Senior Application Developer

Job Description
Do you enjoy solving complex business problems, designing, and building software solutions in a collaborative, fast-paced, inclusive, and agile environment? We are seeking a Senior Application Developer to join the growing Bright Horizons Full-Service engineering team. Bright Horizons currently owns and operates over 700 daycare centers in the United States. The Full-Service line of business supports all activities related to serving parents who are enrolled at or seek enrollment at these centers. These activities include marketing to prospective parents, registering and enrolling children, supporting day-to-day operations, and providing analytics to senior management team.
The Senior Application Developer is the driving force behind the delivery of technical solutions for Mobile/Web Applications, Application integrations and Back-end processes.
Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company, trusted by families and employers around the world for high-quality child care and early education, back-up care, and workplace education. We partner with some of the world’s best companies to provide services that help employees perform their best and support families to thrive both personally and professionally.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Senior Application Developers develop, document, and test software to ensure that the software meets the needs of end-users and achieves business goals.
• Senior Application Developers provide technical guidance to development teams and oversee the technical aspects of all projects.
• Provide hands-on leadership in the application development, test, and rollout of strategic Mobile initiatives.
• Develop back-end for mobile applications, working with a hybrid internal/vendor team, to support various lines of business and functional areas of the organization based on the overall mobile applications strategy and needs provided.
• Work with Business Owners and Business Analysis teams, to develop needs analysis and business requirements.
• Document technical requirements and technical specifications for Mobile applications (and related integrated solutions) and provide technical solutions to support those needs.
• Provide feedback (and approval) on technical designs and methods to support business requirements.
• Effectively communicate relevant project planning and status information to superiors.
• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized demos/presentations that are effectively tailored to the intended audience, as needed.

WHAT WE HOPE YOU BRING TO THE ROLE:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of application development experience with large scale business applications in a fast-paced development environment
• 5+ years designing, developing, and implementing business solutions from concept through to production.
• Solid knowledge of API development using Python to support Mobile and Web Applications.
• Solid understanding of NoSQL databases. MongoDB experience is highly desired.
• Experience designing backend for web and mobile applications.
• Solid understanding of containerization technologies.
• Experience building cloud applications.
• Demonstrable ability to break large architectural and implementation problems into logical smaller solutions.
• Experience designing systems with standard security protocols. Familiarity with common vulnerabilities and how to prevent them.
• Ability to mentor team members to improve their understanding of good software design practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to tailor message to audience.
• Ability to communicate sophisticated technology concepts to non-technical audiences.
  The range of compensation listed here or that may be discussed in the interview process is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business or organizational factors.