Responsibilities
- Lead the development of high-quality applications that are robust, observable and measurable using extreme programming (XP) practices and a user-centric approach
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle in collaboration with designers, product managers, and other engineers on the product team
- Leverage critical thinking, experimentation, data, and industry best practices to implement desired business outcomes
- Facilitate group discussions and team ceremonies and develop a shared context
- Give and receive feedback that’s empathetic, actionable and specific
- Practice emergent architecture with sane defaults and build software that is easy to use and easy to modify
- Establish and lead product engineering and software standards
- Ideate a new product from a user perspective, starting with one or more problem spaces and ending with a stack-ranked list of feasible solutions to test
- Research and stay up to date on tech market trends and practices
- Lead technical initiatives not only on the team but also across the department
- Additional tasks may be assigned
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in software development
- Understanding of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database, schemas and testing strategies
- In-depth knowledge and experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment and test-driven development
Nice to Have
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or related field
- Experience with large-scale application troubleshooting and performance tuning
- Exposure working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)
Additional Information
- Ability to comply with dress code requirements
- Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation
- Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company
- Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Ability to give direction and to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel
- Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others
- Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes
- Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs
- Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.
- Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units
- Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner
