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The successful candidate will be expected to actively design, develop, test, review, and deploy production software as a core part of their responsibilities. You will be responsible for defining architecture, establishing engineering standards, and developing solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to business objectives.\nWorking closely with architects, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership, you will help shape our technology strategy while mentoring engineers and promoting a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.\nRequirements\nKey Responsibilities\nRemain Hands-On in Software Delivery - Actively develop and ship production software, contributing code, performing code reviews, debugging complex issues, and working alongside engineers to deliver high-quality solutions and business outcomes. \n Lead Solution Architecture & Design - Own the design and architecture of scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with business and technology strategies.\nDrive Technical Leadership - Define and champion software engineering standards, architectural patterns, best practices, and reusable frameworks across the engineering community.\nOwn Delivery Outcomes - Lead complex technology initiatives from concept through to deployment and support, taking accountability for successful delivery and resolving challenges proactively.\nPromote Engineering Excellence - Drive improvements in code quality, security, testing, performance, automation, and DevOps practices while managing technical debt and continuous improvement initiatives.\nInfluence Stakeholders - Build strong relationships with business and technical stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and influencing strategic technology decisions.\nEnsure Operational Stability - Oversee the support and maintenance of critical applications, ensuring reliability, effective incident management, and ongoing service resilience. \nEssential Technical Skills\nDeep expertise in Microsoft .NET technologies and C#.\nStrong proficiency in one or more additional languages such as Java, Python, Rust, or JavaScript.\nStrong back-end development experience is preferred.\nExperience building and supporting core business applications, shared services, frameworks, or reusable libraries within a complex enterprise environment.\nExperience with Microsoft Azure services and cloud-based application development.\nStrong experience with relational databases and data management technologies, particularly SQL.\nDeep understanding of software architecture, system design, data structures, and algorithms.\nDesirable Experience\nExperience of developing front-end applications\nExperience working with data warehouse and analytical platforms\nExperience within financial services, insurance, pensions, or investment management environments.\nPersonal Attributes\nProven technical experience within a complex technology environment.\nDemonstrates strong ownership and accountability for outcomes.\nComfortable operating under pressure and managing competing priorities.\nStrong commercial awareness and decision-making capability.\nExcellent collaboration and relationship-building skills, with a track record of working effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes\nGrowth mindset with a passion for learning, coaching, and mentoring others.\nAbility to challenge constructively, embrace feedback, and continuously improve ways of working.\nStrong organisational and project management skills.\nExceptional problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.\nHigh attention to detail and commitment to quality.\nDE&I at PIC\nAt PIC, we believe that true innovation stems from embracing diverse perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to building a workplace where every individual, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or socio-economic background, feels valued, heard and empowered to succeed. We hold ourselves accountable through ongoing initiatives, such as inclusive hiring practices, and equitable career development opportunities that support belonging and community. While we’re proud of our progress, we recognise there’s work ahead, and we remain dedicated to listening, learning and evolving together.\nBenefits\nIn addition to a competitive base salary and the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, upon joining us here at Pension Insurance Corporation, you’ll have access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 28 days' annual leave (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, insurance for Travel, Private Medical, Critical Illness, Life Assurance and Income Protection, and much more.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5079,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Travel & Tourism","Hotels & Resorts"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T12:28:12Z"}],"liveness":{"score":34,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.623,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":36,"expected_fill_days":31,"reasons":["conf:12","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/font-control-inc-c-principal-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/font-control-inc-c-principal-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T18:16:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":539,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4461,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}