Senior Software Engineer

at  Digital Grid

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with minimum of six years of experience in commercial software development / advanced experience (UK)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, analysis of algorithms, object-oriented analysis and design, software design patterns and Java coding principles
• Advanced experience of Java and Spring / Spring boot frameworks
• Advanced experience with micro-services architecture and web services (REST, SOAP)
• Hand-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Hands-on experience with web development using JavaScript, ideally TypeScript and Angular
• Experience with languages such as Golang, Python

• Providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast-paced agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
• Understand whole product, its modules, and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module
• Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate, and justify the estimate with facts
• Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & vision
• 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; seek and provide feedback on design and development
• Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and apply existing technology to designs
• Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation
• Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment
• 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
• 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 can implement them using language of choice