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We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge SaaS technologies and impactful projects that are used by enterprises and users worldwide. You will drive technical strategy, lead large-scale projects, and mentor engineers across the organization. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of highly complex software systems. Responsibilities: Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems. Technical Strategy: Drive the technical strategy and vision for major projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices. Communicate complex concepts, anticipate potential objections, and influence others to adopt a point of view. Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver high-impact software projects on time and within budget. Coordinate activities and tasks of other team members, working independently and needing guidance only in the most complex situations. Architectural Excellence: Architect, design, and develop complex software systems and applications, ensuring high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability. Collaborate with architects on mid-level and high-level design. Complexity: Solve complex issues with innovative solutions, setting precedents as needed. Navigate information, alternatives, and relationships to achieve results. Communicate complex concepts, anticipate objections, and influence adoption of viewpoints. Impact: Impact the achievement of area/group objectives. Develop team policies, procedures, and techniques. Drive prioritization of technical debt, articulating the expected impact and outcomes. Service Health and Quality: Ensure the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and addressing issues. Utilize service health indicators and telemetry for action. Conduct thorough root cause analysis and implement measures to prevent future recurrences. Engineering Excellence Practices: Advocate for and implement best quality practices, hold a high bar for engineering excellence, and guide the team in maintaining service quality through the testing pyramid. DevOps Model: Oversee CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient build, test, and deployment phases. Take ownership from working with product management on requirements to designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software in production. Testing: Build testable software, define tests, participate in the testing process, automate tests using tools (e.g., JUnit, Selenium) and design patterns leveraging the test automation pyramid as the guide. Code Review: Conduct comprehensive code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices. Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship and guidance, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Mentor junior engineers on taking ownership of the full lifecycle of services and features. Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for software applications and systems. Innovation: Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for their adoption where appropriate to drive innovation and productivity enhancement within the team (e.g., CoPilot). Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 7+ years of professional software development experience. Expertise in ADFS architecture and deployment Configuring ADFS in complex environments Managing claims-based authentication Ensuring secure federated identity management Proficiency in Windows Server and Active Directory Deep understanding of networking principles (DNS, firewalls, load balancing) Strong problem-solving abilities for troubleshooting ADFS authentication issues Experience with security protocols (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect) Effective communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders Technical guidance and process documentation Staying updated with trends and advancements in IAM Strong foundation in scripting and automation (PowerShell or similar tools)
