Principal Software Engineer Cloud Platform TeamContractInside IR35Rate 600 P/D - 700 P/D6 Months InitiallyWilmslow Based 1 - 2 day a week onsite As a Principal Software Engineer, you will work in one of the Cloud platform teams, playing a key role in developing software which makes a real impact to peoples livesThe team you''ll join are currently completing the development of the suite of micro-services (e.g. Tenancy Admin, Notifications) written in C# and built on the AWS architecture that will comprise our first Cloud Platform, due live later in the year. Many other initiatives are being worked on to support the new platform, such as developing monitoring using DataDog, security hardening using GitHub Actions, introducing Playwright for our automation testing. Responsibilities As a Principal Software Engineer within the Cloud platform, you would be part of the Informatics group producing software that is used by people worldwide for specialist measurement and scientific analysis.Your main responsibilities would include: Designing, developing and/or maintaining all aspects of software developed within the Cloud platform teamCollaborating with stakeholders on software and technical issues.Acting as technical expert for coding, process and best practices (e.g. adherence to Definition of Done) and effectively communicate this to the teamCoaching and mentoring of more junior team members. We are looking for the following skills Extensive knowledge and proven experience as a sof