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Short Description:

Senior Software Engineer will develop information systems by studying operations; designing, developing and installing software solutions; support and develop software team. The Senior Software Engineer will lead a team of developers responsible for building new and support existing websites

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
  • Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards and programming
  • Improve operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures
  • Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
  • Protect operations by keeping information confidential
  • Provide information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing development and service issues
  • Accomplish engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed
  • Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
  • First and foremost, developing software our users need
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
  • Collaborate with team to brainstorm and create new products
  • Grow engineering teams by interviewing, recruiting and hiring
  • Make informed decisions quickly and taking ownership of services and applications at scale
  • Work collaboratively with others to achieve goals
  • Be a persistent, creative problem-solver
  • Remain cool and effective in a crisis
  • Stay on the leading edge of development practices
  • Passionate about great technologies, especially open source
  • Understand business needs and know how to create the tools to manage them

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Master's degree in in appropriate field of study
  • 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • Either strong OOP or Functional Programing and modeling skills
  • Experience coding, testing and documenting 
  • Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
  • Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams and management to collect requirements, identify tasks, provide estimates and meet production deadlines
  • Experience with mission critical, 24x7 systems
  • Experience developing software utilizing workflow or ESB software
  • Experience with professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.

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  • Title: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
  • Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
  • Related Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
  • Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
  • Job Zone Examples: Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators. 
  • SVP Range: (7.0 to < 8.0)

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