Freight Lead Software Engineer

Freight Lead Software Engineer

Apply locations London - Shell Centre time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition  R188310 , United Kingdom

Job Family Group:
Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:
Regular

Posting

Start Date:

December 5, 2025

Business Unit:
Projects and Technology

Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

Shell’s business thrives on innovative technology and skilled professionals. We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team as a Tech Lead. The project aims to develop an integrated freight management platform for Trading & Supply. The new platform will replace RADAR with Veson IMOS, a leading industry solution, and will include a custom in‑house system for demurrage and PDE calculations, integrated with our ETRMs.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play an active role on small and large projects as a Tech Lead. At Shell, a Tech Lead plays a vital role in driving digital transformation and ensuring the successful execution of technology projects.

• Responsible for architectural decisions, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions that align with Shell’s enterprise standards and future vision
• You will play a central role in the successful delivery of the new freight management platform
• You will be responsible for driving the technical design and standards and leading the development team in implementing both Veson IMOS and the bespoke in‑house solution

• Voyage Management, the ideal candidate has experience with Veson IMOS
• Experience with the entire Trading system landscape and capabilities around Life of a Deal

• Extensive years of experience in software delivery with significant years leading software engineering teams
• Proven track record delivering and leading on large scale programs
• Build and maintain motivated teams, drive development, and collaboration
• Direct workload of engineers partitioning tasks and assigning accountability

• Own and drive technical design, and standards for software products in Voyage Management
• Define and document system architecture, integration patterns, and technology choices
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms
• Confidently lead engineering decisions across project team, managing divergent opinions
• Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value
• Ensure solutions meet non‑functional requirements (scalability, security, performance, maintainability)
• Lead architectural reviews and provide technical guidance to engineering teams

• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day‑to‑day technical decisions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Listen to and interpret the needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions
• Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities

• 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

• Desirable Technologies & Programming
  
  Languages:
• Expert in full stack development with expertise in one or more of the programming languages:
  React.js, Node.js, and Python with Cloud Native Platform Development (AWS/ Azure etc).
• Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Data stores etc) technologies
• Hands‑on experience with Databricks/Spark, Azure Data Factory a bonus

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

• 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
• Proficiency in SQL and No
  
  SQL…