Sr Software Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities: Build high-quality, clean, scalable, and reusable code by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes (Code Reviews, Unit testing, etc.) on the team. Work with the product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation and delivery of high-quality product to our users. Drive the design, prototype, implementation, and scale of cloud data platforms to tackle business needs. Identify ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality. Plan and perform development tasks from design specifications. Provide accurate time estimates for development tasks. Construct and verify (unit test) software components to meet design specifications. Perform quality assurance functions by collaborating with the cross-team members to identify and resolve software defects. Provide mentoring on software design, construction, development methodologies, and best practices. Participate in production support and on-call rotation for the services owned by the team. Mentors less experienced engineers in understanding the big picture of company objectives, constraints, inter-team dependencies, etc. Participate in creating standards and ensuring team members adhere to standards, such as security patterns, logging patterns, etc. Collaborate with project architects and cross-functional team members/vendors in different geographical locations and assist team members to prove the validity of new software technologies. Promote AGILE processes among development and the business, including facilitation of scrums. Have ownership over the things you build, help shape the product and technical vision, direction, and how we iterate. Work closely with your product and design teammates for improved stability, reliability, and quality. Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the success of the team and the entire organization. Run numerous experiments in a fast-paced, analytical culture so you can quickly learn and adapt your work. Promote a positive engineering culture through teamwork, engagement, and empowerment. Function as the tech lead for various features and initiatives on the team. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for services owned by team by following secure development practices. Skills Experience: 5 to 8 years experience in a relevant software development role Excellent object-oriented design programming skills, including the application of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns. Strong Cloud platform skills: AWS Lambda, Terraform, SNS, SQS, RDS, Kinesis, DynamoDB etc. Experience building large-scale, enterprise applications with ReactJS/AngularJS. Proficient with front-end technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript preferred. Experience working in a collaborative team of application developers and source code repositories. Deep knowledge of more than one programming language like Node.js/Java. Demonstrable knowledge of AWS and Data Platform experience: Lambda, Dynamodb, RDS, S3, Kinesis, Snowflake. Demonstrated ability to follow through with all tasks, promises and commitments. Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities. Ability to advocate ideas and to objectively participate in design critiques. Ability to work under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment. Advanced understanding of software design concepts. Understanding software development methodologies and principles. Ability to solve large scale complex problems. Ability to architect, design, implement, and maintain large scale systems. Strong technical leadership and mentorship ability. Working experience of modern Agile software development methodologies (i.e. Kanban, Scrum, Test Driven Development)