Principal Software Engineer

For our client, an international technology and business services organization supporting global projects across multiple industries.

• Advanced experience in designing, developing and debugging complex software or platform solutions.
• Strong knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: C#, Java or Python.
• More than 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, platform engineering or a similar technical role.
• Solid background in delivering software or platform engineering solutions and providing technical guidance based on business and user needs.
• Experience with CI/CD delivery and tools related to code management, configuration management and automation, such as GitHub or Azure DevOps.
• Practical knowledge of fine-tuning language models for use cases such as text generation, summarization or question answering.
• Understanding of embedding models and their use in NLP tasks, including similarity search, clustering and information retrieval.
• Familiarity with building agentic AI systems that connect AI models with external tools, systems or environments to support autonomous decision-making.
• Ability to design evaluation frameworks for AI models and AI agents, including metrics, A/B testing and performance benchmarking.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Mathematics or a related field would be an advantage.
• Cloud certifications from major providers would be a plus.
• Experience delivering projects using modern software development methodologies would be beneficial.
• Proven experience with container-based technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker, would be an additional asset.
• Independent, proactive and curious mindset, with creativity, ambition and passion for technology.

• Lead the delivery of software, infrastructure or platform engineering solutions within large and complex projects.
• Take responsibility for solution design, development, implementation, maintenance and technical quality.
• Translate business and user requirements into robust technical specifications and scalable engineering solutions.
• Resolve complex technical issues across the development lifecycle, including coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting.
• Provide advanced technical guidance to improve the performance, reliability and value of existing and new solutions.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and support the implementation of best engineering practices.
• Collaborate closely with development, engineering and architecture teams to build modern, high-quality solutions.
• Act as a technical leader for the project team, ensuring clear expectations, responsibilities, tools and delivery principles.
• Support consistency across processes, standards, technical designs and development practices.
• Contribute to the definition, maintenance and adoption of relevant technology standards.