Our client provides subscription based services for access to analytics and content related to scientific and academic research, patents, trademarks, regulatory standards, pharma & bio intelligence and intellectual property management. With a legacy database environment platform they are embarking on an effort to modernize the framework and incorporate additional services to meet client demand. The company has an opening for a Sr. Software Engineer. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Develops software elements for company applications using defined best practices and standards
- Creates and performs comprehensive unit tests
- Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
- Actively contributes to directing efforts of the development teams, including internal and external team members
- Performs root cause analysis for reported system issues
- Adheres to and participates in the code review process
- Completes work by projected deadlines while adhering to defined software development life cycle (SDLC) standards and processes
- Collaborates with IT Application Development team to devise technical solutions to meet business needs
- Adaptable to learn new and emerging technologies
- Objectively reviews and recommends software products to support integration and buy -vs build
- Supports vendor implementation projects if integration is required with existing applications
- Provides support in creation of departmental standards and diagrams
- Performs other duties as requested
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a software engineer
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in modern web application frameworks
- Cloud Application Experience is a plus
- Service based architecture (like Lambda) is a plus
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required
- Excellent knowledge of source code repository best practices
- Demonstrated abilities in modern development languages and platforms (IE; Ruby, Rails, node.js, Angular, etc)
- Demonstrated ability to manage simultaneous projects required
- Ability to work as a team member
- High proficiency in software engineering tools
- Bachelor’s degree required or, in lieu of degree, prior relevant work experience
