Principal Software Engineer

Company: Chuwa America

Location: Seattle

Closing Date: 18/10/2024

Salary: £125 - £150 Per Annum

Hours: Full Time

Type: Permanent

Job Requirements / Description

Principal Software Engineer - Enterprise Technology

Locations: Huntsville, AL; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Space Coast, FL; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Reston, VA

Work type: Full time

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will apply your expertise to the applications of engineering design, manufacturing test, and flight operations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Become an authority in multiple domains including design engineering, manufacturing, and test and flight operations.
Own the design and development of software systems and infrastructure in languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript.
Craft and build web user interfaces using frameworks like Angular and React.
Evaluate, integrate, and extend commercial products using GraphQL, REST web services, and message queues.
Communicate sophisticated ideas in a way that many can understand using words, diagrams, and code.
Create proof-of-concept code to evaluate ideas, explore new technologies, and reduce implementation risk.
Mentor software engineers on your team and others.
Work within existing software systems to find opportunities to reduce technical debt, increase innovation, and modernize software.
Design, code, test, and deploy new features and systems using CI/CD best practices.
Work with a UX designer to design and build user interfaces and iterate based on user feedback.
Select appropriate libraries and open-source technologies to integrate and use within projects.
Provide operational support for the team's production systems.
Integrate our custom software with third-party systems.
Think outside the box; challenge the status quo and find ways to make it better.

Minimum Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant experience writing software and deploying it to production environments.
Skill in typed languages (e.g., Java or C) and untyped languages (e.g., Python or JavaScript).
Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals such as algorithms and common data structures.
Ability to solve problems by writing efficient, working code given incomplete or ambiguous requirements.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and communicate complex systems to a diverse user base.
Experience mentoring software engineers in a team setting, including architecture, design, and code review.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current green card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
A demonstrated ability to develop complex end-to-end software.
The ability to quickly absorb information in an unfamiliar domain and translate it into software.
An internal drive to deliver results with the ability to seek out requirements and propose solutions with minimal direction.
Solid communication skills; open to the opinions of others, and willing to own mistakes.

Preferred Qualifications:

12+ years of experience writing software and deploying it to production environments.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or related discipline.
Experience in manufacturing and/or aerospace.
Experience with cybersecurity topics such as cryptography, threat modeling, and security development lifecycle.
Experience building rich user experiences in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using frameworks like React.
Experience deploying production distributed systems to Amazon Web Services using systems like Git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Experience with: