THE JOB
The job is an integral member of an agile Software Engineer team responsible for building scalable software applications across all digital channels to serve our customers. The position will be responsible for taking an enterprise-wide, architectural view of the solutions and the technical execution of products using the technical stack that best meets the needs of the platform. The position will collaborate with the internal/external clients and be involved in every aspect at part of the software application build process from ideation, business analysis, technical design and software development using the latest technologies and design patterns. A principal engineer may be accountable for a team of Software Engineers to drive and develop products meeting the needs of our clients and product roadmaps.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the resolution of a variety of technical and business problems ensuring proper scalability, performance, maintainability, security, and robustness
- Responsible for idea generation, exploring and implementing appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance.
- Explore new technologies and architectural concepts in order to ensure our products are using cutting-edge solutions.
- Participate in high-level development estimations to help ensure roadmap execution is on target.
- Present solutions and ideas to team members and management to drive technical solutions and implementations.
- Mentor and provide leadership to other Software Engineers as needed
- Other duties as assigned or requested.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Most importantly, you need to be a passionate Principal Software Engineer - Solutions Architect who enjoys his work and is considered to be one of the best within your organization. The ideal Principal Software Engineer - Solutions Architect would be someone with deep experience in many (if not all) of the following:
- 9 years of proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems
- 9 years with at least two modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least three of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
- 9 years in understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON
- 9 years with two or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Python (Django/Flask), C/C++, C#, Objective C, JavaScript, or Go
- 9 years of defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities
- 9 years producing code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Compensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry
Minimum Education: Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate in Computer Science or Engineering
Minimum Experience: 9 years of proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems
Type of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefits
Telecommute: No
Location: Remote
Relocation accepted: Yes