Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or any other related field
• Min 7 to 8 years of professional experience in software development, with expertise in Java.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases; experience with database design and optimization.
• Proven experience with cloud platforms such as OCI or AWS; ability to architect cloud solutions and manage cloud resources.
• Utilization of CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Familiarity with security tools and practices, including Jfrog, Xray, or Checkmarx (REQUIRED)
• Proficiency in using Jira for project management and task tracking.
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develops quality software (including effective test code) according to clean code principles and Blue Yonder standards.
• Provides input for the prioritization of issues in the backlog and autonomously pulls issues or supports other team members as appropriate.
• Participates in team activities such as backlog grooming, planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Translates business requirements to user stories and actively seeks feedback by the stakeholders.
• Takes the lead in designs of individual stories and translates the design to subtasks.
• Considers aspects of information security while coding and reviewing other’s code.
• Keeps up to date with technology and researches latest trends in the industry.
• Is perceived as the expert in a small area and is the go-to person for related implementational and operational issues.
• Raises operational concerns during design phases.
• Produces actionable user stories to relieve operational pain.
• Plans and performs more complex changes and manages stakeholder expectations.
• Independently resolves incidents, drives associated post-mortem analyses, and ensures outcome is actionable for the team.
• Strives to replace service requests with self-service functionality and automation.
• Understands cost structure of delivered services and makes cost data transparent to users.
• Actively provides feedback during code reviews.
• Onboards new members to the team and helps develop junior engineers.
• Understands functional and technical requirements of software components.
• Participates in team hiring activities.
• Feeds larger refactoring opportunities into the team’s backlog.
• Evolves the team’s continuous integration pipeline and fixes broken builds.
• Performs benchmark analyses, identifies hot spots, and derives appropriate measures to improve performance.
• Demonstrates problem solving and innovation ability.
• Acts according to company and team visions and requires user stories to adhere to those visions.
• Has a deep understanding of their team’s problem domain.
• Clearly understands and communicates the impact of changes in the team’s deliverables on other teams and customers.
• Timely and proactively communicates impediments to commitments and helps others to overcome theirs.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.