Principle Software Engineer

Salary: £26.4 – £32.4 per hour

Principle Software Engineer

Coventry

React/Node, Java

Job Title: Principle Software Engineer

Team: Digital

Office: Coventry

Working Pattern: Full Time

Shell Energy has partnered exclusively with Robert Walters to find a Principle Software Engineer in Coventry.

About Shell Energy

At Shell Energy, we believe that home energy matters.

Our home energy business was born out of Shell’s acquisition of First Utility in 2018. As an original

challenger to the big energy suppliers, First Utility had a heritage of supplying great value energy and

broadband to customers.

Shell Energy supplies 100% renewable electricity, as well as gas, smart home technology and broadband,

to British homes.

Your part in the team:

In this role you will be the leading engineer across 2-4 Agile squads, ultimately responsible for the engineering quality, design, implementation, and operation of your product. You will work with business partners, engineers, testers, and UX designers to design, implement, test, deliver, document, and maintain complex applications, tools, systems, and services. You will work with product managers in analysing business metrics and functional requirements and translate them into robust and scalable technical solutions. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and processes and develop well rounded skills such as data analysis, leadership, and effective programme management.

Key Skills & Responsibilities:

You set the technical strategy for your team, creating architecture, and solving problems for the long-term business through best practice approaches to operational excellence, rapid time-to-market delivery, and a frugal total cost of ownership.

You own and are hands on with the full development lifecycle of a system from insight and design through development, review, testing, integration, deployment, and operations.

You actively participate in the career development of others through meticulous code/design reviews, mentorship, and effective delegation.

Proficiency in React, JavaScript and ideally Java.

A deep understanding of design patterns, object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms.

Hands on expertise in many disparate technologies such as cloud computing, video processing and delivery, service-oriented architecture, user interface development or machine learning.

To find out more about the opportunity, or to apply, please contact Dan Andrews at

All direct and third-party applications will be forwarded to our exclusive recruitment partner Robert Walters for their consideration.