Principal Developer (C# and Azure Development)
Division: IT
Job type: Principal Developer
Location: Manchester, UK
About Our Client
Founded in 1988, our client set out with an ambitious visionto become the worlds leading specialist in travel management. Built on the belief that travel is one of lifes most powerful and emotive experiences, our client is driven by a single mission: to make every journey exceptional.
Through a bespoke, high-touch, and personal approach, our client removes the stress and complexity of travel, delivering seamless experiences across business, touring, events, and entertainment sectors. Whether its a critical business meeting, an international event, or a live performance in front of thousands, our client ensures travellers arrive prepared, confident, and ready to succeed.
With a global presence and a commitment to outstanding service, our client continues to raise the standard for what tailored travel should be.
About The Role
The Principal Developer is a senior technical leader responsible for driving the architectural direction, design, and development of complex software systems. This role involves leading high-level projects, making strategic decisions regarding technology stacks, and ensuring the scalability, maintainability, and performance of applications. The Principal Developer works closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders, to align technical solutions with business objectives. This position performs important team leadership, primarily leading engineers and developers within the development function.
As a Principal Developer, you will have a diverse and varied role. Here are just some of the things youll be getting involved with:
Development, design, architecture
Technical leadership and oversight
Innovation and Problem Solving
Quality Assurance
Governance and Compliance
Strategy
Budget Requirements
IP
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Uphold our clients reputation for high-quality service levels and always represent our client with full professionalism
Remain an expert in the design, development and maintenance of software applications, and high-quality scalable code, and stay comprehensively knowledgeable in the Travel, Entertainment and Events industries
Initiate continuous improvement and give suggestions and recommendations to continually improve at staff or business level
Partner with relevant departments and personnel for cross-division and global business activities
Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Suitable candidates should have;
Education to Degree level or higher in related field, or in lieu of education, the equivalent combination of education and directly related experience
Successful experience of working within development teams
Experienced in Development methodologies covering both Agile and traditional Waterfall
Proven record of working in an ambiguous and fast paced environment
Working knowledge of travel industry technologies, e.g. booking tools and GDS systems
Previous experience of developing software in the entertainment industry
Accomplished technical awareness and trusted advisor with a collaborative and pragmatic approach
Capable of creating the bandwidth to lead on multiple projects and manage staff teams simultaneously
Ability to distribute workloads effectively, delegate appropriately and able to interchange independent work with teamwork
Versatile, adaptable, and a willingness to handle constantly changing priorities with continued enthusiasm
It is also a requirement have had strong practical experience of C# and Azure Development:
C# Development, .NET core/.NET Framework
Full understanding of Object Orientated and SOA design patterns
Azure: APIM, including extensive use of policies, caching and security aspects:
Azure Functions
Azure AI Search, using API and designing indexes
Azure Blob and Table Storage used via Rest APIs
Azure AD, Enterprise apps and interactions via Graph API
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure best practice architecture patterns
Data sources: via ODBC, RESTful API, Message-based Architectures
Development of relational and non-relational databases and ORMs, e.g. Entity Framework
DevOps processes, CI/CD, writing Unit Tests
Testing frameworks (e.g. xUnit, NUnit, MSTest), and broader testing tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Docker, Postman
GitHub or similar
Containerization tech: Docker, Kubernetes
Relevant Microsoft Certifications
The Where and When
This is a full-time role (35 hours per week) based in our Manchester office. Since March 2020, we have operated a flexible, hybrid approach to working and will continue to do this moving forward. We will work with you to find the best mix of office and home working that suits your life and the needs of the team.
You will report into the Engineering Manager who is also based in Manchester. There are other regional teams based in the US, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand that you may work closely with, too.
T
he Important Bit
As passionate as you may be about changing the face of travel, lets be honest
you're not doing this for free. So, heres our promise to you:
Competitive salary DOE
Private Medical and Dental Insurance
Wellness/EAP programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced employer pension contributions
Service-based holiday entitlement
We are also committed to offering an equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.
How to Apply
You can share your CV here.
And before you press send, please make sure youre eligible to work in the UK!
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