Principal Software Engineer

About the job you’re considering

The Applied Innovation Exchange brings together a team of consultants, designers, technologists and researchers, to help some of the worlds largest organisations move from challenging problem statements to innovative real world solutions, and we'd love to hear from you!

Weʼre a team that is harnessing AI to make speech therapy more accessible, building digital experiences to raise money for vulnerable children with Action for Children, building a retail store of tomorrow in Shoreditch, London and much more.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

• Engage as a technical expert during innovation discovery engagements - working with innovation consultants, UX/UI designers and fellow engineers to

  contribute inspiration and advisory on emerging technologies to help shape opportunities and solutions.

• Take up the role of a technical lead on innovation projects - working with our team, wider Capgemini experts and our clients to deliver high quality

  innovative solutions from proof of value to pilot

• Transform uncertainty into certainty, finding creative ways to apply emerging technology to drive business value and user delight - creating cutting edge

  solutions that scale and drive meaningful impact.

• Balance speed and quality, with a focus on outcomes, and a comfort working at pace.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

• An expert in Full-Stack JavaScript/Typescript, with experience across any of the modern core frameworks from frontend through to API/service development
• An end-to-end engineer, comfortable and experienced designing and deploying to cloud environments (e.g. GCP, Azure, AWS + CI/CD)
• Someone who takes pride in their craft and centres technical decisions around user needs.
• Comfortable and excited about uncertainty. We start with business and end user problems, not technical specs!
• An aspiring leader, who takes ownership of projects from early stages, and gives clear direction, support and mentorship to more junior team members
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to engage with and understand stakeholders, working with them to create impactful solutions.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role you will need to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.

There are no nationality or residency restrictions, although if you have resided outside of the UK within the last 3 years, further checks may be required.

There are other criteria and check required for BPSS, and throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

Declare they have a disability, and

Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want ‘ mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 12 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Capgemini. Get The Future you want

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.