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Barden is delighted to partner with a global technology organisation on the appointment of a Principal Engineer / Tech Lead.
This is a rare opportunity for a highly hands-on technical leader who enjoys solving complex engineering problems while leading by example in the codebase. You’ll play a central role in modernising a large-scale platform, working closely with engineering leadership to evolve legacy systems into modern, cloud-native architectures.
ABOUT THE ROLE
- Leading the technical execution of large-scale platform modernisation initiatives
- Writing production code and leading complex engineering work across the team
- Decomposing legacy systems and introducing modern architectural patterns
- Partnering with architecture, platform and product teams to define service boundaries and integration patterns
- Establishing engineering standards, testing practices and design principles across the team
- Leading technical design discussions and mentoring engineers at different experience levels
- Driving incremental modernisation approaches that avoid large-scale rewrites
- Identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted development tools and intelligent capabilities within the platform
ABOUT YOU
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Significant experience modernising legacy systems into modern architectures
- Deep expertise with .NET / C# and modern engineering practices
- Strong TypeScript / Angular experience, with the ability to own features end-to-end across the full stack
- Strong experience designing and building distributed or service-oriented systems
- Cloud-native development experience (Azure preferred)
- Experience working across the full development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing
- Strong database and performance optimisation experience
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence engineering standards across teams
- Interest in AI-assisted development and emerging engineering tooling
OTHER DETAILS
- Opportunity to play a key role in the modernisation of a large-scale production platform
- Work alongside senior engineering leadership and architecture teams
- Modern engineering environment with strong focus on cloud and AI-enabled development tools
- Opportunity to influence engineering practices and technical direction across multiple teams
Our client is based in Cork City Centre, the team is in the office three days per week.
