Senior Principal Engineer

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Whats the role

Shells business has been built on a foundation of innovative technology and skilled people. As investments in Trading and supply businesses increase we are seeking a talented and innovative professional to join our team as aSenior Principal Engineer which includes hybrid architecture accountabilities.

What youll be doing

As a Senior Principal Engineer youll be a key technical leader empowered to shape standards in engineering and architecture working specifically in the Crude and Products portfolio for Shells Trading and Supply business. You will specifically work across multiple product and project teams in the portfolio to create scalable secure and strategic systems that enable the transformation of the Trading Front Office capabilities.

You should exhibit deep technology leadership with a good balance of hands-on experience in designing and engineering technical solutions problem solving mentality and logical thinking. This role is a single point of engineering and architecture leadership with end-to-end accountability for technical strategy and delivery of the products/projects within the Front Office Trading portfolio. You will report into the Crude and Products Delivery Manager but also serve on the Crude and Products Architecture LT.

Strong leadership skills including fostering collaboration driving consensus and effectively communicating complex technical concepts are essential. The ideal candidate will not only lead in their area of expertise but also play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itselfidentifying opportunities driving innovation and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit. As the organization grows this role is expected to evolve offering continuous opportunities for development influence and leadership.

What you bring

• Industry Knowledge:

  • Understanding of all major global futures exchanges.

  • Knowledge of the full exchange-traded derivatives trade lifecycle.

  • Substantial years experience in Commodity Trading & Price Risk Management or Capital Markets / Investment Banks to bring credible externalisation of mindset and approach ensuring cost: value competitiveness.

  • Familiarity with market data providers (Bloomberg Refinitiv etc.) and liquidity aggregation platforms.

  • Understanding of financial regulations such as MiFID II EMIR and FCA guidelines.

  • Knowledge of the Life of a Deal (LOAD).

  • Compliance & Regulation.

  • Credit and Risk.

  • Finance.

  • Operations.

  • Front Office Market Analysis (forecasting modelling).

  • Trading Data & Analytics processes.

• Experience & Leadership:

  • Extensive years of experience in software or architecture delivery with Significant years leading software engineering teams.

  • Extensive years of experience in architectural roles with proven years leading portfolios.

  • Build and maintain motivated teams ensuring recruitment development and collaboration.

  • Direct workload of engineers and architects partitioning tasks and assigning accountability.

  • Recruit talent and support high-performing teams in both architecture and engineering.

• Technical Architecture & Design:

  • Own and drive technical architecture design and standards for software products in Commodities Trading.

  • Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios managing divergent opinions.

  • Create pragmatic implementable technical designs balancing risk complexity cost and value.

  • TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling.

• Collaboration & Communication:

  • Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5 years experience in trading environments.

  • Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders manage expectations and facilitate discussions.

  • Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities.

• Problem Solving & Innovation:

  • Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture.

  • Manage dependencies overcome obstacles and maximize value against constraints managing trade-offs or technical debt.

• Technical Skills and Mastery

• Trading System & ETRM:

  • Experience with the entire Trading system landscape and capabilities around Life of a Deal.

  • Experience architecting and designing ETRM services and capabilities ideally within an Endur application landscape.

• Desirable Technologies & Programming Languages:

  • Expert in one or more of the programming languages ( . Core Python C etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (AWS/ Azure etc)

  • Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React)

  • Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases No SQL Cloud Datastores etc) technologies

  • Hands-on experience with Databricks/Spark Azure Data Factory a bonus

  • Exposure to SAP HANA Salesforce API management Multifactor authentication Collibra Purview.

• Azure Platform & Cloud Native:

  • Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform including migrations/re-platforming of legacy systems.

  • Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers Microservices Cloud Native applications and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh).

• Data Management & Diverse Data Types:

  • Strong knowledge of data management: engineering pipeline development warehousing storage lifecycle management privacy security.

  • Experience with diverse data types: big data high velocity streaming IoT low latency event triggers longitudinal time series.

  • Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Azure Services & Integration:

  • Significant experience with Azure Functions Web Apps distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub event bus Kafka) ELK.

  • Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Azure Storage Azure Kubernetes Service CosmosDB Azure SQL Data Warehouse.

  • Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka API Management Logic Apps.

• CI/CD & DevOps: Proven years of experience in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub VSTS/Azure DevOps Terraform Ansible.

• Agile & Engineering Standards:

  • Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments.

  • Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards ensuring consistency and reuse.

  • Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives.

  • Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency.

• Documentation & Coordination:

  • Address Business Process Data Application Technical and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions documenting in High-Level Design documents.

  • Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects IRM IDSO ET SOM Business stakeholders) internal and external to Shell.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. Youll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty integrity and respect for one another. Youll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

• Work at the forefront of technology trends and practices.

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

• Benefit from flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working.

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performancerelated salary increase our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave including for non-birthing parents.

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders ages ethnicities cultures abilities sexual orientation and life experiences to apply.

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and

• international teams.

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Wed like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the worlds most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how were working towards that goal click here.

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesnt feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now wed still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills.

Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell UK remains one of the North Seas biggest producers supplying around 10% of the UKs total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1000 Shell-branded service stations.

In the years ahead as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal Shell UK aims to play a crucial aimto be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.

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