Principal Engineer / Technical Lead - .Net

**Principal Engineer / Technical Lead \- .Net** **Location:** Cork **Salary:** €90,000\-€110,000 \+ Full Benefits **Role Overview** An established enterprise software organization seeking a hands\-on **Principal Engineer / Technical Lead** . You will lead the modernization of a complex platform, spending the majority of your time coding while guiding architectural improvements and mentoring the engineering team. **Core Responsibilities** * **Modernization:** Lead the transition of legacy systems to scalable, service\-based architectures. * **Hands\-on Delivery:** Write high\-quality code and drive best practices (testing, modular design, CI/CD). * **AI Integration:** Utilize and champion modern IDE tooling—including **Claude Code, Cursor, or Cline** —within daily production workflows to accelerate development. * **Leadership:** Mentor engineers through code reviews and pair programming; solve complex production issues. * **Strategy:** Implement incremental refactoring and explore AI\-assisted workflows to boost engineering productivity. **Technical Requirements** * **Experience:** 8\+ years in commercial software engineering with a focus on modernizing production systems. * **Backend:** Deep expertise in **.NET Core, Distributed Systems \& Microservices** . * **Frontend:** Exp in **TypeScript** / **React /** **Angular** (or similar) skills. * **Cloud/DevOps:** Experience with **AWS** API design, and Infrastructure as Code. * **AI Tooling:** Daily proficiency with AI\-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Cline, Claude Code). **Why Join?** * **Stability:** High staff retention and a collaborative, supportive leadership structure. * **Growth:** Clear career progression within a modern engineering culture. * **Package:** Competitive salary and benefits.