Principal Software Engineer

Job Number: 26083

Position Title: Principal Software Engineer

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Job Description

We’re currently looking for a Principal Software Engineer with experience in designing and developing large scale distributed enterprise applications and platform services to join our team in Maidenhead.

Our Team

The Informatica Replication and Adapter Technology team is responsible for the Informatica Cloud Database Ingestion Service – a service that enables you to ingest data, at scale, from selected data sources and transfer the data with low latency to messaging systems and big data targets. 

Your Role

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will participate in the development effort of our cloud and on-premise based software within the Replication and Adapter Technology business unit of Informatica, located in Maidenhead. You will be involved in developing a solution on Informatica’s microservices based cloud platform, using the latest cutting-edge cloud technologies.

 

Our Ideal Candidate

You are an experienced software engineer who has deep system expertise. You have significant experience in designing and developing large scale distributed enterprise application and platform services. You enjoy working on technically challenging projects. You are willing to work on many different projects and interested in assuming various responsibilities. You are comfortable working in a fast-pace development environment, self-motivated with strong inter-personal and communication skill.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Investigate, design, and develop the features individually or within a small team
• Lead feature development and follow through with other team members to ensure high quality and predictable delivery
• Provide detailed estimates of projects and meet project schedules
• Work with the QA team to ensure minimal regressions and comprehensive testing
• Give sprint demos to PMs and other stake holders to show progress against requirements
• Participate in internal/cross team meetings, scoping, decision making and technical documentation
• Take architectural ownership of functional areas in the product
• Assisting customers and field engineers with troubleshooting issues and problems
• Responsible for performance and scalability of the features
• Provide technical guidance to other team members

 

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields
• 7+ years of enterprise software development experience
• Worked with data-intensive and multi-threaded products with high performance and scalability requirements
• Strong programming skills and significant Java programming experience
• Deep understanding of web service technologies (HTTP, REST, JSON)
• Java application servers (Tomcat, Jetty)
• Spring Boot
• Experience in using IDE and build tools (Eclipse, Maven, Jenkins)
• Developing on multiple platforms (Windows, Linux)
• Testing frameworks (JUnit, TestNG)
• Familiarity with open-source frameworks and API standards
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Good organization, communication and interpersonal skills

 

Desirable Skills

• Messaging technologies (Kafka, JGroups)
• Web client technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Docker
• C/C++
• Expertise in database programming and database application development

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City: Maidenhead

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Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level

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At Informatica we know diversity drives innovation. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to maintaining a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law and Informatica policy.

Travel Requirement: Limited

Location_formattedLocationLong: Maidenhead, GB