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Principal Software Engineer, £650/day (Outside IR35)

Manchester
£650/day
Posted 6 months ago
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Principal Software Engineer Opportunity

Opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to work for a retail company at the beginning of a large digital transformation on an initial 6-month contract outside IR35.

You’d report to the Head of Engineering and would work as part of a team of Principal Software Engineers responsible for collaborating with Architects and Product Owners to lead the re-architecture of existing platforms to a cloud-native, event-driven, microservices architecture.

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  • You’d have full technical overview for your product domain including technology vision, strategy, workload and quality governance of the squads within it.
  • You’d also have the chance to lead R&D or impact analysis initiatives, where hands-on rapid prototyping may be required.

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Skills

  • TypeScript (Node & React)
  • AWS
  • Event-driven MACH architecture
  • CI/CD

In return they're offering an initial 6-month outside IR35 contract paying up to £650/day.

Please note this role is onsite 4 days per week.

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Skills

TypeScript
Node
React
AWS
Event-Driven
MACH Architecture
CI/CD

Location

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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