Sr. Software Engineer

Location: Austin, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Position Summary

As a member of a collaborative development team, the Sr. Software Engineer will be instrumental in the design and implementation of secure Key Management Platform & SaaS Service.

Essential Functions

• Design and build scalable micro services in a containerized environment.
• Design features for multi-tenancy, high availability, scalability, manageability and extensibility
• Use test-driven methodologies and automation in the design and development phase to ensure quality
• Debug and resolve complex problems in multi-threaded applications
• Communicate task and project status to the team and engineering management
• Accurately breaking down, estimating, and scheduling software tasks in a n Agile environment.
• Develop software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with product owners, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
• Keep up-to-date with technical developments in the field of server development and security
• Work closing with customer support to understand issues and represent solutions of the user and product.

Minimum Skills

• 5 to 7+ years of related experience as a software engineer. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering field of study or another related technical discipline.
• 1 to 3+ years of experience using AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes and launching products in production using these technologies.
• 1 to 3+ years of experience using SaaS applications in the cloud and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• 1 to 3+ years of prior experience programming, preferably with Go, C/C++ languages.
• 1 to 3+ years of experience with RESTful API using tools such as Swagger.
• 1 to 3+ years of experience in the development of high availability and database-centric enterprise-class software on Postgres.
• 1 to 3+ years of experience in troubleshooting and resolving database performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues
• Experience with Linux software development, package, test & release, desirable knowledge of scripting languages.
• Prior experience in knowledge security standards such as PKI, PKCS and KMIP.
• Programming knowledge, defining schemas around No SQL databases.
• Excellent problem solving, written, verbal and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering field of study or another related discipline.
• Knowledge in management applications especially in Key Management domain.
• Knowledge in secure coding, security principles.
• Knowledge in usage of SDK in AWS/Azure/GCP.

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

We are an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need an accommodation or assistance in order to apply for a position with Thales, please contact us at talentacquisition@us.thalesgroup.com.

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