Drive innovation”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure delivery of solutions; Optimize product roadmaps; Elevate organization skillset; Elevate organization capabilities; Ensure cohesive approach; Achieve business objectives; Deliver to excellent standard; Handle massive scale; Survive failures; Scale elastically; Deliver lightning-fast response; Set standard for excellence; Ensure services battle-tested; Delight users
Industry & Context.
Problem solving; Solution design; Analytical skills; Interpretative thinking; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Debugging
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, 5+ years experience with systems programming, 5+ years experience with performance-critical services, Advanced AWS knowledge, Kubernetes experience, Helm experience, Cloud-native deployment strategies experience, Modern frontend development skills, React experience, TypeScript experience, State management libraries experience, Monitoring tools experience, Logging tools experience, Tracing tools experience, Automated deployment pipelines experience, Infrastructure as code experience, GitOps practices experience, Experience with modern JVM languages, Kotlin experience, Highly resilient distributed services design, Highly resilient distributed services implementation, Scalable distributed services design, Scalable distributed services implementation, Domain modelling principles application, Comprehensive testing strategies, Unit tests, Performance testing, Chaos engineering, Responsive web UIs development
Nice to Have
Experience with Kotlin, Experience with React, Experience with TypeScript, Experience with state management libraries, Experience with monitoring tools, Experience with logging tools, Experience with tracing tools, Experience with automated deployment pipelines, Experience with infrastructure as code, Experience with GitOps practices
What You'll Do.
Drive technical excellence
Lead design of solutions
Lead implementation of solutions
Provide mentorship to teams
Foster cross-functional collaboration
Contribute to strategic planning
Ensure delivery of solutions
Align technical decisions with goals
Anticipate technology trends
Provide insights to optimize roadmaps
Design complex software solutions
Implement complex software solutions
Design scalable software solutions
Implement scalable software solutions
Design maintainable software solutions
Implement maintainable software solutions
Consider long-term viability
Consider business objectives
Mentor junior engineers
Mentor mid-level engineers
Coach junior engineers
Coach mid-level engineers
Foster professional growth
Foster knowledge sharing
Elevate organization skillset
Elevate organization capabilities
Collaborate with business partners
Collaborate with product managers
Collaborate with designers
Collaborate with stakeholders
Translate business requirements
Ensure cohesive approach
Identify new technologies
Incorporate new technologies
Identify new methodologies
Incorporate new methodologies
Identify new practices
Incorporate new practices
Manage a business function
Provide input to initiatives
Plan strategic projects
Manage strategic projects
Consult on strategic projects
Manage direction of teams
Embed performance culture
Lead organisation wide projects
Act as technical expert
Act as thought leader
Identify new ways of working
Collaborate cross functionally
Train less experienced specialists
Guide less experienced specialists
Coach less experienced specialists
Provide information on profits
Provide information on risks
Provide information on decisions
Provide expert advice
Influence decisions outside function
Coordinate resourcing
Manage policy creation
Coordinate policy creation
Enable policy creation
Ensure regulations observed
Ensure processes in place
Monitor external environment
Influence external environment
Integrate function with business
Achieve business objectives
Maintain knowledge of theories
Maintain knowledge of practices
Maintain sector knowledge
Maintain functional knowledge
Maintain insight into market developments
Exercise management authority
Make significant decisions
Make strategic decisions
Negotiate with stakeholders
Influence stakeholders
Act as principal contact
Act as principal counterpart
Create environment for colleagues
Ensure colleagues thrive
Deliver excellent standard
Mentor talented engineers
Craft elegant solutions
Create solutions for millions
Design highly performant services
Implement highly performant services
Design fault-tolerant services
Implement fault-tolerant services
Architect systems to survive failures
Architect systems to scale elastically
Architect systems for fast response
Apply domain modelling principles
Create clean codebases
Create maintainable codebases
Represent complex business logic
Set standard for engineering excellence
Champion testing strategies
Ensure services are battle-tested
Build responsive web UIs
Maintain performance of UIs
Maintain reliability of UIs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional collaboration; Collaboration with stakeholders; Cross-functional agile teams; Collaboration with product managers; Collaboration with designers; Collaboration with business partners; Collaboration with other functions; Collaboration with business divisions
Communication Scope
Expert advice; Spokesperson; Presentations
Process & Methodology
Strategic planning, Roadmap planning, Project planning, Project management, Agile practices
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives. **Accountabilities** * Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence. * Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps. * Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives. * Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization. * Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development. * Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process. **Director Expectations** * To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.. * They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader,
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