Principal Software Engineer (Manchester, GB)

 

REQ ID: 123582

JOB TITLE: Principal Software Engineer

SALARY: Competitive

POSTING START DATE: 09/07/2024

POSTING END DATE: 23/07/2024

LOCATION: Manchester  

 

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. JLR is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

 

WHAT TO EXPECT

 

Would you thrive in an exciting, dynamic and creative start-up environment, but also enjoy the security, resources and influence of an established and successful organisation?

Would you excel within a world-class and passionate team that loves what they do?

Are you passionate about mentoring and sharing your skills with fellow engineers?

 

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with a passion for quality, and proven experience of software engineering and architecture, is required to help build our new connected car platform. Our Vehicle Connected and Data Platform will connect to all JLR vehicles globally and be responsible for enabling all our data use cases and shift to a green and sharing economy vision of modern luxury services.  We are looking for great engineers who have a passion for innovative problem solving quality-first coding and DevSecOps practices.

 

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

 

  • Lead the software architecture and integration for complex solutions, strong hands-on software engineering experience across full SDLC with microservice and serverless experience
  • Experience of AWS cloud technologies 
  • Effective cross-functional leadership skills, working with engineering and operations teams to ensure systems are secure, scalable, and reliable
  • Strong advocate for continuous delivery and DevSecOps practices
  • Improve and establish DevSecOps practices including CICD pipeline
  • Ensure the design and implementation of architectures satisfies customer needs and is aligned with wider JLR application strategies and technical requirements



WHAT YOU’LL NEED

 

  • Experience developing bespoke built enterprise scale applications in a cloud environment
  • Experience developing code with Java (or other JVM languages)
  • Experienced advocate for practices such as TDD 
  • Experience with Microservice and event driven architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues
  • Strong Object Oriented programming skills
  • Experience with source code management and version control 

     

 

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

 

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.

 

Organisation: 
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