SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Description

General summary :

The Sr. Software Engineer is a technical expert and strategic leader within the IT Application Delivery department. This individual will follow established guidelines to design, develop, test, and implement business solutions that drive business functionality and support IT initiatives. This role is responsible for leading the most complex and impactful projects, setting technical standards, and developing long-term strategies for application development. The Sr. Engineer acts as a key advisor to leadership on technology choices, architecture, and project planning and is responsible for mentoring engineers across all levels. This role requires comprehensive technical knowledge, visionary thinking, and a deep understanding of industry best practices, ensuring alignment between technology solutions and business objectives.

Essential job functions :

• Analyze the needs of the user as outlined in requirements and use cases / user stories
• Design and develop interactive software to meet those needs
• Perform testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of existing and new systems.
• Testing, unit testing, system testing, integration testing, performance testing.
• Troubleshoot application malfunctions and server issues
• Provide ongoing technical assistance with installed solutions.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to design and launch new features.
• Integrate new software and modifications into existing systems.
• Recommend upgrades for existing systems and programs
• Provide input on decisions required to fulfill business needs.
• Develop separate elements of a software that work well in the program as a whole
• Create various diagrams, flowcharts and models that illustrate the type of configuration / code needed for programmers
• Ensure continued functionality of a program during maintenance and testing
• Document each aspect of a system or application as a reference for future upgrades and maintenance
• Revisit the development process to fix bugs or address client or consumer concerns
• Educate users on the new systems / programs
• Create functional scenarios to manually test against user needs and expectations
• Uses best coding / configuration practices to maintain high code quality and ensure application responsiveness
• Review and manually test other engineers’ code
• Granting system access and setting up development environments for new engineers and contractors
• Maintain and update software versioning and related dependencies
• Job duties are subject to change as directed by management

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Requirements

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Education and experience

Physical Requirements :

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