Job Description :
Senior Software Engineer / Java Full Stack Developer (cloud based - AWS)
Duration: Long Term
Location: Chicago, IL 60661
Mode of Interview: Virtual Microsoft Teams Interview
Candidate Responsibilities
As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will contribute to design, development and deployment of the company’s state-of-the-art condition monitoring product. You will be part of a fast-moving global team that will build a best-in-class product for company dealers worldwide, to lower cost of service, and improve customer support.
Job Duties
Responsibilities of the incumbents are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing Web, and Cloud distributed computing systems.
Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features.
Mentor and assist software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed.
Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
Guide the team to develop a structured application/interface code, design documentation, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment.
Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.
Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by company management from time to time.
Additional Details
The position manages the completion of its own work assignments and coordinates work with others.
Based on past experiences and knowledge, the incumbent normally works independently with minimal management input and review of end results.
Typical customers include company customers, dealers, other external companies who purchase services offered by the company as well as internal business unit and/or service center groups.
The position is challenged to quickly and correctly identify problems that may not be obvious.
The incumbent solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from many existing solutions.
The incumbent sets priorities and establishes a work plan in order to complete broadly defined assignments and achieve desired results.
The position participates in brainstorming sessions focused on developing new approaches to meeting quality goals in the measure(s) stated.
Background/Education
7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university degree.
Technical Skills
Proven experience in many of the following:
Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs.
Experience writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway.
Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible.
Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS (especially Lambda and Fargate services
Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure DevOps, etc.
Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum
Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following:
Test driven development and behavior driven development.
Datastores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.
Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms.
Full-stack development experience using modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or React.
Must demonstrate solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.
Soft Skills
· Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints.
· Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.
· Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities