Principal Software Engineer

Company Description Computer Futures is a leading IT recruitment consultancy, specialising in placing IT experts in permanent and contract roles across Asia, Europe and the US. With a proven track record in IT recruitment, we enjoy success within all sectors and business types, placing a candidate every 38 minutes. From single job vacancies to large-scale projects, our proficiency in providing exceptional professionals across the board has carved our reputation as a secure and significant supplier partner. A robust and financially strong business we have grown organically from our first office in London in 1986, to 18 offices in Europe; including Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Paris as well as one office in San Francisco and Tokyo. Gaining market share, year-on-year, we have the largest client base of any IT recruitment business across Europe. We work with a range of clients, from SMEs to large multi-nationals and high-profile names. Passionate about recruitment, our 350+ specialist IT recruitment consultants’ priority is to secure the right person for the right role, within a specified timeframe and budget. Through Computer Futures’ methodology, our consultants – who focus on a specific IT technical market and geographical area - create a bespoke service to meet our individual clients’ recruitment needs. Job Description Gathers an [... source excerpt omitted ...] tical software applications based on various development frameworks. Evaluates, installs and performs upgrades of off-the-shelf pre-packaged software in conjunction with business requirements. Rewrites or reworks existing mission critical software programs based on new requirements. Maintains existing mission critical software programs. Troubleshoots and provides the highest level of user support for mission critical software applications. Coordinates mission critical software development activities with infrastructure and testing staff. Acts as technical work package manager for portions of projects and acts as project manager for mid-sized to large mission critical systems imp [... source excerpt omitted ...] occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other job-related duties requested by supervisor or management. Qualifications Knowledge of advanced software design and development methodologies. Knowledge of advanced system design, architectures and infrastructure. Knowledge of client server, web based systems, service oriented architectures (SOA), web services and operating systems. Knowledge of database modelling, various query languages and tools and integration of the various application tiers. Knowledge of business analysis and user requirements gathering. Knowledge of multiple system architectures, platfor