The Principal Software Engineer leads software development, providing technical direction, mentoring peers, and creating scalable applications using modern technologies while ensuring quality and efficiency.
Job Summary
Creates, modifies, and maintains software applications individually or as part of a team. Provides technical leadership on a team, including training and mentoring of other team members. Provides technology and architecture direction for the team, department, and organization.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities- Develops software applications and supporting infrastructure using established coding standards and methodologies
- Sets example for software quality through multiple levels of automated tests, including but not limited to unit, API, End to End, and load.
- Self-starter and self-organized - able to work without supervision
- Develops tooling, test harnesses and innovative solutions to understand and monitor the quality of the product
- Develops infrastructure as code to reliably deploy applications on demand or through automation
- Understands cloud managed services and builds scalable and secure applications using them
- Creates proof of concepts for new ideas that answer key questions of feasibility, desirability, and viability
- Work with other technical leaders to establish coding standards, development best practices and technology direction
- Performs thorough code reviews that promote better understanding throughout the team
- Work with architects, designers, business analysts and others to design and implement high quality software solutions
- Builds intuitive user interfaces with the end user persona in mind using front end frameworks and styling
- Assist product owners in backlog grooming, story breakdown and story estimation
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with team members and other stakeholders throughout the organization
- Document software changes for use by other engineers, quality assurance and documentation specialists
- Master the technologies, languages, and practices used by the team and project assigned
- Train others in the technologies, languages, and practices used by the team
- Trouble shoot, instrument and debug existing software resolving root causes of defective behavior
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in software application development
- Demonstrated mastery of advanced programming concepts, including object-oriented design
- Proven expertise in the technologies and tools relevant to assigned teams and projectsAbility to mentor and train team members on core programming concepts and specific technologies
- Expert-level proficiency in advanced programming techniques and database technologies
- Deep expertise in the following technologies, with proficiency across multiple languages and frameworks:
- .NET Core / .NET 6+, C#, ASP.NET
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Web API, RESTful services, LINQ
- Angular 9+, TypeScript, JavaScript, Bootstrap
- SQL Server 2012+, T-SQL
- Strong experience with unit testing frameworks:
- Angular: Jasmine, Karma
- .NET: xUnit, NUnit
- Hands-on experience with development and collaboration tools:
- TFS, Gerrit, Visual Studio, VS Code
- SonarLint, SonarQube
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
- Working knowledge of HTML5, CSS/SASS, and Web Components
- Solid understanding of Test-First development and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Experience with database design, performance tuning, and optimization
- Exposure to VersionOne or similar Agile lifecycle management tools
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Proven ability to track and resolve software issues through to completion
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them effectively
Top Skills
.Net Core / .Net 6+
Amazon Web Services (Aws)
Angular 9+
Asp.Net
Bootstrap
C#
Gerrit
Jasmine
JavaScript
Karma
Linq
Nunit
Restful Services
Sonarlint
Sonarqube
Sql Server 2012+
T-Sql
Tfs
Typescript
Visual Studio
Vs Code
Web Api
Xunit
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