Principal Software Engineer

Purpose of the role This is a critical role in delivering foundational software solutions that empower AI teams and accelerate business value without compromising safety or quality. As well as leading by example as a hands-on software engineer you will guide the team by defining and implementing the optimal technical approaches for building onboarding securing monitoring and generating insights from our tools and products. This role will help enhance and build our bespoke Engineering Metrics Platform that will be used across IAG Software Engineering to drive operational efficiencies enable data-driven decision-making and uphold engineering standards across the technical teams.

Qualifications Must Have Skills Cloud-scale architecture : Designed and operated decentralised systems on AWS enforcing modern development best practices.

Technical leadership : Influenced engineering strategy and mentored multiple squads to higher standards.

Full-stack coding & IaC : Advanced in TypeScript Python GitHub GitHub Actions and Terraform.

DevSecOps enablement : Integrated tools such as SonarQube, Cloud Snyk and GitHub Advanced Security into CI / CD pipelines.

Developer-experience champion : Deep understanding of tooling friction points and how to remove them.

Agile delivery : Drives continuous improvement in fast-paced agile / DevSecOps environments.

Stakeholder mastery : Balances business priorities with technical excellence and clear communication.

Best-practice evangelist : Sets documents and enforces development standards across distributed teams.

Hands-on practitioner and mentor : Delivers results through direct contribution and fostering continuous learning among junior engineers.

Change resilience : Excels in fast-paced high-change environments and remains composed under pressure.

AI-first developer : Expert in the use of AI tools for software development evangelises the responsible use of AI in daily work.

Strong relationship-builder : Enjoys working in a hybrid working environment to foster close teamwork accelerate knowledge sharing and strengthen cross-functional relationships.

Desirable Skills Data-driven dashboards : Experience building Power BI reports and data models on AWS-hosted databases is highly desirable or willing to learn.

Platform tooling guru : Deep knowledge of GitHub feature set (auth apps, policies) and experience shipping reusable developer toolkits.

Multi-cloud fluency : Working knowledge of Azure services and integration patterns.

Education Educated to degree level in Computer Science / technical degree or equivalent industry experience

Benefits IAG Transform offers the chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting fast-moving environment in a dynamic industry working in a multi-cultural environment with a strong partnership between the Barcelona and London Digital Innovation Hubs. We aim to provide a good work / life balance as well as the many benefits offered by a global organisation including health insurance pension and performance bonuses.

The work is a hybrid role with 3 days a week expected in our office in Barcelona with some travel to Waterside near Heathrow. This role may also require travel and working from multiple sites / locations.

Diversity and Inclusion Diversity and inclusion and our people are at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that we can only deliver the required business outcomes if we have a thriving community of technology professionals. Together we strive to become the very best at what we do.

We focus on making Tech a great place to work with a community that we feel proud to belong to. To help make this a reality our people strategy focuses on six key domains : Engagement Talent Management Reward and Recognition Performance Management Learning and Development and Culture.

We understand the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace to deliver this strategy everyone should feel part of our team. We want to foster an inclusive workplace celebrate individuality and embrace differences so that everyone in IAG Tech can achieve their goals and ambitions regardless of their personal circumstances or background.

As a Group IAG has an ambition that 40% of senior management roles are held by women by 2025. IAG Tech fully supports that ambition and we are working to help make it a reality. With this in mind we have set ourselves the challenging target of recruiting 50% female colleagues by 2030

Remote Work Employment Type : Full-time

The work is a hybrid role with 3 days a week expected in our office in Barcelona with some travel to Waterside near Heathrow. This role may also require travel and working from multiple sites / locations.

Key Skills Continuous Integration

Docker

Jenkins

Python

System Design

Agile

C / C++

Go

Systems Engineering

Software Development

Java

Distributed Systems

Experience years

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