Principal Software Developer

Role description 

As the Software Engineering Lead, you will cultivate, mentor, and propel an innovative and dynamic team tasked with developing and maintaining our future estate of cutting-edge digital applications across the group. Our goal is to revolutionize how infrastructure owners and operators interact with infrastructure at both city and national scales. 

Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, cross-functional group managers, and global engineering leads to ensure consistency and excellence in application development and governance. 
• Mentor and foster the growth of a forward-thinking team dedicated to developing next-generation digital applications. 
• Oversee the planning, design, development, execution, and maintenance of software applications that seamlessly scale across our organization and client base. 
• Operate at all levels, providing strategic insights while delving into the intricate details of application development as required. 
• A commitment to high quality applications and be able to pay attention to detail. 
• Lead the estimation process, evaluate risks, and mentor team members to enhance their skills and adherence to companywide software development best practices. 

Qualifications: 

• Degree in computer science or software engineering, with at least 10+ years of relevant work experience, including experience in technical leadership and people management.   
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a collaborative, cross-functional team across multiple countries (United Kingdom, New Zealand, and United States). 
• Strong communication, technical, and managerial skills. 
• Familiarity with modern cloud-first application patterns (MS Azure). 
• Proficiency in one of the following languages Python, JavaScript (ES2016), C#, PostgreSQL. 
• Familiarity with containerized workloads and Kubernetes environment. 
• Familiarity in MS PowerPlatform would be beneficial 
• Understanding of the importance of communication, simplicity, and reliability in decision-making processes. 

Opportunities Offered: 

• Lead a team utilizing a modern technology stack and architecture. 
• Join a global, diverse, and high-performing team committed to enhancing societal outcomes through improved physical infrastructure performance. 
• Engage with large-scale, real-time data flows, processing over 1 billion points per day. 
• Benefit from automated testing methodologies. 
• Tackle complex engineering challenges and drive innovative solutions. 
• Further details 
• This role presents an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to make a lasting impact on our organization and the broader community through groundbreaking technological advancements. Join us in shaping the future of infrastructure interaction and development. 

We can offer (subject to Company’s policy):

- Agile and safe working environment

- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves

- Group incentive scheme

- Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage

- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities

- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing

- Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.