Principal Software Engineer

Entity: Technology Job Family Group: IT&S Group Job Description: Principal Software Engineer Let me tell you about the role The Principal Software Engineer provides technical leadership across software platforms and services, helping shape engineering standards, architecture, and delivery practices. The role combines deep software engineering expertise with the ability to solve complex technical challenges, guide technology decisions, and support teams in building secure, scalable, and resilient solutions. Working closely with engineering, product management, data science, architecture, security, and user experience teams, this position contributes to the design, delivery, and operation of software systems that support business and technology objectives. What you will deliver Own the development and evolution of software systems and services, crafting scalable, maintainable, and reusable solutions. Provide technical leadership across the Software Development Lifecycle, from architecture and design through deployment and operational support. Improve system reliability, performance, security, observability, and resilience while promoting consistent engineering standards. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, and platform engineering. Contribute to technology roadmaps, engineering standards, and architectural direction. Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and hands-on collaboration. Partner with security, audit, risk, and compliance teams to implement technical controls and support regulatory requirements. Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering practices to support continuous improvement. What you will need to be successful Technical Skills Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field, combined with 18+ years of proven experience. Strong problem-solving capability, risk assessment, collaborator management, and the ability to navigate complex technical environments. Excellent communication skills with experience engaging engineers, architects, product teams, and senior leaders. Software Engineering Skills Expertise in C#, Python, TypeScript, or another modern programming language, with experience developing production-grade software solutions. Strong experience in software architecture, systems design, and development of secure, stable, testable, and maintainable applications. Deep understanding of software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, testing, deployment, automation, and operations. Experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems at scale, supported by knowledge of security, privacy, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational reliability. Infrastructure Skills Expertise in designing, deploying, and scaling solutions on AWS or Microsoft Azure. Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies including networking, identity, storage, databases, containers, and serverless computing. Experience supporting and troubleshooting large-scale production systems. Database Skills Knowledge of relational, graph, document, and key-value databases, with experience in data modelling, database design, and SQL development. Skills that set candidates apart Experience leading and mentoring engineers across multiple teams. Ability to translate business requirements into scalable engineering solutions. Experience influencing architectural and technical decisions across diverse stakeholder groups. Success working in global, distributed, or hybrid engineering environments. What success looks like Success is reflected through stronger engineering standards, scalable platform capabilities, reliable software systems, and effective technical leadership. Contributions help improve engineering maturity, strengthen platform reliability, and support delivery of secure and maintainable solutions at scale. What you get back An opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges spanning cloud platforms, distributed systems, platform engineering, automation, and reliability engineering. Exposure to large-scale technology environments, significant architectural ownership, and collaboration with experienced engineers, architects, and product leaders. Continuous learning, technical growth, mentorship opportunities, and the ability to influence engineering standards, platform strategy, and long-term technology direction. About bp Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. Delivering energy safely, reliably, and sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition of becoming a net zero company. bp is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and able to contribute fully. Applications are welcomed from candidates with diverse experiences and backgrounds. Reasonable accommodation is available throughout the recruitment process and employme