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Improbable • London

Principal Software Engineer

Employment type:  Full time

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top 3 scores:
90%

Autonomy

87%

Location flexibility

86%

Hours flexibility

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Job Description

At Improbable, we believe that the next revolution in entertainment and society will come from massive virtual worlds. They will create new economies and opportunities globally, changing not just how we play, but how we work and relate to each other. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to build the next generation of technologies for online multi-user games and simulations.

At Improbable, you are surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them, and who compel you to improve yourself. We’re motivated by the fulfilment of solving hard problems to achieve something profound and transformative.

Venture Builder

Improbable is a Venture Builder. We are working with leaders to create businesses in AI transformation, the metaverse and web3. We both create businesses from scratch and invest in existing businesses. Our central services teams work with ventures to help them achieve success; including early stage prototyping and initial product development where this role sits.

Your Mission

As a Principal Full Stack Engineer at Improbable, you will work with Ventures to help them get to market faster. You will work with their leadership team, to design, prototype and launch initial versions of their product. This is a hands-on, strategic role where you will collaborate with executives, working all the way from identifying customer problems. Working with our team of AI experts, you’ll leverage your management consulting expertise, industry knowledge, and technical acumen to design impactful solutions that drive significant business outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud services and user-facing web apps in production

  • Independently scope and lead technical initiatives, laying the groundwork for early-stage products to evolve iteratively

  • Contribute to the product roadmap, help set the vision and strategy for the venture, and act as a sounding board for venture leadership

  • Develop and execute against both short- and long-term roadmaps.

  • Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation

  • Driving alignment with non-technical stakeholders for technical deliverables


Why You’re Made For This

  • Experience working directly with non-technical stakeholders and reporting to non-technical leadership

  • Professional experience maintaining production services

  • Experience with any popular cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)

  • Proficient in some modern programming languages like TypeScript, Python, Go, etc.

  • Professional experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Salt, and container orchestration technologies

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills

  • Experience reviewing code to maintain a high standard of code quality across the team

  • A self-starter mindset, capable of context-switching between various projects, codebases, and concepts

  • A prototype and rapid iteration mentality, using pragmatic delivery methods to have a fast impact and quickly identify the best solution for a problem

  • Able to create tutorials, guides, or other important documentation

While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply.

Company benefits

Work from anywhere scheme – up to 30 days working from abroad
Unlimited annual leave
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Dog friendly office
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks statutory maternity pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Shared parental leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Fertility treatment leave
Adoption leave
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced WFH tools
Teambuilding days
Open to part time work for some roles
Wellbeing allowance
Compassionate leave
Mental health platform access
Women’s health leave
Time off in-lieu
Optional unpaid leave
Carer’s leave
In office massages
In office yoga classes
Fully stocked snack cupboard
Meditation space
Cycle to work scheme
Life insurance
Annual pay rises
Interest free loans
Share options
Equity packages
Sabbaticals
Volunteer days
Personal development budgets
Relocation packages
L&D budget
Employee discounts
Financial coaching
Employee assistance programme
Skilled worker visas
Charity donation scheme
Work from home budget
Travel loan

We asked employees of Improbable what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
87%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
86%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
77%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
76%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
84%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
90%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
58%
Employees feel like the diversity is ok and there are some efforts to improve
Inclusion
77%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
72%
Employees enjoy the working environment
Mission
69%
Employees feel quite excited about the company mission
Salary
72%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at Improbable

Company employees

155

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

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