Principal Developer

  • VIQU Ltd
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
  • Dec 11, 2025
Full time Telecommunications

Job Description

Role: Principal Developer

Salary: £68,000 - £72,000 per annum

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (One day a week on site requirements)

VIQU have partnered with a leading national organisation who are looking to migrate from their Legacy systems, to modern, cloud first systems in Azure. They are looking to hire a lead/principal developer focused on C# and .NET development and architecture. This will initially focus on Modular Monolith design, moving to Microservices architecture as/when required.

Job Duties of the Principal Developer:

  • Lead the design and migration from Legacy systems (ASP and PHP) to modern, cloud first systems and applications.
  • Design and implement software solutions using .NET and C#.
  • Help to mentor junior engineers.
  • Implement continuous improvement initiatives throughout the team.

Experience required for the Principal Developer:

  • Hands on experience with .NET with C# development within an enterprise environment.
  • Prior experience with Modular monolith architecture, with Microservices design being a nice to have.
  • Experience with SQL server, and Restful API's.
  • Experience with cloud first architecture within Azure (Cosmos DB, App Services, Service Bus, Storage ect.).
  • Previously led and mentored junior developers, conducting code reviews, guiding best practises and facilitating continuous improvement.
  • Previously set up and implemented CI/CD pipelines and tools.
  • Technical skills across Docker, Containerisation, React, and DevOps would all be nice to have attributes.

Role: Principal Developer

Salary: £68,000 - £72,000 per annum

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (One day a week on site requirements)

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Jack McManus via the (see below)

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