Principal Engineering Consultant

UK & South Africa

Principal Engineering Consultant

Engineering in UK & South Africa

Java, Golang, Python, AWS

the [Employer hidden] way

[Employer hidden]’s all about helping people use technology to make the world a better place. We love building trusted partnerships with our clients, and helping them embrace the tech that can make their business better. For that we need our people to embrace the [Employer hidden] way – doing great work in a great place, with diverse talents, all united by our shared values.

We’re looking for tech heroes with the va-va-voom to help us unite teams behind one vision, empower their potential, and inspire them with our One Team spirit.

The aim is to get everyone to the future faster. By turning teams into the movements that power digital transformation.

what we do

Our core set of client-centric solutions are designed to smash client’s problems and make tech work harder for them. They include:

• Digital engineering
• Cloud adoption, migration and optimisation, including performance engineering
• Data, ML and AI enablement

We tie this all together with a little thing we call ‘delivery excellence’, backed up with performance engineering, DevOps, and design thinking. And lashings of Daemonite energy, of course…

what to expect

You’ll be a member of the [Employer hidden] Engineering team, pushing to win work on exciting, challenging and rewarding projects with some famous brands. Working hand-in-glove with high-performing teammates, you’ll develop personally and professionally, surrounded by superhero consultants digging deep to deliver together.

what we need

We’re looking for a Principal Consultant with a strong background in technology, proficient in multiple languages, tools and technologies. You’ll be comfortable leading teams, as well as holding conversations with clients up to and including C-Level.

We need someone who gets a kick out of working in a fast-paced environment, potentially overseeing more than one project, and acting as technical oversight for those projects.

about you

You’re an excellent spoken and written communicator, comfortable working with senior and C-level stakeholders. You lead by example: you’re pragmatic and productive but also creative. You’ve got the beans to motivate teams of all sizes and manage development plans for yourself and others, knowing which areas to focus on to keep things moving.

You actively shape/own a domain community, whether that’s blogging, events or webinars. You have an entrepreneurial mindset that means you look for opportunities wherever you think you can dig them up, and you take pride in leaving everything you touch better than you found it.

matching your values with ours

Our values affect everything we do – and yours will too. So we’ll need you to have integrity (of course) and be a passionate, approachable pragmatist who’s always looking for ways to shake things up.

your responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for a wide range of activities including:

• Leading people and building high-performing teams that leverage technology to deliver critical business priorities and solve complex problems for our clients
• Taking ownership of engagement and client relationships
• Helping clients create solutions to their business challenges leveraging all of our practices
• Technical and practical input into the [Employer hidden] Way — our overall engagement model
• Shaping engagements from a team, skills, requirements and commercial perspective, working closely with the resourcing function to resource those people.
• Defining work packages and planning for success
• Communicating complex technical problems in simple non-technical terms
• Leading one or more teams to deliver what the client needs
• Building and managing a network of relationships at relevant levels
• Taking an active role in identifying opportunities at existing clients, new clients, or within your own network
• Collaborating with Account Directors, the sales team and other SMEs, through pre-sales, discovery and proof of concept, to win new pieces of work
• Identifying and generate new client opportunities, moving client dialogue from a discussion of ideas to scoping work
• Managing stakeholder relationships, supporting Governance, and ensuring we deliver against expectations
• Supporting teams on challenging engagements and/or with challenging clients — our clients are demanding and we exceed expectations
• End to end engagement ownership
• People manager and Mentorship and development of less experienced consultants
• Proactive solution development for both clients and [Employer hidden] — if you see something not working, we expect you to step up
• Being visible as a leader in [Employer hidden] and in the industry
• Building technical strategies for [Employer hidden] and our clients
• Community leadership, building communities within [Employer hidden] and spearheading technical innovation

your experience

- Deep experience in one or more technical domains and/or market verticals

- You’ll be comfortable leading teams from a technical and delivery perspective

- A strong understanding of practice principles and engagements, ways of working, best practices, leadership skills, risk management, stakeholder management

- Experience of technical strategy and innovation with domain expertise in at least one of our key areas - Cloud, Data/AI/ML, Engineering & Delivery Excellence.

- Experience in end to end execution of commercial agreements, understanding appropriate legislation, risks & standards & taking ownership of proposals.

- Strong engineering principals that can be applied across technologies

- Writing and delivering against statement of works

- Implementing technical solutions for clients

- Demonstrating exceptional communication skills as a consultant

- Strong stakeholder management at all levels

- Implementing development projects in production

- Managing one or more team(s) of mid-level to senior engineers

- Experience of line or people management

tooling and tech

You can show good knowledge and skills in but not limited to:

• AWS, Azure, GCP (one of them or a combination)
• Agile best practice (to a high level)
• A strong understanding of development lifecycle best practice
• Java (to a high level)/Python/Go
• A strong understanding of engineering principles and projects
• Containerisation
• DevOps practices
• Data Engineering

who you’ll work with

Internally, you’ll be assigned a mentee to help develop with your experience. On projects, you’ll be working with senior consultants and consultants, who’ll help you transform tech for our clients.

benefits

We pay competitive salaries with some great benefits (which we’re always reviewing):

• 25 days paid annual leave
• Competitive pension contributions
• Private healthcare (extended to family members), including mental health cover,  plus gym discounts
• Dental cover (extended to family members)
• Death in service policy (4 x annual salary)
• Electric vehicle incentive scheme
• Certification bounties (bonuses for completing tech certification)
• Remote Working

more about [Employer hidden] life

We’ve been powering digital transformations since 2007, when Calum Fitzgerald and Steve Bennett first founded [Employer hidden] Solutions. Now, we’re up to 160+ Daemonites, beavering away on the tech visions that’ll make all the difference for our clients – who include quite a few names you’ll know.

We live and work by our values – in everything we do, we work with integrity, and we’re approachable, pragmatic, progressive and passionate. Because we know that fostering shared values and a One Team spirit can be contagious. We’re out to create movements.

Find out more here.

Because movements power digital transformation.

smells like One Team spirit

We’re all about the energy that comes from confidence, camaraderie and a shared purpose. About unearthing the full potential of every engagement, to inspire and empower our clients, and leave them stronger than when we arrived.

So we empower you to deliver, with an open, honest culture where you can be yourself. And we give you mentoring, training, and plenty of scope for collaboration. Because we also want [Employer hidden] to be all about you.

But it’s not all work, work, work – we’re always finding excuses to get together, with regular socials, clubs and team lunches. When the time is right we throw seasonal parties, with gifts from us for everyone, and awesome extras. Like the [Employer hidden] FestDVal: we invite you, your friends and family (and dogs) to fool around with silly stuff like a drum workshop, laser tag and bouncy castles, listen to live music, and stuff yourselves with jerk chicken, veggie curry and donuts. Nice!

training and development

We love it when Daemonites want to get certified in new or existing technologies. Not only will we pay for you to do it – there might even be a bit of a bonus in it for you. We also make sure that you get internal training on the new products you need.

big client experience

You’ll get the chance to work with enterprise clients on different types of engagements, so you can hone your fabulous skill set and get to grips with all the latest tech.

Plus you’ll find:

• The [Employer hidden] buddy system to support you in your first six months
• Support from a team of super-experienced consultants
• A progression panel that sit every six months

**We’re committed to doing business based on our values, you can find out more here.**

Thanks for considering a career with [Employer hidden] - here’s what happens next

1. Submit your CV

This is the really easy part. Attach your CV to an email and send us a message! Feel free to include anything that will inform, educate or entertain us too!

2. We’ll call you

Our Recruitment Team is now on the case. We’ll be in touch within 24 hours for a short call (about 20 mins) to discuss you, the role and what you want to do in the future.

3. First interview

Within 48 hours of the initial call we move to the Interview phase. The first is with one of our Heads, it’ll be a call, video chat or a face-to-face. We’ll dive deeper into your suitability for the role and get into a few more specifics. This will typically last 45mins to an hour.

4. Final Interview

The final interview will be at our Central London office, for this the Head of your team will be joined by one of our Founders. We’ll look to see how you’ll fit in with the [Employer hidden] Team, this will include covering the role in depth and more on the [Employer hidden] culture, values and vision for the future.

5. Offer/Feedback

We make a commitment to come back to you within 24 hours after your final interview. This will be with an offer to join the team or detailed feedback as to why you weren’t successful this time.

Our Values

approachable

We’re easy to talk to and work with. We like to stay open-minded: we listen, absorb and consider the ideas, views and knowledge of others.

integrity

We have a strong sense of fairness and honesty; we do the right thing in a reliable way. But we can – and will – say no when required.

pragmatic

We approach things sensibly and realistically, with a clear focus on outcomes, goals, and getting things done.

progressive

We embrace change; there are always things that could be improved. We like to do this collaboratively with our clients and colleagues, we don’t do it to them.

passionate

We always commit with energy, enthusiasm and determination. Call it a ‘can do’ spirit or simply rolling up our sleeves. We care about what we do.

Looking for something else? We’re always hiring…