Senior Software Developer

at  Arup

Joining Arup
At Arup we’re dedicated to sustainable development and to do socially useful work that has meaning. Our purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
We solve the world’s most complex problems and deliver what seems impossible, with curiosity and creativity. We’re a thriving and growing organisation which offers you many possibilities to shape a better world, and your future.
Within Arup, the Digital, Data and Geospatial team is a global group of software developers, product managers, user experience designers and digital consultants. Our team members are involved in the full life cycle of digital solutions, from ideation to requirements gathering, design, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance and support. Our organizational model gives each of us the opportunity to participate in critical thinking, creative workshops, software architecture, and feature prioritization. We use our collective talents to incubate and deliver technology-led solutions to clients, and in doing so help transform the way that cities, buildings, and physical networks are planned and delivered.
The opportunity
At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.
You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Our New York Digital, Data and Geospatial team is currently seeking an experienced software developer to provide technical delivery and oversight on a wide range of projects across the Americas Region (East, West, South and North Geographies) that are currently being serviced by various teams of junior developers. The candidate will need to have experience providing guidance on approach, scheduling and resourcing, undertaking regular technical check-ins and quality checks and ensuring that documentation is completed. You’ll be working directly with our external clients to align our developed products with the client’s needs.

• Leadership of project teams varying in size from 2 to 5 members and mentorship of junior developers, including guidance on skill development and training plans.
• Delegation and oversight of development tasks and software stack responsibilities across the software lifecycle including research, development, software refactoring and refinement, and production services.
• Direct leadership and oversight of brand aligned quality user experiences as outcomes of front-end development tasks in technologies such as React across the software lifecycle including prototypes, MVPs, and production ready front-end architecture.
• Development of High Level Design (HLD) documentation and based on application business requirements during the design phase of software projects
• Technical review of software architecture designs
• Management and review of codebase updates through pull requests.
• Active and independent development of code using languages and frameworks standard to the Digital, Data and Geospatial team.
• General oversight of code quality and conformance with product feature roadmaps.
• Engaging experts across the built environment. You will work closely with industry-leading UX designers, engineers, and consultants to identify opportunities for digital transformation. You will be responsible for communicating complex information and processes simply to empower informed decision making.
• Periodic coordination with geography and regional leadership to help align policies and practices across projects and teams and active participation in ongoing efforts to standardize and streamline team software patterns and reusable software frameworks.
• Communication through writing and presenting. Your role will involve the documentation of methods and outcomes. You will also represent the services and offerings of the Digital team broadly throughout the firm, conveying the work we do to other teams through presentations.

• 5 or more years full-stack development experience in a commercial environment
• Creative and critical thinker to provide thought leadership
• Extensive web application development experience in JavaScript/Node.js/HTML/CSS
• Extensive experience using the React Framework (including state management)
• Experience in data engineering, processing and visualization experience using Python
• Experience with RESTful API development using Django, Flask, and Postman
• Experience using 3rd party APIs, frameworks and development kits
• Design, development and support of relational databases (SQL) and/or NoSQL technologies
• Familiarity with cloud services including AWS and Azure
• Knowledge of statistics, data science and machine learning
• Strong in object-oriented design principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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