Principal Software Engineer, Backend - Full or Part Time
Autotrader2 months ago
Manchester, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build and improve backend technology platforms and public-facing web services.
- Design and develop systems handling thousands of requests per second with sub-100 millisecond response times.
- Contribute to architectural and system design decisions.
- Mentor, coach, and share technical expertise with software development teams.
- Lead and deliver technical projects.
- Collaborate through pairing, code reviews, stand-ups, and broader engineering community interactions.
- Improve service availability and responsiveness.
Requirements
- Thorough understanding of Java and the JVM.
- Knowledge of server-side frameworks such as Spring.
- Experience with web application design and RESTful APIs.
- Structured approach to programming and testing, such as TDD.
- Proven experience mentoring, coaching, and sharing technical expertise.
- Knowledge of architectural and system design.
- Experience leading and delivering technical projects.
- Experience with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience with document/map-based storage such as MongoDB.
- Experience working with Kafka messaging and streaming.
Benefits
- Salary of £60,000–£80,000 per year.
- Additional 10% of salary awarded annually in shares, vesting over three years.
- 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
- Comprehensive private medical cover.
- Pension scheme with standard employer contributions of 7% and employee contributions of 5%.
- Enhanced family leave, car salary sacrifice, and share-save options.
- Access to 24/7 online GP and dentist services plus specialist wellbeing support.
- Hybrid Connected Working model requiring a minimum of three office days per week.
- Remote-first periods during set summer and winter dates, with remote work available anywhere in the UK and certain overseas locations.
- Available as a full-time or part-time role.
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About Autotrader
Autotrader operates a U.S. online marketplace that connects car buyers with dealers and private sellers, offering listings, search filters, pricing guidance, and financing tools. Its revenue comes from dealer subscriptions, advertising, and paid private-seller listings. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta, it is part of Cox Automotive, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises.