We are recruiting a Principal Software Developer (also known as Principal Software Engineer / Software Architect) to provide technical leadership and architectural ownership across enterprise scale, cloud-based applications.

This role is ideal for a senior technologist with strong .NET experience, deep software architecture expertise, and a proven background designing high performance, scalable systems in AWS or Azure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the software architecture and technical direction of core platform services

• Design and develop enterprise APIs, backend services, and web applications

• Write and review high quality C#/.NET production code

• Own performance, scalability, availability, and security requirements

• Drive best practices across clean code, design patterns, and system architecture

• Identify and reduce technical debt while improving system maintainability

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Senior Leadership

• Support agile delivery through code reviews, mentoring, and technical guidance

• Maintain architectural documentation and technical standards
  
  Essential Skills & Experience
  

• 8+ years’ experience in software development and system architecture

• Expert knowledge of C#, .NET, ASP.NET, MVC

• Strong experience with JavaScript frameworks (Angular, Node.js)

• Excellent understanding of SQL Server, relational databases, and NoSQL

• Commercial experience deploying applications in AWS and/or Microsoft Azure

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and code quality tools (e.g. SonarQube)

• Strong background in software design patterns, microservices, and distributed systems

• Experience working in agile / scrum environments

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline (preferred)
  
  

  What you need to do now

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