Associate Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack, Data

Benefits Overview

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits Offered by CoBank

• Careers with a purpose. Stand for something!
• Time-Off Packages, boasting over 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10,000 per year
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

Job Description

CoBank is looking for an Associate Principal Full Stack Software Engineer with an emphasis on data engineering who is passionate about technology and has a solid history of addressing complex business issues. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, dynamic environment and values inclusivity. As an Associate Principal Engineer at CoBank, you will be responsible for developing ingestion / consumption data pipelines / services, and facilitating automation of large-scale data ETL and analytics. We work directly with business teams and platform and engineering teams to ensure growth strategies at CoBank. Your role will be crucial in ensuring the timely delivery of top-notch data and software products while maintaining a high standard of quality. Key responsibilities include assisting in the design and development of CoBank's new and existing applications using React, Node, AWS, and Containerization, ensuring quality through test automation with Playwright, and providing production support. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge in these technologies and the ability to meaningfully contribute to a team delivering modern solutions.

Essential Functions

1. Manages the design, implementation and automation of highly scalable data pipelines and ETL processes. Collaborates with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies. 2. Develop and maintain data and analytics pipelines using Python, SQL, Terraform, Open-Source databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services. 3. Help optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms, leveraging cloud-native solutions. 4. Assist in data governance, quality, and metadata management initiatives. 5. Assist in team management and cross-team coloration. 6. Mentor junior engineers and promote innovation within the team. 7. Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment on data initiatives.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information systems or a related field required

Work Experience

6 years of experience in software engineering (front-end, back-end development, data engineering) required 3 years of experience with React, Typescript and Node, and cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud required 4 years in python programming and open-source frameworks required 3 years experience in Agile practices required 4 years of experience in data engineering, data modeling preferred 4 years of experience in process automation preferred Prior Experience in microservices architecture and container-based orchestration technologies including, Kubernetes and Docker preferred Prior Experience building RESTful and graphQL apis preferred Prior Experience building self-service tooling and platforms preferred 1. Advanced knowledge of JavaScript, Typescript, CSS, React and Node.2. Advanced knowledge of testing frameworks and strategies such as Vitest, Testing Library and Playwright.3. Significant experience with public cloud, primarily AWS, as well as with CI/CD tools and pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, etc).4. Solid knowledge of container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker.5. Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.6. Strong leadership skills with the ability to support complex solution implementations. Advanced technical, analytical and problem-solving skills that enhance working with problems that are complex and often unique. Ability to maintain flexibility and resilience