Engineer, Software III (Remote)

Work as part of a small agile team to design and implement new features and technologies in a variety of different products throughout Quest Diagnostics. Deliver high quality high performance code in an agile environment.

• Develop key product features within existing large-scale enterprise applications and new strategic initiatives that will drive system and operational efficiencies measure system performance and provide glue for complex solutions.
• Participate in the full SDLC involving design implementation testing & launching.
• Assist with the generation and analysis of business and functional requirements for proposed software solutions.
• Participate in architectural and database design discussions as they relate to product direction.
• Develop features completely including the front-end components and the backend systems.
• Design and implement changes to systems that yield higher performance and resiliency while achieving lower operations overhead.
• Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application and serve as a technical lead on small to midsize complex projects.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Build software solutions where the problem is not well defined. Design and define the interaction between the other component pieces.
• Consistently define and apply technologies standards and software engineering practices mentoring other team members.
• Contribute to the focus and effectiveness of the development team; tracking issues to resolution monitoring the effectiveness of tasks and providing status to the team lead.
• Raise long-term architecture issues within project.
• Conduct design and code reviews of multiple projects.
• Generate data for project planning including task breakdown & estimation of work for a project. Competent in developing accurate estimates & risk assessments. Track status within the project as necessary.
• Communicate team and project status to project manager and director.
• May occasionally act in the Team Lead role
• Act as the designated expert for owned application area(s).
• Contribute to the continued improvement of the organizations development procedures by looking for opportunities for improvement and implementing solutions.

Required Work Experience:

• 5 years professional experience in software development.
• Computer Science fundamentals inobject-oriented (OO) design patterns distributed databases and data modeling techniques.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

Ability to multi-task Analytical skills Ability to follow verbal or written instructions Thinking analytically Communication Using effective verbal communication Using effective written communication Handling stress & emotions Concentrating on tasks Making decisions Adjusting to change Examining/observing details Sitting for long periods at a time

Skills:

• Proficiency in Enterprise Java programming plus one or more modern programming languages such as Ruby Python or C#.
• Ability to work well with people and be both highly motivated and motivating.
• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications.
• Expertise in UI technologies like JavaScript AJAX CSS HTML.
• Experience with Web Technologies Visual Basic and multi-tier architectures.

Education

• Bachelors Degree Computer Science or equivalent (Preferred)