Senior Engineer Software - Document Library

• Develop High-Quality Software: collaborate with product management and stakeholders to define, develop, and deliver critical features. You will actively contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from ideation and planning to deployment and support.
• Drive Technical Decisions and Solutions: help lead architecture and design discussions, making key technical decisions that align with business goals and future scalability. You'll ensure the implementation of best practices, coding standards, and system design to maintain high-performance, scalable solutions.
• Ensure Technical Documentation and Artifacts: produce and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API specs, and design patterns. These artifacts will ensure long-term maintainability and ease of future development.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: work closely with cross-functional teams including engineers, product managers, designers, and operations to translate customer and business requirements into technical solutions. You will also communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Optimize for Customer Value: ensure that all development efforts are aligned with delivering high-quality, customer-centric solutions. You'll focus on improving the user experience by reducing technical debt, enhancing performance, and ensuring system reliability.
• Mentor and Coach Team Members: act as a mentor for junior engineers, providing guidance on technical challenges. You'll foster a culture of continuous learning, code reviews, and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies: continuously evaluate and integrate new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to keep the platform current, innovative, and competitive.

• Proficiency in .NET: 5+ years' experience in developing robust, scalable applications using C#.nYou should have a strong understanding of object-oriented programming and best practices in modern software development.
• Cloud Experience with AWS: Experience migrating, deploying, managing, and scaling applications on AWS, with familiarity in key AWS native services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda). You should have experience building and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and cost-effective.
• Front-End Expertise: demonstrated ability to build user interfaces with React, focusing on performance, responsiveness, and usability. You'll need experience working with component libraries, state management, and integrating front-end applications with APIs.
• Strong experience in designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs: ability to create scalable, secure, and performant APIs, with a deep understanding of REST principles, best practices, and security measures (e.g., authentication, authorization, and rate-limiting). Experience with tools like Postman, Bruno, Swagger/OpenAPI, or similar API documentation and testing tools is essential.
• Strong Database Skills: expertise in designing and optimizing databases using SQL Server, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, and optimizing database performance for high availability and scalability. MongoDB/NoSQL experience a big plus.
• Experience with Pub/Sub Messaging Systems: Hands-on experience working with pub/sub systems like RabbitMQ, designing distributed systems and message-driven architectures to build scalable, real-time applications.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines: understanding and implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline to speed up the release cycle and improve deployment reliability.
• Monitoring and Observability: strong understanding of monitoring and observability practices using tools like DataDog or similar. You should have experience setting up alerts, dashboards, and metrics to monitor application performance, detect anomalies, and ensure system health. Familiarity with logging frameworks and APM tools to diagnose and resolve production issues is essential.
• · Experience with Containerization: familiarity with containerizing applications and managing deployments in container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes can accelerate DevOps processes and improve scalability and consistency across environments.
• · Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization: skills in profiling, tuning, and optimizing applications for performance, whether at the code, database, or infrastructure level, to deliver high-performance systems efficiently.
• Experience with Test Automation: ability to work with test engineers to create new test automations or refactor existing automations to work with new functionality using tools like Cypress or Playwright.
• Strong Problem-Solving Skills: ability to break down complex problems and design effective, efficient solutions that align with business goals. You should be comfortable making architectural decisions in ambiguous or evolving environments.
• Collaboration and Communication: excellent communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including product management, operations, and other engineering teams. You should be comfortable explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Agile Methodologies: deep understanding of agile development practices, including Scrum or Kanban, which can help accelerate delivery and ensure alignment with business priorities. Understanding what works (and what doesn't) with various project management methodologies will be beneficial.

• Experience with NoSQL Databases: knowledge of NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB) to handle large volumes of unstructured or semi-structured data, improving flexibility and scalability in data storage.

• Deliver high-quality, scalable solutions by making informed technical decisions across architecture, design, and implementation.
• Lead the development of key features from concept to deployment, ensuring that solutions meet business needs and technical standards.
• Strong mentor and communicator. Ensure all teammates understand the path forward and be able to communicate effectively with all types of audiences.
• Active contributor on quality-focused tasks (test automations, manual testing, test case/plan contributions).
• Be willing to adapt to regional alignment demands.
• Consistently deliver features and systems that enhance the end-user experience and provide value to the customer.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to meet project deadlines and deliver exceptional outcomes.
• Lead with compassion. Assume positive intent. Help other team members through change.
• Ensure that deployed systems are reliable, efficient, and scalable by implementing monitoring and observability best practices (e.g., DataDog).
• Quickly identify and resolve production issues while working to prevent future occurrences.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a related field is required. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.

• Ability to sit for extended periods: The role requires sitting at a desk or workstation for long periods, typically 7-8 hours a day.

• Use of computer and phone systems: The employee must be able to operate a computer, use phone systems, and type. This includes using multiple software programs and inquiries simultaneously.

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