Principal Software Engineer
Amsterdam - Hybrid
€140 - €160 Euro Per Hour
Initially until end of Oct Dependant on start date

Are you a Principal Software Engineer? Do you live in the Netherlands and are you seeking a new contract role? Brookwood Recruitment is working with a Global Company that puts the customer first and is heavily focused on sustainability.

The successful Principal Software Engineer will need the following skills:

• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Java
• Terraform
• Gitlab stack
• Apache Spark
• Flink
• Snowflake runtimes ideal

What you can expect to be doing as a Principal Software Engineer:

• Building software applicationsIs responsible to build software applications by using relevant development languages and applying knowledge of systems, services and tools appropriate for the business area and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to write readable and reusable code by applying standard patterns and using standard libraries and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to refactor and simplify code by introducing design patterns when necessary and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to ensure the quality of the application by following standard testing techniques and methods that adhere to the test strategy and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to maintain data security, integrity and quality by effectively following company standards and best practices and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Architectural GuidanceIs responsible to advise product teams towards a technical solution that meets the functional, nonfunctional & architectural requirements by challenging the rationale for an application design and providing context in the wider architectural landscape
• Is responsible to set a clear direction for a technical capability by evaluating and aligning the target architecture improvements, reframing architectural designs and decisions for varied stakeholder
• Is responsible to own a service end to end by actively monitoring application health and performance, setting and monitoring relevant metrics and act accordingly when violated and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to reduce business continuity risks and bus factor by applying state-of-the-art practices and tools, and writing the appropriate documentation such as runbooks and OpDocs and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to reduce risk and obtain customer feedback by using continuous delivery and experimentation frameworks and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to independently manage an application or service by working through deployment and operations in production and is the go to person on this topic for the area.
• Is responsible to evaluate possible architecture solutions by taking into account cost, business requirements, technology requirements and emerging technologies and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to describe the implications of changing an existing system or adding a new system to a specific area, by having a broad, high-level understanding of the infrastructure and architecture of our systems and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to help grow the business and/or accelerate software development by applying engineering techniques (eg prototyping, spiking and vendor evaluation) and standards and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to meet business needs by designing solutions that meet current requirements and are adaptable for future enhancements and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Technical Incident ManagementIs responsible to address and resolve live production issues by mitigating the customer impact within SLAIs responsible to improve the overall reliability of systems by producing long term solutions through root cause analysis
• Is responsible to keep track of incidents by contributing to postmortem processes and logging live issues
• Coaching/MentoringIs responsible to coach, guide and improve the overall performance of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, when appropriate, by sharing experience, knowledge and approaches to work
• Critical ThinkingIs responsible to systematically identify patterns and underlying issues in complex situations, and to find solutions by applying logical and analytical thinking and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to constructively evaluate and develop ideas, plans and solutions by reviewing them, objectively taking into account external knowledge, initiating 'SMART' improvements and articulating their rationale and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Continuous Quality and Process ImprovementIs responsible to identify opportunities for process, system and structural improvements (ie performance gains) by examining and evaluating current process flows, methods and standards.
• Is responsible to design and implement relevant improvements by defining adapted/new process flows, standards, and practices that enable business performance.
• Effective CommunicationIs responsible to deliver clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the audience
• Is responsible to achieve mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable, communicating ideas in clear coherent language and practising active listening
• Is responsible to ask relevant (follow-up) questions to properly engage with the speaker and really understand what they are saying, by applying listening and reflection techniques

If this contract Principal Software Engineer role in Amsterdam motivates and inspires you, please apply with Brookwood Recruitment today. We'd love to help you get your next role.

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