Principal Software Architect, Timetabling

Tribal’s vision is to empower the world of education, and we make it our mission to provide the software and services which underpin student success.

Tribal’s engineering team supports this mission through the design, development and deployment of reliable, functionally rich and market leading software. The purpose of the Principle Architect role is to fully engage and contribute to the software engineering process within Tribal, with a particular responsibility to lead and deliver activities which may be high profile, particularly complex or require an exceptional level of professional competence.

The post holder will be looked to pro-actively role model exceptional behaviors, coach and mentor others, and to ensure the continual improvement of development approaches within their remit.

Your key responsibilities are to:

• Provide architecture guidance and delivery of new builds of existing software, whilst remaining hands on, advocating new approaches and technologies to solve complex problems.
• Review existing code, improve it and build upon it where possible.
• Work with the product team in translating requirements into technical approaches and assign them appropriately.
• Implement proactive measures to improve quality and efficiency, such as coding standards and agile methodologies.
• Support and improve ongoing tasks such as version control, configuration management, build management and release management.
• Keep abreast of the changing environment in secure coding practices,
• Act as a mentor and coach to other Engineers, driving expertise in software architecture and development, ensuring development deliverables are met.
• Provide advice on feasibility and estimates for project work.

What must you bring to the role?

• 5 or more years commercial experience in software engineering, with at least 2 in a senior position and at least 1 year architecting complex solutions.
• Strong demonstrable knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns and best practice client / server setups.
• Experience in back-end technologies such as Java, PHP, Python or similar and frameworks such as Java Springboot, Laravel, Django or similar.
• Experience in front-end technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript, especially with frameworks and libraries such as Angular or React/Next.
• Experience in writing optimized SQL, administering databases and communicating with them.
• Experience in deploying code to cloud infrastructure, using best in class CI/CD techniques, would be beneficial.
• Broad experience in development and architecture, with a deep knowledge of software engineering and troubleshooting complex systems.
• You must have a degree in Computer Science or a similar discipline.

What can Tribal offer me?

This is an unrivalled opportunity to join a team of driven, meticulous, and passionate professionals, who are challenging the status quo of products that are provided globally to institutions that specialize in education, training, and learning. Our software is world class, and we believe we give our teams the tools, environment, and training to be world class too.

Not only will have full access to learning resources to continue to up-skill whilst part of our team, but we offer competitive salaries, a flexible working environment, and a generous range of benefits.

Please apply by completing our short application form and attaching your most up-to-date CV.

As an equal opportunity employer, Tribal celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon any protected characteristics and actively welcome applications from all groups, not least those underrepresented in the tech sector. To safeguard this we are signatories to Tech Talent Charter to better enable us to be a responsible business.

Note to all applicants -_ Tribal reserve the right to close an advertisement to applications ahead of the advertised closure date. For this reason, shortlisting may take place prior to the closing date on some occasions. With this in mind, please do not hesitate to apply early._