Senior Software Engineer

Grand Rapids, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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SUMMARY:

Join National Heritage Academies (NHA) School Applications Team as a Senior Software Engineer 1. The Senior Software Engineer 1 will report directly to the School Apps Development Manager and will be responsible for participation in development efforts for NHAs proprietary student information system and othercustom software components. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience with 6/7 modern front-end Javascript frameworks (e.g. Angular React Vue) legacy Angular JS and HTML/CSS (or related preprocessors).

NHA is an AI-friendly organization. We expect our engineers to use modern AI tools to enhance productivity improve code quality and accelerate innovation while maintaining strong technical judgement and accountability.

Hybrid role with required onsite/in person weekly office hours.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with communities to build and operate public charter schools. Founded in 1995 today NHA serves over 100 schools in nine states with more than 65000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Our schools are designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in college career and life. A majority of our schools consistently outperform their local district on the state test. According to the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University NHA is a leading performer among charter schools and management organizations outperforming both conventional district schools and other charter school addition according to our employee survey over 90% of respondents agree that the work they do is meaningful to them. Join our team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assists in leading and completing projects of varying complexity.
Helps to define and assist in the implementation of technical processes and procedures.
Assists in maintaining and improving NHAs existing software suite with a focus on system optimization.
Knowledge and experience with the entirety of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
A solid understanding of how their work fits into the larger architectural picture from a maintainability and testability point-of-view.
Ability to break down high-level tasks and carry them through to completion.
Desire and ability to mentor and coach other members of the team.
Ability to provide production support on an as-needed basis.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Computer Information Systems or equivalent.
5 years development experience.
5 years of Javascript development experience (preferably a Javascript framework).
5 years of HTML/CSS (or related preprocessor) development experience.
Experience working on long-running projects with medium to large project teams.
Agile-based software development team experience using SCRUM or similar methodologies.
Experience working with Enterprise Systems.
Strong knowledge of Service Based Architectures & Related Technologies (WebAPI WCF oData Claims Authorization etc.).
Experience with Object Relational Mapping Tools (Entity Framework nHibernate etc.).
Experience developing web services for enterprise applications (SOAP REST XML & JSON).
Experience with Client Development Tools (Angular/AngularJS Bootstrap HTML5 CSS JavaScript JQuery SignalR etc.).
Strong knowledge of Team Foundation Server Azure DevOps and/or Git.
Excellent multitasking and prioritization abilities.
Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical people.

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National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.

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DescriptionSUMMARY:Join National Heritage Academies (NHA) School Applications Team as a Senior Software Engineer 1. The Senior Software Engineer 1 will report directly to the School Apps Development Manager and will be responsible for participation in development efforts for NHAs proprietary student...