AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.
Job Title: Principal Software Developer
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
The job
We’re hiring for an Principal software developer. If you’re passionate about building secure, resilient, and scalable platforms, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll partner with product and engineering teams to design, build, and evolve core services that power CONNECT.
The CONNECT platform is AVEVA’s cloud-based industrial intelligence platform that helps customers bring together, understand, analyse, and securely share their industrial data across their organisation and with partners.
To support this, AVEVA needs a consistent and secure way for customers to access our cloud services and manage their data. That’s where the CONNECT Core/Common Services teams come in.
Our teams build and operate the foundational services that every cloud-enabled AVEVA product relies on. This includes:
Centralised account and identity management — authentication, authorization, and secure access control
Solution and subscription management — enabling customers to manage their AVEVA cloud solutions
Usage reporting, auditing, and billing services — ensuring accurate metering and transparency
Customer-facing web portal — providing a unified experience across AVEVA cloud offerings
Any functionality that is common across AVEVA’s cloud products is developed and run by this team. By providing these shared services, we ensure consistency for customers, improve operational efficiency, and maximise the value of our investment in the CONNECT platform.
We know some candidates self‑select out. If you’re curious, ambitious, and excited by our mission, we’d love to hear from you, even if your experience doesn’t match every bullet point.
Key responsibilities
Design & build core features and services for the CONNECT platform, with high standards for quality, security, and reliability.
Optimise scalability, performance, and availability to meet evolving industry standards.
Diagnose & resolve complex issues across services and interfaces; use metrics to drive improvements.
Champion best practices in secure coding, testing, CI/CD, and design for maintainability, extensibility, and reuse.
Collaborate in Agile teams: participate in planning, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
Promote cloud technologies and practices across teams.
Essential requirements
A STEM degree or equivalent industry experience
A track record of delivering high-quality software solutions (Principal candidates should demonstrate technical leadership and broader architectural impact)
Strong object-oriented design skills and appreciation for maintainability, testability, and reuse
Experience with RESTful APIs and microservice/service-oriented design
Professional experience with C#/.NET (or similar)
Solid communication skills in collaborative engineering environments
Desired skills and competencies
Microsoft Azure services: Cosmos DB, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Service Bus, Event Hubs, Application Insights.
Kubernetes and container orchestration.
Web development with Angular or a modern equivalent.
Behaviours & mindset
Thirst for learning and confidence to apply new knowledge quickly.
Enthusiastic, positive, and proactive; enjoys fast, dynamic environments.
Adaptable, collaborative, and motivated by owning and solving challenges.
Strong communicator who helps lift the whole team.
R&D at AVEVA
Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.
Our track record of innovation is no fluke – it’s the result of a structured and deliberate focus on learning, collaboration and inclusivity. If you want to build applications that solve big problems, join us.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/r-and-d-careers/
UK Benefits include:
Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.
It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/
Hybrid working
By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.
Hiring process
Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process
About AVEVA
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.
We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/
AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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What We Do
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. The company’s secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners. Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life’s essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimize operations, driving growth and sustainability. Named as one of the world’s most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. With operations around the globe, AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. Learn more at www.aveva.com
