Principal Software Engineer

Applied Intuition Inc.; Belfast; On-site; GBP 90,000 - GBP 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software security firm is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and coach engineering teams. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience with enterprise applications and significant expertise in Golang, Java, and Perl. Responsibilities include guiding project implementation, collaborating on product vision, and mentoring team members. This role requires proficiency in cloud technologies and experience with AI-assisted tools, along with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience developing large enterprise applications using microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and scalable architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to multiple engineering teams.
• Collaborate with architecture and product teams to define product vision.
• Oversee large-scale projects to solve customer challenges.

Skills

Golang

Java

Perl

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving abilities

Strategic thinking

Education

BSc or MSc in Computer Science or related field/degree

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MySQL

MongoDB

RabbitMQ

Kafka

AI-assisted development tools

Linux environment

React

Python

Job description

Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and will coach our engineers to maintain and evolve our industry-leading application security platform. Join us and be part of a team that’s pushing the boundaries of web application development with agile practices, cloud-native patterns, state-of-the-art engineering methodologies and tools like GitHub Copilot and other AI/GenAI tools. The ideal candidate is a visionary leader with proven track record of delivering complex strategic cloud solutions. A hands‑on technology enthusiast, and a solid full-stack engineer, they also enjoy helping their peers and their organization remain at the forefront of our industry by identifying and helping implement the latest industry best‑practices that boost our organization’s productivity and team members’ experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to multiple engineering teams, using best practices for SaaS and related technologies.
• Collaborate with the architecture and peer product teams, to define our product vision, build the roadmap and help drive the technical implementation.
• Oversee large-scale and complex projects to innovate and solve important customer and internal challenges.
• Inspire and mentor other team members, provide coaching and technical training where needed.
• Keep abreast of industry best practices, success and failures, and help the team adopt the right practices.
• Work and collaborate with UX and product management in delivered features

Key Qualifications

• BSc Or MSc in Computer Science or related field/degree
• 15+ years of experience developing large enterprise applications using microservices architecture, and container orchestration technologies, running on Kubernetes and/or cloud technologies (AWS or GCP).
• Proventrackrecordofsuccessfullydelivering strategic projects
• Expertise in Golang, Java, and Perl
• Expertise in software architecture, systems design, including experience with scalable architecture, performance optimization
• Experience with development and working with RESTful APIs
• Experience in data modelling and working with RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle or MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Experience with Messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)
• Experience in integrating AI capabilities into software systems, including prompt engineering, API integration, and leveraging LLM-based services for automation and productivity.
• Experience in developing in Linux environment
• SolidunderstandingofAgile methodologies and DevOpspractices
• Advancedproblem-solvingabilities
• Strategicthinking
• Strongleadershipskills
• Excellentcommunicationskills (in-person and remote)

Nice to have

• Experience designing and implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or similar architectures to enable secure and scalable AI‑driven workflows.
• Experience with front end development frameworks (React)
• Experience in GO and Python programming

Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal law. In addition, Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.