Principal Software Engineer - Open for all programming languages We're looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow. Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them. What does Access offer you? We offer a flexible, hybrid working environment where you can balance work and life while maintaining a strong office team-based culture. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We'll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. On top of a competitive salary, our wellbeing days taking you to 25 days leave a year and a health contribution, you'll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We're an organisation that likes to give back, so you'll also have three charity days allocated to support a cause that matters to you. Day-to-day, you will: - Design and Develop Services: Responsible for building and maintaining services that can manage large volumes of data. - Database Design: Create and optimize databases while considering both functional and non-functional requirements. - Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable code and continuously improve it through refactoring. - Performance Monitoring: Monitor application performance and address system failures to ensure reliability. - Mentorship: Provide training and guidance to junior and mid-level team members. Your skills and experiences might also include: - Ruby on Rails/Python Expertise: 5+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails or Python development. - Frontend Development: Experience with frontend technologies like TypeScript, ReactJS, or VueJS. - SOLID Principles & Design Patterns: Deep understanding of software design principles and best practices. - Database Management: Extensive experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and optimization. - System Architecture: Experience working with complex system architectures, including API integrations with external systems. - Application Performance: Proficiency in application performance monitoring and optimization techniques. - Testing: Experience in writing and maintaining unit tests. - Web Security: Strong knowledge of web security practices. - CI/CD: Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. - Communication: Excellent in English communication. - AWS Experience: Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its application in production environments. - Ownership: A strong sense of responsibility and accountability for work outcomes. What are we all about? The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than 100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace. At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity.   Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together. Love Work. Love Life. Be You.