Principal software engineer Work, Jobs in Wallingford, Oxf (with Salaries)

Principal Java Engineer
Group GTI —Wallingford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- Continuous improvement
- No degree
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PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, PIPELINES
Eni —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
Senior/Principal Engineer (Bridges)
WSP —Basingstoke
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Travel
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Senior / Principal Civil Engineer - Infrastructure
Stantec —Reading
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Project management
- Annual leave
Principal Structural Engineer – Rail, Bridges & Civil Structures
Vulcain Engineering Group —Basingstoke
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Training & development
- Flexible schedule
Senior Laser Systems Engineer
Humanetics Group - OpTek —Abingdon
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Master's degree
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3d
Software Engineer (React Native)
Centrica —Windsor
- AI
Principal Technology Consultant
Hewlett Packard Enterprise —Winnersh
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- DevOps
- Bachelor's degree
Principal Electrical Design Engineer (Data Centres) - Bicester
ENGIE —Bicester
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Engineering
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
Principal Civil Engineer (Development)
WSP —Basingstoke
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Civil engineering
- Mentoring
- Training & development
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Principal Electrical Design Engineer (Data Centres) - Bicester
Tractebel —Bicester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
Senior Electronics Design Engineer
OrganOx —Oxford
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
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Project Manager - Steelwork
Master Steel Services —Camberley
- £70,000 - £90,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Microsoft Office
- Continuous improvement
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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Lead Machine Learning Engineer
AIOI NISSAY DOWA INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (ANDIM) —Oxford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Master's degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Principle Site Reliability Engineer (Remote)
Collins Aerospace —Wokingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- Bachelor's degree
- Travel
- Annual leave
Principal Water Quality Scientist/ Modeller
AECOM —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Mentoring
- Scripting
Field Marketing Principal
Epicor —Bracknell
- Full-time
Principal Hydrologist
AECOM —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Business development
Lead Planning Engineer - PSC
Wood —Reading
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree
Senior Principal Water Networks Modeller
Stantec —High Wycombe
- Business development
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Annual leave

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Principal Java Engineer

Group GTI -
Wallingford

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time

Qualifications

Spring Boot
Performance tuning
Node.js
Computer Science
Stakeholder collaboration
Stakeholder liaison
Tomcat
Docker
CI/CD pipelines
Continuous improvement
Distributed systems
JPA
REST
Mentoring
Angular
Scalability
Root cause analysis
Solr
Solution architecture
Software development or architecture experience
Leadership
Jenkins
GitLab
Communication skills
Hibernate
MySQL
SDLC

Full job description

Description

As Principal Java Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for GTI's core SaaS platform. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will own the technical direction, architecture and engineering standards of the platform without direct line management responsibility. You will work closely with Product, Data, Operations, DevOps and QA teams to deliver secure, resilient and scalable solutions while mentoring engineers through technical leadership and best practice.

Outcomes

Platform architecture is scalable, resilient, secure and supports current and future business needs

Own the application architecture and technical direction across multiple products and services.
Design, implement and review high-quality Java and full-stack solutions, APIs and integrations.
Lead performance optimisation, scalability and resilience initiatives.
Drive security best practices, vulnerability remediation and secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices.
Work closely with Data, Operations, DevOps and QA teams to ensure architectural alignment and operational excellence.

Product roadmap is delivered successfully through strong technical leadership and effective engineering execution

Provide technical leadership across multiple Agile development teams.
Translate business and product requirements into robust technical solutions.
Support engineering teams in the successful delivery of roadmap commitments.
Facilitate collaboration across teams to remove technical blockers and mitigate delivery risks.
Mentor and guide developers to improve capability, quality and delivery outcomes.

Engineering standards, architecture principles and best practices are consistently applied across development teams

Define, maintain and champion engineering standards, architectural principles and development best practices.
Conduct design and code reviews to ensure quality, maintainability and consistency.
Author new development processes and continuously improve existing engineering practices.
Promote secure, scalable and maintainable software design across all teams.
Support and mentor team members to drive technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Production systems are reliable, observable and operationally excellent

Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues.
Drive improvements in system observability, monitoring and operational performance.
Ensure applications are designed and operated to meet reliability, availability and performance targets.
Partner with Operations, DevOps and QA teams to maintain production stability and service quality.
Embed a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement and proactive issue prevention.

Technologies you will be using:

Java 21 (LTS)
Spring Framework 6 / Spring Boot 3.5
Hibernate ORM 6.6+, JPA
Apache Tomcat 11, IntelliJ IDEA
AI Tooling (Claude. Codex, Gitlab Duo, etc)
REST APIs, OpenAPI, Microservices, Event-driven architecture (RabbitMQ)
Containers, Docker, AWS, Linux
CI/CD with GitLab Pipelines & Jenkins
Observability: logging, metrics and monitoring
MySQL, Apache Solr
Front-end UI (e.g. Angular)

Person Specification

Strategic and systems-thinking mindset
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to influence through technical leadership rather than line management
Proactive, pragmatic and outcome-focused
Strong mentoring and collaborative working style
High standards of engineering excellence and continuous improvement
Trusted technical advisor
Excellent attention to detail

Work Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
Extensive Java software engineering experience with significant experience in technical leadership
Expert knowledge of Java, JVM performance and modern language features
Deep experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA and enterprise application architecture
Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, resilience and performance tuning
Experience with cloud-native applications, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD
Strong knowledge of application security, OWASP principles and secure development practices
Knowledge of a modern front-end node-based framework

Other Information

Permanent role – 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday 9am-5:30pm.
3-month probationary period.

Candidates applying for roles at GTI will be subject to background screening. You can find out more about our background screening and the recruitment of ex-offenders by reading our policies.

If you would like to speak to a member of our team to find out more information about this vacancy or you have any questions, please get in touch - [email protected].

About Group GTI

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