Staff Software Engineer

Job Description Summary

Responsible for designing and programming a small module or a large component and designing a feature, set of features, or whole feature area. She/he will work independently and contribute to the immediate team and to other teams across business.

She/he will Lead design discussion in a limited manner.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

In this role, you will: Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle.

Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding Execute in a fast pace delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation Seek and provide feedback on design and development Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing.

Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and applies existing technology to designs Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice Be responsible for providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure Provide guidance to a team of 5 to 7 developers with either planning and execution and/or design architecture using agile methodologies such as SCRUM Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & visionWrite code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

Education Qualification

For roles outside USA:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with advanced experience.

For roles in USA:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with minimum years of experience 8 years

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and Python coding principles Hands-on experience Front-end development and Python for backend Experience working with Databases Hands-on experience with web development using HTML5, CSS Experience with Play framework, Angular is a big plus