Principal Developer

Role: Principal Developer

Location: Office in Birmingham

Working Model: Mostly remote – twice per month in the office

Salary: Up to £85k Plus benefits

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to seek and destroy any technical performance issues to the flagship software product for the company.

You’ll be able to roam about freely in the code to uncover and fix any significant performance, reliability, safety, and scalability problems for the foreseeable future.

The flagship product is a legacy application that is going to be replaced with a new, shiny version, but the OG needs to be tightened up on its performance to make sure that all the customers that use it have a seamless experience when the transition happens, and whilst the new version is being created, it needs to be at its best- it’s used by a LOT of people.

This is a really interesting role, in my opinion: it’s a very self-directed one where you’ll operate outside of the usual ticket-based Agile system to go off and solve problems all day!

You see a part of the product that is lagging behind others? Make it go faster.

You spot a nasty security risk? Make it safer.

You identify an issue with spikes in traffic? Make it smoother.

The tech for this mission is:

• C# & .NET 4.8
  
  
• ASP.NET MVC & Knockout.js
  
  
• Azure SQL.
  
  
• Azure
  
  
• Azure DevOps
  
  This part of the role will likely last around 18-24 months and will taper down as the new version is completed and transitioned over to. But do not fear! This will not be the end of your journey: the progression paths for you are numerous: it’s down to where you want to go. If you’re strong with Azure architecture and infrastructure-as-code, you’ll be well placed to join the architecture team, or if you’d prefer, you can be a tech lead for a new shiny tech team using C#, .net core 9+, Angular19+, and Azure, or go down the management route if that’s what you’d like.
  
  You will need to be excellent at what you do with a true love for technology. Just because the initial part of the role will be based around legacy code, doesn’t mean it isn’t a vitally important, and particularly complex task!
  
  You will have 2 software engineers to aid you in your quest and have access to a QA, too, when you need them.
  
  I think this would be a really fulfilling role for someone who loves to problem solve, regardless of what technology that problem happens to be written in.
  
  You’ll be adding real value to the team, not sat in some dark corner where nobody cares- you’ll be front and centre and when your mission is complete, you’ll go onto other equally interesting and important projects with them.
  
  If this sounds like it was made for you, please get in touch now to find out more about your new role!
  
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  We welcome diverse applicants and are dedicated to treating all applicants with dignity and respect, regardless of background