Senior Software Engineer

Job summary

UltraDNS is revitalizing its engineering culture and adopting modern software design and delivery techniques. We are looking for intellectually passionate people who learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay current with the latest technologies. We want people who fit our emerging Agile/Devops culture, enjoy debating and learning from differing opinions, and have a high level of engagement. Strong programming and software design skills are essential, so well ask you to write code during most steps of the interview process.

What you will do

• Lead the development of Services or Products as part of an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) team. Write, test, and debug production-quality code (primarily in Java, with some exposure to Python or other languages), and collaborate to get that code into production.


• 60% Focus : Developing, testing, and debugging production-quality code, primarily in Java, with some involvement in Python or other languages.


• 4 0% Focus: Automating development workflows, including:
  
  
  
  • Building with tools such as Ant, Gradle, and Jenkins
  
  
  • Testing with frameworks like JUnit and Cucumber
  
  
  • Deploying using tools like Ansible and Terraform.
  
  
  
  


• Work with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB).


• Measure health and performance of the services you help build.


• Communicate with upper management, product team, your team, and other technology peers.


• Continuously learn new concepts and technologies and share with your team.


• Leverage and contribute to our evolving shared infrastructure. Make things better every day.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Creating high-level product specifications and design documents.


• Providing the development team with architectural blueprints to follow.


• Guiding and assisting the development team throughout the process.


• Troubleshooting and resolving issues with coding or design.


• Ensure the final product is completely functional and meets requirements.


• Updating software solutions as required.


• Training and overseeing the activities of the members of the development team.


• Collaborating with various stakeholders to determine software requirements and develop good working relationships.


• Actively leading the technical vision to success.

What you will have

• Four year degree in IT, Computer Science or related field OR equivalent work experience


• 6+ years experience developing enterprise software and services


• 2+ years experience developing on Unix/Linux


• 2+ years architecting complex, enterprise-class systems


• Demonstrated experience as a lead designer on a high-volume, scalable system


• Experience developing with Java or a dynamic programming languages such as Python


• Experience designing writing RESTful web services and APIs


• Be able to speak your mind and make a case for your solution to a problem.


• Know:
  
  
  
  • What Microservices are
  
  
  • What it means to build and deploy an application in a Cloud environment
  
  
  • How to scale an application
  
  
  
  

Benefits

• Generous time off policies


• Top shelf benefits


• Education, wellness and lifestyle support

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