Principal, Software Engineering

Slalom Build is from Slalom, a Seattle-based firm that set out in 2001 to disrupt and redefine management consulting. Now 10,000 professionals strong around the globe, we are top global partners to AWS, Salesforce, Microsoft, Google, and more.

Slalom has remained employee-owned and has organically grown to 10,000 employees and>USD$3B in annual revenue. In 39 markets across the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and Japan, Slalom teams bring the global capabilities and experience of a Tier 1 provider but operate with the local community focus and agility of start-up/digital native.

5 years ago, we started to build a world-class team with a passion for cloud, engineering, modern data, and much more. Today, with over 260+ of us in London and Manchester we are looking to expand our unique team here in the UK, Europe, and beyond.

At Slalom Build we co-create modern technology and software products with clients who are ready to accelerate their digital transformation. We choose to imagine things made better, and then set out on a journey to realise what's possible. By blending design, product engineering, analytics, and automation, we build the custom-built software and data products of tomorrow.

We are makers, thinkers, and doers. We break down silos and collaborate across disciplines to collectively tackle the things that matter most to you and our clients.

About the role:

You have a passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients tackle their most complex and, often, ambitious business problems.

As a leader within the practice, you will architect and build cloud-native, rich-internet, and mobile applications and systems. You will also lead technology strategy, architecture & design, and development using ground-breaking engineering and delivery practices. Finally, you will help us grow our practice: crafting solution offerings, developing thought leadership in the community, and leading teams.

Responsibilities:

• Grow a group of Engineers: connecting regularly to provide professional development, career guidance, and development opportunities.
• Assess client business challenges and provide guidance and insight to ensure a best-fit technology solution is determined.
• Collaborate with delivery managers to right-size the work effort required for a solution.
• Work with our highly skilled Slalom team to design and develop state-of-the-art outcomes.
• Design, document, and develop outstanding, modern applications using the full spectrum of technologies and design patterns.
• Assist with estimating work efforts required for each phase of a project.
• Work on POC projects with cutting-edge technologies.

Requirements:

• Significant breadth and depth in architecture, development, and implementation of software products.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of .NET stack, Java stack, and modern web frameworks.
• Experience leading development teams through everyday project tasks and collaborating across multiple functional/technical teams to deliver a project.
• Skilled in cloud architecture including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• An in-depth understanding of, and experience with, Agile project management methodologies.
• Modern Web Applications exposure: Angular, Node, React, Vue, and other JavaScript frameworks.
• A strong background in relational databases, such as SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Practical knowledge and understanding of RESTful service design.

• Private pension
• Private health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Pension contribution
• Choice from MacBooks and Dell Developer laptops
• Flexi-working
• Awesome Swag
• Free snacks, booze, fruit & coffee in the office
• Bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Thrive benefit
• Phone & internet bills covered

• Chat with a friendly recruiter from Slalom build (30 mins)
• Initial tech screen (30 mins) with the engineering team
• Whiteboarding - tech screen (60 mins) with the engineering team
• Behavioural interview 1 - focus on lead & growth & coach experience, challenge a capability leader on all Slalom build, team, culture & expansion plans (50 mins)
• Behavioural interview 2 - similar to the above, just meeting another build leader either in UK, NA or Australia (50 mins)
• Closing interview - with the UK build MD, Si Cook (30 mins)