Sr Software Engineer

Title:Sr Software Engineer

Interview Process/Times: Zoom & F2F

Location: Cary NC

Only considering candidates local to the Cary NC area as in person interview is required in Cary

Must haves:

• 10 years of Java/J2EE Web Development Experience.
• Comfortable with frontend middle tier and backend technologies.
• Expertise in frontend technologies like Angular Spring MVC or equivalent handson experience in these technologies a must in last 3 years.
• Expertise in Spring Spring Boot and hibernate or equivalent ORM hands on experience in these technologies a must in last 2years.
• Experience is working with Docker and Kubernetes environment hands on experience in building docker applications.
• Web Service SOAP/REST expertise especially as a service provider.
• Experience with Agile software development methodology.
• Expertise in using version control software like git etc.
• Strong understanding of deployment processes deployment environments production application trouble shooting techniques etc. too.
• Experience to work with AWS cloud native services likeS3 EC2 CloudFront Lambda ELB SNS CloudWatch and Route53.
• Experience to deploy application components in AWS EKS cluster and to debug any issues.
• Experience in using Aurora Postgres RDS for database.
• Experience in using Amazon Active MQ for message broker service will be a plus.
• Experience in using event streaming platform like Kafka will be a plus.
• Experience in using Terraform will be a plus.

Job Description:

A Senior Software Engineer will develop maintain and support new or existing software products while evangelizing and applying the best practices of software development.

Responsibilities include the ability to work independently and as part of the leadership group of a larger team to deliver quality solutions across all phases and layers of the software lifecycle.

Job Accountability/Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

Quality:

Meet or exceed test coverage goals set for the project through creation of unit and functional tests.

Minimize the number of production escapes.

Support user acceptance testing.

Support or conduct system testing performance volume and stress testing.

Incorporate secure coding practices.

Usability/User Experience:

Collaborate with business and UX team to create appropriate application User interfaces.

Assist with mockups user interface design.

Incorporate UX components into application.

Provide feedback to UX team.

Product Reliability& Response :

Ensure system can meet or exceed defined SLAs.

When primary oncall respond to pages within 15min and resolve or escalate issue as necessary.

Resolve production issues and communicate resolution to appropriate stakeholders.

Development:

Complete stories within estimates and with quality to ensure release dates are met.

Conduct necessary analysis design and prepare technical documentation

Estimate story sizes and task out development for a given story.

Follow the development process and suggest improvements.

Work with infrastructure services to make configuration changes and deploy applications.

Leadership(Technical):

Evangelize common practices and development procedures.

Exhibit technical leadership in given technical subject domain.

Identify new technologies and approaches that may improve our quality productivity and capabilities.

Mentor peers and junior developers.

Delegate and coordinate functional development tasks as needed.

Drive innovation in the development release and operations processes.

Key Measures:

Measurable objective metrics

Knowledge Skills abilities/minimum requirements/competencies:

Works under deadlines and subject to heavy project load.

Ability to provide technical expertise to others and explain concepts with technical staff.

Ability to operate independent of supervision with extreme accuracy and attention to detail.

Experience in defining requirements designing and illustrating process flows and training users.

Ability to communicate and follow up professionally(written and oral) both internally and externally within the organization including documentation of application requirements.

Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve issues effectively.

Ability to mentor others.

7 years of Java/J2EE Web Development Experience.

Comfortable with frontend middle tier and backend technologies.

Expertise in frontend technologies like Angular Spring MVC or equivalent handson experience in these technologies a must inlast 3 years.

Expertise in Spring Spring Boot and hibernate or equivalent ORM hands on experience in these technologies a must in last 2years.

Experience is working with Docker and Kubernetes environment hands on experience in building docker applications.

Web Service SOAP/REST expertise especially as a service provider.

Experience with Agile software development methodology.

Expertise in using version control software like git etc.

Strong understanding of deployment processes deployment environments production application trouble shooting techniques etc. too.

Experience to work with AWS cloud native services likeS3 EC2 CloudFront Lambda ELB SNS CloudWatch and Route53.

Experience to deploy application components in AWS EKS cluster and to debug any issues.

Experience in using Aurora Postgres RDS for database.

Experience in using Amazon Active MQ for message broker service will be a plus.

Experience in using event streaming platform like Kafka will be a plus.

Experience in using Terraform will be a plus.

Education experience certification/training:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field desired and 7 years of technical experience or

Masters Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field desired and 3 years of technical experience.

Minimum of 7 years of experience in a development environment.

AWS Developer or Solutions Architect certification will be a plus.

Values:

Results: We deliver on our promises to create value for the freight rail industry through talented people good ideas business leadership and great technology.

Collaboration: We collaborate with our teams and our customers to get the job done respecting individual ideas and contributions and moving forward in pursuit of shared goals.

Service: We serve the changing needs of our customers and our industry to enhance the value they bring to our community the environment and our economy.

Physical Requirements:

Sedentary work: Assignment involves sitting at workstation (desk) most of the time(up to 8 hours) with only occasional walking and/or standing.

Keyboarding: Primarily using fingers for typing.

Talking: Expressing or communicating verbally through use of spoken words (accurately conveying detailed or important spoken instructions to others).

Hearing: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Visual: Through close visual acuity required to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing computer terminal; extensive reading (with or without correction).

Environment: Work is performed within an office setting and therefore there is no substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions(i.e. extreme heat cold noise etc.)