Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop software and design new procedures to make the organization more effective and more scalable
• Identify both benefits and detriments for proposed solutions. Maintain broad experienced-based understanding of business and impact of industry trends
• Act as a resource and provide technical assistance, mentoring staff in technical discussions
• Develop models of business functionality through prototyping. Participate in design and code review and code management
• Identify improvements and new processes. Identify tools and processes for problem determination
• Perform integration testing with knowledge of computing infrastructure, including impacts on developmental & operational environments
• Influence and collaborate closely with groups in and outside the development team (e.g. QA, Product Management, UE, Tech Pub) to achieve high quality and predictable results
• Expertly analyze needs and requirements of existing and proposed systems
• Develop technical specifications and document technical best practices
• Manage change and release management of products, tools and applications
• Participate in the agile feature/product design process working with cross-functional teams

Requirements

• 5+ years direct experience with design, development and deployment of web applications and APIs
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience
• Solid experience in object-oriented design and development with Java languages
• Experience with .NET is highly preferred
• Knowledge of high-scale, multi-tenant Web service development, including REST/JSON and Microservice patterns Spring Boot and similar application framework experience
• Strong experience with database concepts and databases such as MS SQL, Mongo, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB
• Experience in large-scale, multi-tenant microservice deployments that leverage REST/JSON
• Must be able to deliver high quality code on schedule, communicate with groups in and outside the development team
• Experience in UI development frameworks preferably with ReactJS
• Experience with at least one public cloud AWS, GCP, Azure (AWS preferred) and Exposure to serverless
• Solid understanding of security concerns for web-based applications
• Proficiency in development environment, IDEs, web & application server, GIT, Continuous Integration, unit-testing tools, Kafka, AWS SQS, containerization and container orchestration like Docker, ECS and Kubernetes and defect management tools
• Solid experience with Agile methodology, familiar with Continuous Integration such as Jenkins, Hudson, etc. (Kubernetes, Docker are nice to have)
• Practical perspective on software engineering discipline, focus on learning and delivering, and passion for high quality
• Great energy and enthusiasm with a positive, collaborative working style, clear communication and writing skills
• Highly organized and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to communicate and negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels of an organization

Nice to Have

• Experience with GCP and Azure
• Exposure to serverless architectures
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience