Principal Software Engineer - Data and Performance

Dayshape is making a significant investment in our product portfolio and defining how both AI and large volume work fit in the critical role of resource management. We are seeking to introduce new ways of accessing, using and interacting with the data that matters to our customers, enabling extraordinary business results. That s where you come in.

What you ll do

• Support our product and engineering managers in prioritisation, scoping and leading delivery of product features
• Work as part of our engineering team to enhance quality, scalability, performance, maintainability, configurability, and usability
• Support, mentor, and coach other members of the team
• Be involved in the entire life cycle of features, including idea creation, deployment, and longer-term updates and enhancements
• Work on a wide variety of different challenges across the product and codebase
• Partner with engineering teams to support platform adoption, drive best practices and troubleshoot issues.
• Anticipate and address stakeholder needs proactively.
• Encourage constructive disagreement and resolve conflicts respectfully ensuring alignment across teams.
• Navigate ambiguity confidently and guide others through complex problems.
• Define comprehensive technical plans supporting wider team delivery.
• Contribute to team planning helping to align it with the strategic goals of the group.
• Adjust execution plans as needed.

About you

• You are a strong back-end developer experienced in operating within our tech stack, which is .NET (framework & Core), Azure SQL Server and the Azure platform.
• You are experienced in instrumenting and analysing code
• Great at breaking down big tasks into small chunks, solving tricky problems and tackling risks
• Knowledgeable about a range of technologies, and quick to learn
• Experienced in a broad range of database and search technologies (such as lucene, elastic search, nosql, mssql)
• A great collaborator with strong communication skills

Bonus points if you have

• Experience of working with Azure Cognitive Search
• Experience of working with Fabric or similar data pipelines
• Experience with MS SQL views