Senior Software Engineer

DEPARTMENT: Product Development
BUSINESS UNIT: Corporate

REPORTS TO: Manager, Product Development

DIRECT REPORTS: No

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 4-6

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior Software Engineer role is an intermediate level position within the e2open Development team, creating and updating programs to meet the needs of our customers.  Using a variety of software languages, tools and techniques, the Senior Software Engineer delivers high quality products according to the specifications outlined by Product Management according to the standards set by the company.

 

RESPONSIBILITES:

Development Ability to cross train and learn new technologies Design, implement and test enhancement feature requests to enhance product functionality as needed with minimal risk to existing product stability, reliability and performance Create unit tests and proactively validates all developed software Contribute to design decisions on new features Follows best practices for security guidelines internally and in developed software Follows product ‘stories’ to create software meeting or exceeding customer needs Performs maintenance of components to improve performance and enhance functionality without regression Demonstrates technical flexibility, and creativity in problem solving Conducts technical investigation of product defects raised by customers or other groups Strong teamwork skills Suggest improvements to monitoring, system reliability or other factors impacting customer platforms Actively contributes to design or process development in a defined scope. May participate in development in any of a range of product areas. Think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions Knowledge of overall development lifecycle, processes, and process improvement Provide training and insights to employees on best practices, standards, and other usage criteria. Technology Applied knowledge of programming languages Baseline knowledge of database structures, queries and performance Familiarity with complex data structures, transformations, derivations, serialization… General Understanding of queuing theory, message handling, buffer management, threading… Use of Open Source including constraints and proper incorporation Experience with User Interface/Experience design, testing, constraints, validation, technologies Understanding of API design and development with security, backwards compatibility, validation, error handling… Understanding of interface security, data encryption, and denial of service attack prevention Experience with software build technologies including source control, build and branching, automation

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

 

General Qualifications:

Be accountable for the quality, performance and timely delivery of assigned tasks Able to communicate well with others Participate in meetings, sharing ideas, experiences and retaining shared information Ask questions without hesitation. Pursue resolution diligently until an answer is provided Write clearly, concisely and at a level appropriate for the intended audience Commit to Ontime Delivery of committed work product Deliver a level of quality commensurate with requirements Identify obstacles and seek out appropriate help in removing them Show high motivation and a strong drive for results Evolve knowledge of products, markets, and customer needs Review and provide constructive suggestions to others' work product Consistently demonstrate creativity necessary to solve problems Estimate time and resources required to accomplish goals Manifest a highly organized and detail-oriented work ethic Accept constructive criticism effectively Set SMART goals

 

Technical Qualifications:

Minimum 4 years of experience building high-quality Java web applications. Experience with Spring, Hibernate (or other JPA implementation) is a plus. Familiar with Maven, Log4j (or other similar). Experience implementing log streaming, traceability and observability concepts. Experience with containers (Docker or other runtime), Kubernetes and Helm charts is a requirement Proficient in RESTful API design. Proficient with relational databases. Proficient in debugging complex issues. Must communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated experience leading architecture and design review discussions. Familiarity with modern JavaScript preferred.

 

Years of Experience: 4-6 years

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

General office environment and responsibilities requiring:

Extensive use of computers involving viewing a monitor and keyboarding most of the workday Placing, receiving, and participating in conference calls Occasionally moving and lifting objects up to 20 pounds May require 10% travel or more if needed