Principal Software Engineer

Job description

Management Level E Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide. Capitalising on India’s strong reputation as a global talent hub for IT / ITES, EQ India has structured the organisation to be a part of this growth story. Today, EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK. The principal engineer role is a senior technical role at the heart of the configuration or development team. With a passion for technology, innovation and collaboration they keep their knowledge current, continuously seeking to design, build and deliver better than yesterday. Professional Responsibilities Ensure you and your Squad adhere to the over-arching Software Development Lifecycle and Agile TOM aligned to your Home Develop and maintain software development processes, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software products Promote engineering excellence and quality through appropriate use of analysis tools, control gates and peer reviews by inculcating news ways of thinking to improve design, productivity, and quality Be involved with and promote the evaluation of emerging technologies, models, methods etc. on an ongoing basis to enable competitive differentiation and strengthening of existing product technology; drive adoption within your squad as required Drive optimisation of the engineering lifecycle through a systematic knowledge management and continuous learning process to better enable the organization to meet market and client needs Mentor and guide all engineers within your home and assist with technical challenges as needed Show a sense of ownership & pride within your squad and the wider home to deliver high quality work and Institute a self-directed and high-performance culture in the team Involve yourself in the development of a strong talent pipeline throughout your wider home by helping the Manger Engineer in hiring, internal movements, succession planning, talent reviews etc. Take an interest in and where possible show advocacy for the reduction in technical debt across the estate and mission, supporting the Manager Engineer and Product to prioritise the reduction of technical debt appropriately Show an interest in articulating the technical roadmap, the overall vitality of the product, architecture overview documentation and the validation of our platforms in the product pipeline Technical Responsibilities Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development. Plans and drives software construction activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques. Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software development. Education and Experience Any technical graduation; engineering, computer science, etc. Professional Skills and Qualities Agile Methodologies - Scrum Efficiency improvement Configuration management Release readiness Documentation / technical writing Process, data, system engineering Analytical - business, process, data, system Lifecycle management Problem solving Personal Skills and Qualities Emotional intelligence and empathy Motivation, enthusiasm and optimism Collaboration, teamwork and cooperation Active listening and observation Continuous learning Language and communication Creative thinking Technical Experience at Expert Level Full Stack development Java, Spring, Oracle, RHEL Linux BDD, TDD, Cucumber Jira, Confluence, Git (BitBucket) REST Services Database Design Responsive web design Dependency Injection Data access and persistence ORM frameworks Unit and integration testing Modern patterns and practices Web accessibility standards Web security principles SAST and DAST tools Content Management Systems Message queuing systems Application architecture Containers Micro Services Source code control Awareness of Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, build pipelines SQL, PL/SQL, C OAuth, Identity Server, Azure Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services Benefits: Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer: Business related certification expense reimbursement Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents Cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.