Group Overview The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.
Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.
Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.
The Group is home to a stable of premium brands.
Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.
The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries.
We are 5,300 people strong.
We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.
Role Overview The Principal Engineer (PE) will provide technical leadership to the development teams and nurture a culture of continual learning.
The Principal Engineer will demonstrate the benefits of approaches to development and delivery either through working as a team member or through group sessions.
They should be the authority for decisions relating to standards and engineering best practices within their teams.
The Principal Engineer will be passionate about software development and keen to use their technical and mentoring skills to help their development team to be successful.
They should be comfortable working in agile teams, foster transparent communication, have a commitment to quality, and a focus on getting things done.
Role Responsibilities Act as the primary technical leader and developer on a team, demonstrating strong technical competencies and acting as a dependable and high value contributor within the team such that other team members know what they should aspire to Provide technical oversight of the analysis and design for assigned projects Design, develop, test and oversee production software solutions, including the development of highly complex systems, and modifications to existing systems Be able to communicate the architecture and principles behind a system to both technical and non-technical stakeholders Support the use of preferred planning and prioritisation tooling to capture and track deliveries, identify issues and help with roadmap and iteration planning and prioritisation Ensure the team engages in a well-defined SDLC that supports planning, prioritisation and delivery needs Support the team through help with defining scope and guiding estimation of work to be done by leveraging previous experience Be custodians for target state architecture and best practice within your respective development team Identify opportunities to evolve systems towards target state architecture and direct refactoring and prioritisation to positively influence deliveries Work alongside Team Leaders, to provide technical leadership and direction for the development team Participate in retrospectives and seek opportunities to drive best practice Lead the software team to deliver high quality and innovative software solutions Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development, through both gated checks like code reviews and more supportive approaches such as mentoring or identifying stretch opportunities for team members Guide and support team to identify and escalate risks as appropriate Work with the Team Leaders to provide time and resource estimates, identify potential areas of risk and suggest mitigating actions Share complex technical designs or issues with non-technical stakeholders and influence their decision making where necessary Identify tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process Assist and facilitate prioritisation of software defects and enhancements Manage risks and issues effectively with timely escalation to the project stakeholders Experience / Competences Essential Degree or equivalent industry experience Experience of hands on technical leadership Experience overseeing the development of complex systems Enterprise system experience Leadership experience within a software delivery team Experience of the full software development lifecycle in a technical role Current in-depth knowledge of .Net Experience of a general purpose scripting language (such as Python, Perl, Ruby) Desired Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive approach Strong analytical ability and problem solving skills #-LI-Hybrid #LI-MID #NIJobs Not The Perfect Fit?
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If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply.
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Company Statement We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere.
That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute.
TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this.
As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.
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