Senior Software Engineer

Company :

enGen

Job Description : 

JOB SUMMARY

This pivotal role is for an experienced Change and Release Manager with a strong software engineering background, who will be instrumental in governing and optimizing the delivery of the organization's scalable software applications across all digital channels. Leveraging an enterprise-wide, architectural perspective, the incumbent will ensure the stability, integrity, and predictability of releases. This position requires deep involvement in the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and development to orchestrating and overseeing deployments. The incumbent will be responsible for leading change governance, meticulously planning and scheduling releases, and optimizing the toolchain and pipelines to minimize risks, prevent downtime, and achieve high release success rates for critical consumer-facing applications. The incumbent must possess an understanding of complex technical changes and release strategies.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs. Responsible for designing & writing code that adheres to coding standards. Performs code reviews.
• 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.
• A part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs. Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner.
• Drive story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Create Tasks for their stories in applicable software (ex: RTC or Jira), and updates status and assignment accordingly.
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to lead developers on a regular basis.
• Mentor other associate and intermediate software engineers as needed.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field  

Preferred

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field 

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 5 years proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems

To include:

• 5 years in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
• 5 years of understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON
• 5 years with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Python (Django/Flask), C/C++, C#, Objective C, JavaScript, or Go
• 5 years in defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities

Preferred

• 7 years of working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing applications in healthcare

To Include:

• 5 years of translating design mockups, prototypes and user stories into working applications
• 5 years of ability to produce code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable
• 1 year of working with Machine Learning esp. in Natural Language Understanding, Machine Translation, Deep Neural Networks and related fields

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None

Preferred

• None

SKILLS

• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• Have experience working with agile methodology of scrum
• Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, unit testing, code r