Principal Software Engineer

Entity: Technology Job Family Group: IT&S Group Job Description: At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others. Let me tell you about the role As a Principal Software Engineer, you have passion for automation and an aim to take on ambitious problems in innovative ways to lead by example, motivate, and challenge other leaders to deliver your best work. Your ability to empower, challenge, and coach senior technology leaders, and your passion for problem-solving and creating innovative solutions, will be crucial in delivering the next generation of software and services. What you will deliver Design sophisticated software and services that provide strategic impact. You’ll write design documents that define the future and review them with your platform engineering and architecture peers, incorporating and quickly iterating on the feedback Provide technical leadership to the engineering teams in delivery of your suite of software and services to production You’ll work closely with partner teams to help evolve their systems to make all of our software, platform and services more re-usable and resilient Partner closely with multi-functional teams including product management, data science, and UX design Hire and develop others by mentoring junior software engineers and peers, and proactively sharing your expertise and interests with others Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends Set strategy and establish standard methodologies for platform engineering Inspire and mobilize a team of engineers to achieve project goals Collaborate with multi-functional teams to identify and resolve software-related issues Support internal and external audit teams to prepare for and participate in security, software licensing, and regulatory audits, ensuring that all necessary documentation and evidence is available and accurate Collaborate with multi-functional teams to implement new controls and procedures to address identified compliance gaps or risks Monitor regulatory developments and industry trends to ensure that the organization stays up-to-date on emerging compliance requirements What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications) Technical skills we need from you Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems or equivalent work experience Authority in problem-solving, with the ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes, and develop creative and effective solutions Authority in the ability to adapt to new technologies and processes, and work independently and as part of a team Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate with your peers through to senior leaders. You should be able to engage and influence others to collect requirements, describe what you’re doing, work through problems, and find productive solutions Self-starter, able to handle ambiguity, navigate uncertainty, identify risks, and find the right people and tools to get the job done Software skills Authority in Claude Code or similar and at least one programming language (C#, Python, or TypeScript) developing cross-platform solutions. Validated experience in writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects Validated hands on experience in systems design Expertise in writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects Demonstrable experience in software development, with a focus on platform or service engineering Hands on experience & expertise in softwarevstandard methodology practices & best practices for full software development process, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operations Expert in designing and building complex software systems end-to-end which have been optimally delivered and operated in production. You should understand security and privacy best practices as well as how to properly monitor, log, and alarm production systems Infrastructure skills Expert in building and scaling infrastructure services using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure Expert in the understanding of using core cloud application infrastructure services including identity platforms, networking, storage, databases, containers, and serverless Expert in solving large-scale distributed production systems Demonstrable experience supporting production systems. You’ll have supported these production systems through on-call rotations Database skills Master knowledge of databases, such as relational, graph, document, and key-value Master ability in data modeling and database design Master ability in SQL Skills that set you apart Background in building solutions for corporate functions e.g. HR, Legal, Corporate Affairs etc. Pos