Staff Software Engineer

Job Description Summary The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for estimating scope, designing and programming modules ranging from small to highly complex, and designing a feature, set of features, or whole feature area. She/he will work independently, contribute to the immediate team and collaborate with other teams across business. She/he will drive design discussions related to architecture, scalability, availability and performance. Job Description Roles and Responsibilities: In this role, you will: • Be responsible for providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development methods and infrastructure. • Capture system level requirements by brainstorming with Architects, Data Scientists, Businesses & Product Managers. • Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts • Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle. • Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding and software tools such as Confluence or PowerPoint. • Execute in a fast pace delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal • Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation • Seek and provide feedback on design and development • Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment • Understand whole APM product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the SmartSignal components and module • Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules • Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing. • Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project • Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and applies existing technology to designs • Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices • Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice • Be responsible for providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure • Provide guidance to a team of 5 to 7 developers with either planning and execution and/or design architecture using agile methodologies such as SCRUM • Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & vision • Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with minimum years of 6 years experience. Desired Characteristics Technical Expertise: • Expertise in SmartSignal Analytics processing engine and configuration. • Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and C# .NET and Java coding principles • Hands-on experience in web services (REST, SOAP, WSDL etc.), using Apache Commons Suite & Maven, SQL Server Database, Oracle MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. • Hands-on experience in utilizing Spring Framework (Core, MVC, Integration and Data) • Hands-on experience with web development using HTML5, Java Script, jQuery, CSS. Also, experience in implementing Java OSGi modules and using an OSGi container. • Experience with Angular is a big plus. Business Acumen: • Strong problem solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments • Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems • Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks • Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective Leadership: • Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions • Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas • Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team • Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill Personal Attributes: • Able to work under minimal supervision • Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity • Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility • Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work Additional Information ...