Sr Software Engineer

Scope
• Delivers end-to-end technical solutions for multiple products or complex projects

Sphere of Influence
• Immediate QA/Software Development Engineer team
• Engages with cross-functional teams to execute
• Trains and mentors more junior colleagues
• Influences and articulates compelling software solutions for customers and product(s)
• Explains difficult concepts and influences others to adopt a point of view for ideas and initiatives

Delivery
• Designs, develops and tests software systems and/or applications for enhancements and new products
• Writes code according to coding specifications established for software solutions.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; and following the software development lifecycle.
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code.
• Updates job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment, and by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.
• Accomplishes engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
• Collaborates with other designers and engineers
• Breaks down customer requirements/problems into for the team.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to stakeholders

Business Acumen
• Provides input to department objectives and goals of a sub-Business Unit or function
• Strong understanding of other roles within the function or Business Unit and how they are connected
• Establishes and maintains ongoing relationships with customers
• Demonstrates mastery of a specific discipline across a range of related issues
• Anticipates and interprets customer needs to identify solutions
• Interacts and negotiates effectively with internal or external customers
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Improves operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Applies new technologies in software solutions and provides recommendations to the project team.
• Breaks down functional requirements into technical requirements and specifications for the team.

Required

Tech Skills required are
• 6+ years of Java Development
• 2+ years of AWS Cloud application deployment, development, and monitoring.
• 4+ years of relational and NoSQL databases
• 4+ years with XML and JSON
• 1+ year of Elasticsearch development
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Preferred
• 1+ year of GraphQL API development
• Experience in building backend workflow systems
• UI experience using React or Angular
• Familiarity with Software Security Best Practices

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