Job description
About the Role
As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll:
- Lead by Example: Write exemplary code, and be able to explain your process.
- Drive Technical Excellence: Establish and advocate for best practices in coding, testing, and deployment, ensuring high standards of quality.
- Mentor: Mentor and guide a talented team of developers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
- Modernize Existing Systems: Refactor and improve a complex codebase with an eye for performance, maintainability, and scalability.
- Architect Solutions: Participate in architectural discussions, propose improvements, and ensure alignment with long-term technical goals.
- Automate Everything: You find ways to automate repetitive tasks and will work with DevOps engineers to build and maintain a robust CI/CD pipeline to ensure seamless delivery in an agile environment.
- Balance Debt and Delivery: Proactively manage technical debt and advocate for realistic timelines to deliver work consistently and reliably.
- Collaborate and Communicate: Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, presenting progress and gathering feedback.
About You
You are:
- A Problem Solver: Skilled at navigating and improving codebases.
- Technically Strong: You are meticulous in your approach to creating secure, performant systems and designing efficient technical solutions.
- A Mentor and Leader: Passionate about helping team members grow and instilling best practices in every aspect of development.
- Data-Driven: Focused on metrics to assess performance and identify areas for optimization.
- A Continuous Improver: Always on the lookout for opportunities to enhance systems and processes.
- Impatient: Driven to remove impediments and reach solutions efficiently.
Required Skills and Experience
- 6+ years in software development, with expertise in C# on both .NET Framework and .NET platforms.
- 5+ years working with cloud platforms, ideally Microsoft Azure.
- Strong experience of web development. You know the internet is a dangerous place and know how to craft secure web applications.
- Strong experience of creating and consuming APIs, using patterns such as REST.
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript, especially in modern front-end frameworks like Vue.js, React, or Angular.
- Strong experience of using git, pull request workflows and knowledge of best practices around branching and source code.
- Knowledge of what it takes to run a system in a production environment for enterprise customers with the highest expectations of performance, stability, security, scalability.
- Proven ability to modernize systems while balancing technical debt and delivery goals.
- Hands-on experience with containerization concepts (e.g., Docker).
- Proficient in SQL Server/PostgreSQL and performance tuning.
Nice to Have
- Experience leading projects from inception, proposing and designing solutions aligned with requirements.
- Familiarity with cross-team collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
- Previous work in enterprise-scale or compliance-focused environments.
- Experience of working with infrastructure as code.
What We Offer
- A collaborative, growth-oriented work culture.
- Exposure to diverse technologies in a globally distributed team.
- Opportunities to shape the future of critical enterprise software.
- Competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.
- An opportunity to implement the ideal technical vision
About company
At Mitratech, we are a team of technocrats focused on building world-class products that simplify operations in the Legal, Risk, Compliance, and HR functions of Fortune 100 companies. We are a close-knit, globally dispersed team that thrives in an ecosystem that supports individual excellence and takes pride in its diverse and inclusive work culture centered around great people practices, learning opportunities, and having fun! Our culture is the ideal blend of entrepreneurial spirit and enterprise investment, enabling the chance to move at a rapid pace with some of the most complex, leading-edge technologies available.
Given our continued growth, we always have room for more intellect, energy, and enthusiasm - join our global team and see why it’s so special to be a part of Mitratech!
