Principal Software Engineer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Brio Digital

Description

Brio is working with an innovative software company based in Leeds. This role can be remote with a few days per month in Leeds.

They're looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer to lead workstreams that turn concepts and requirements into web applications using Typescript and Go within an AWS environment.

You will be the technical lead full-stack software engineer and motivate, direct and coach to run a high-performing team.

You will work closely with Agile Delivery Leads to ensure we meet our objectives and produce high-quality software deliverables.

You will collaborate with other engineers and lead architects to develop highly scalable distributed systems that can handle high volumes of data in a high-load environment. You will actively participate in application design, database design, data flows, and detailed technical design.

Who are we looking for:

• You are a senior expert developing frontend and/or full-stack web applications for data-heavy websites which provide immersive customer experiences.
• Use features of the web platform to ensure the best possible performance is achieved for customers.
• Experienced in working in an agile environment (Scrum / Kanban).
• Work with internationalisation technologies to provide content in all our supported languages.
• Develop applications with scalability, security, and performance in mind while leveraging the cloud.
• You are eager to work and solve problems in a team with minimal supervision.

As the ideal candidate, you will have:

• Excellent client-side JavaScript development and Golang
• Excellent working knowledge of front-end technologies, frameworks and libraries, including React.
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of Typescript and AWS.
• Excellent knowledge of browser support and cross-browser testing/features.
• Excellent HTML/CSS (LESS, SASS, SCSS)
• Experience in working with REST and GraphQL.
• Kafka
• Experience in setting development standards and performing code reviews.
• Experience in designing enterprise-grade scale web applications.
• Experience working with web service technologies.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working with containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Ability to setup a continuous build and integration environment
• Knowledge of the gaming industry is a huge advantage.

The role is based in Leeds and hybrid working.