SoftNice UG
Principal E-N-G – Databases
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This role is for a Principal E-N-G – Databases, offering a contract length of "unknown" and a pay rate of "unknown." Key skills include expertise in database technologies, leadership in enterprise projects, and experience with microservices and DevOps practices.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
April 4, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Unknown
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Leadership #Strategy #Database Infrastructure #NoSQL #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Databases #SQL Server #Microservices #DevOps #Automation #MongoDB
Role description
Job Description:
As a principal engineer, you will play a key role in shaping technology direction and delivering solutions. This is a hands-on leadership position, working closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement new products and services that meet business needs.
Your responsibilities:
• Co-lead design and architecture of on-premises DBaaS solution for Postgres, MongoDB and SQL Server
• Develop and maintain a long-term strategy for database infrastructure.
• Serve as a subject matter SME
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and other stakeholders.
• Support the platform lead
• Act as a key decision maker for technical and risk-related engineering
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
• Strong technical proficiency in database technologies (relational, NoSQL, Distributed SQL)
• Proven experience leading large, enterprise-level projects
• 10+ years of engg. exp. with at least 5 yrs. in a senior or principal engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with microservices, software development, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong understanding of SRE, DevOps practices
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
• Able to communicate complex technical information
Job Description:
As a principal engineer, you will play a key role in shaping technology direction and delivering solutions. This is a hands-on leadership position, working closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement new products and services that meet business needs.
Your responsibilities:
• Co-lead design and architecture of on-premises DBaaS solution for Postgres, MongoDB and SQL Server
• Develop and maintain a long-term strategy for database infrastructure.
• Serve as a subject matter SME
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and other stakeholders.
• Support the platform lead
• Act as a key decision maker for technical and risk-related engineering
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
• Strong technical proficiency in database technologies (relational, NoSQL, Distributed SQL)
• Proven experience leading large, enterprise-level projects
• 10+ years of engg. exp. with at least 5 yrs. in a senior or principal engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with microservices, software development, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong understanding of SRE, DevOps practices
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
• Able to communicate complex technical information
