Principal Software Engineer
Delphix
Software Engineering
Belfast, UK
Posted on Sep 9, 2025
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With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.
Perforce seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Puppet Cloud team in Belfast. This role focuses on building innovative front-end solutions for our cloud platform. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise and leadership to drive product excellence.
You will work on a cloud-native software stack that consists of microservices, Kubernetes and a UI. You will work closely with Product Management, customers, and other engineering stakeholders (e.g. UX team) to design the new solution. You will also collaborate with other team members to deliver a high-scale, secure and maintainable service.
Responsibilities:
- Design and architect complex software systems, making critical decisions to drive projects forward
- Provide task estimates and accurately report progress as part of an Agile process.
- Proficiency with efficient algorithm design, data structures and design patterns.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to the development team, ensuring high-quality software design and development
- Conduct code reviews to maintain code quality, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding standards
- Act as an advisor to the functional leaders
- Continuously review and make recommendations to improve processes, tools and implementation
- May be required to support additional products/brands as needed.
- Develop features for the Puppet cloud product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way
- Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, fostering their technical growth and professional development.
- Collaborate with stakeholders within Engineering, Product Management and others (e.g. UX, Tech Writing) to maintain a high bar for quality
- Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, scalability, and performance
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum 8 years of experience developing scalable distributed software solutions
- Experience in a modern Javascript framework
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth deployment processes.
- Develop software systems with testability, scalability and manageability in mind.
- Strong communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Desirable:
- Experience designing and creating cloud-native micro-services in a public cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP)
- Exposure to a high-level language such as Go, Java or Python
- Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure and applications.
- Experience working with Design Systems
Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.
If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!
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