Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team in Stockport. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.The Principal Software Engineer Role:We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with 8+ years industry experience to provide technical leadership in a fast paced, innovative, market leading Engineering team.The successful candidate will lead by example, bring a proven track record of delivery, inspire, direct and enable colleagues to grow and thrive and contribute to delivery of our mission to delight our customers.**This role will initially start in a fully remote capacity. In Feb 2022 we will be converting to hybrid working where the successful candidate will be required to attend the Stockport office for a minimum of 2 days per fortnight **About CDL:CDL is one of the UKs leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent track record in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematicsspace, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the companys robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.Weve built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on being part of a collaborative, inspiring working environment, with our employees at the heart of our company.What were looking for in our Principal Software Engineer:

• A record of technical leadership in delivering large, complex and strategically significant change demonstrably contributing to business success
• A proven track record designing solutions that delight the customer whilst meeting business imperatives related to quality, performance, security, maintainability and whole life cost efficiency
• Experience of working with and designing cloud-based solutions, including best practices at scale using a platform such as AWS. AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) or AWS Certified Developer (Associate) certification is highly desirable
• An ability to create a habitable code base with a clear and consistent approach to design and modularisation
• A record of success as a coach, mentor and engineering practice leader
• Experience with Log4j2.x, Logback and / or Fluentd/Fluentbit.
• Experience with core Java (8+), MySQL/Postgres as well as IoC containers and frameworks with an appreciation of associated benefits (i.e. dependency inversion, loose coupling and testability)
• Experience of automation through continuous integration pipelines, infrastructure management and configuration.
• Experience using modern code repository systems (e.g. gitlab, github, bitbucket, aws codecommit)
• Experience in the application of DevOps principles to the SDLC
• Demonstrable experience of Agile methodologies and an ability to convert business requirements/data requests into simple, cloud only, technical solutions.
• Knowledge of unit testing tools and techniques, including Test-Driven-development.

Benefits of becoming our Principal Software Engineer:

• Top employer for 5th year running
• Flexible hours
• Flexible working - home working options
• Excellent training and development platform
• Opportunities for career progression
• Health and Wellbeing programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups
• 25 days holiday to start
• Life and health assurance
• Pension scheme
• Community projects

Campus Benefits:

• Dress down policy
• On-site free parking
• Open plan modern offices
• Shuttle bus to and from the station
• Subsidised restaurant
• Games room and chill out zone
• Social activities, regular social events through our social group extra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!
• Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
• Cycle to work scheme
• Shower and dry rooms

Do you enjoy working within a fast-paced challenging environment, with opportunities to grow If yes, please click apply now to be considered for this Principal Software Engineer role!