Principal Software Engineer

At least 10 years’ experience building software. Proven experience designing, building and running a complex production SaaS application at scale. Proven experience developing distributed data-intensive systems and running them in production. Ability to quickly comprehend complex scenarios, unravel uncertainty and ambiguity and articulate the architecture of complex systems. Can communicate clearly - written, verbal, and visually - in the right level of detail for any audience. Built production systems based on OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, MongoDB and/or Apache Kafka. Expertise in Javascript or Python (Bonus) Experience deploying software into the cloud and on-premise (Bonus) Experience with microservices architectures (Bonus) Experience with Kubernetes (Bonus) Domain experience in National Security, cyber security or financial crime compliance (Bonus)

Architectural oversight over Ripjar’s software platforms. Leading contribution to product design and development. Empowering Staff and Senior engineers to own key elements of the product and architecture. Empowering technology and product leaders and teams to design and deliver high quality software products. Take a leading role in Ripjar’s engineering organisation: contributing to standards, design patterns and technology approaches. Ensure consistent application of architectural decisions and guidelines across Ripjar's software products.