AddressHere at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian is seeking a talented Lead Software developer to join our team. This position will be focused on building SaaS safe extensions to assist in onboarding customers into our SaaS solutions. This includes transforming legacy integrations and customization code patterns found in customer environments to SaaS safe extensions using future proof technologies. A broad set of Ellucian products (new and emerging) will be used to provide solutions for customers, with the initial focus on the APIs, Ellucian Data Connect, Ellucian Experience SDK, Ellucian Data Platform, and Ellucian Insights, to meet clients, partner, and internal consumer needs. You will be delivering world-class, customer-focused solutions as part of a leading cloud software company for higher education.
Where you will make an impact
- Work on an agile development team developing solutions to product roadmap commitments
- Work effectively with the product manager, business analysts, development team members, and other stakeholders in a highly matrixed environment
- Design and implement future-proof Integrations and Extensions to enable customers to migrate into SaaS offerings
- Proactively seek ways to incorporate new & creative ideas and methodologies by keeping abreast of current technologies and tools
- Mentor/coach software developers on approach, coding standards, technologies, and agile development
- Lead the estimation of work effort and help manage work to meet the project schedules
- Recommend processes, tools, and standards within the development team
- Possess an expert understanding of business and technical requirements related to each project
- Lead the management of defects and enhancement requests, including customer outreach
- Possess expert knowledge on managing software development projects in JIRA
- Lead innovative Proof of Concept projects targeted to accelerate our work.
What you will bring
- Minimum 5years of experience in a Software Developer role
- Experience with JavaScript, React, shell scripts, and RESTful APIs
- Highly motivated with the capability to quickly learn and work with new technologies in complex technical environments, including a variety of databases, operating systems, cloud stack technologies, and languages
- Display a high-level of initiative and troubleshooting skills in stressful situations
- Keep stakeholders informed of progress toward goals in an agile development environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal – ability to present complex analytics to all audiences both internally and externally
Desired skills (Only PLUS to have)
- Experience with large-scale system development, particularly in a SaaS architecture
- Knowledge of common cloud technology stacks (AWS, REST/JSON, Node.JS)
- Experience in Agile software development practices such as Scrum and Kanban
- Experience Working with Ellucian solutions
- Ability to work independently, as well as on teams, with little or no supervision
- Knowledge of data integration best practices
What makes #Ellucianlife
- 22 days annual leave plus 11 public holidays
- Competitive gratuity policy
- Group insurance and Annual health checkup plan with a variety of family and wellness benefits.
- Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Wellness
- Headspace (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
- RethinkCare – caregiver support
- Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Buzzinga and Lean In Team to name a few.
- Parental leave
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:
- Education Assistance Program
- Professional development opportunities
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