Principal Software Engineer
Siemens
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Siemens Digital Industries Software is a global technology powerhouse. With some of the best-known brands in the world, Siemens has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, and reliability for more than 175 years.
We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Brightly team in Cairo, Egypt.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of cutting-edge, high-performance features in next-gen software applications.
- Inspire and guide a team of engineers to apply computer science principles in designing innovative solutions.
- Develop libraries and frameworks to scale application development across multiple projects and products.
- Ensure quality at every stage of the agile lifecycle, promoting a culture of excellence across teams and departments.
- Mentor engineers on writing clear, maintainable full-stack code in a professional software environment (CI/CD, source control, shortened release cycles).
- Contribute to feature development and test automation frameworks, aligned with business needs.
- Monitor and guide company goals, metrics, and program delivery, advising teams on course correction when necessary.
- Collaborate cross-functionally in portfolio and product planning, acting as an engineering visionary for future developments.
- Own product components as the technical expert and provide leadership in addressing production issues and incidents.
- Promote a DevOps culture, embedding operational excellence and quality in development processes.
- Make data-driven decisions, balance short-term and long-term solutions, and contribute to key technology and strategy decisions.
- Serve as a technical lead for teams or projects based on business priorities.
- Foster a culture of learning and staying up-to-date with industry trends, influencing engineering and product teams globally.
- Present operational updates to management and help teams adjust their practices as needed to meet goals.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Extensive professional experience with a deep understanding of design patterns, data structures, OOP, databases, and web programming.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and scalable agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- Strong web development skills with JS frameworks, REST services, microservices, and UI/UX technologies.
- Proven experience in unit testing, automation frameworks, and DevOps practices in a CI/CD environment.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with experience managing global teams in an agile, metrics-driven environment.
Technologies:
- .NET Framework and .NET Core
- C#, ASP.NET, Web API
- Entity Framework
- MS SQL Server
- Visual Studio
- Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript
- CI/CD tools: TeamCity, Jenkins, CodeDeploy
- Test Automation: NUnit/XUnit, Jasmine, Cypress
Bonus Points:
- Open-source contributions, personal projects
- Experience with test automation tools (Selenium, Cypress)
- Involvement in tech communities, meetups
- Certifications in technology or agile methodologies
- Experience in large-scale agile implementations across global teams
- M&A integration experience
We’re Siemens. A collection of over 377,000 minds building the future, one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow!
We offer a comprehensive reward package which includes a competitive basic salary, bonus scheme and generous holiday allowance.
Siemens is an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate unlawfully on any grounds. We are committed to providing access and equal opportunity.
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