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About the Role
- As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a contributor on a Scrum/DevOps team focusing on analyzing, developing, testing, and supporting highly complex application software.
- This position is responsible for working independently and possibly leading a team to analyze, develop, test, and support highly complex application software. Some systems will be in legacy technology and require the ability to interpret code and process flows. The Principal Software Engineer will provide technical expertise and guidance to project team members and help develop strategies for developing complex applications. Ability to plan tasks and project phases as well as review, comment and approve the analysis and design submitted by the team.
- Your primary objective is to ensure project goals are achieved and are aligned with business objectives. You will also work closely with your Scrum team and program team to test, develop, refine and implement quality software in production via standard Agile methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Build scalable, reliable, cost-effective solutions for both the Cloud and on-premises.
- Build and test software code in current technologies and legacy applications.
- Build platform reusable code and components that could be used by multiple project teams.
- Provide cloud integration development support to various project teams.
- Rapidly identify and resolve technical incidents as they emerge.
- Collaborate effectively with Data Science to understand, translate, and integrate methodologies into engineering build pipelines.
Key SKills (Domain Expertise)
- 6-9 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or higher.
- Experience in software development using programming languages & tools/services: Java, Python and strong in SQL.
Technical Skills
- Frontend Technology Skills Set: JavaScript, Grails, SQL and shell scripting experience.
- Backend Technology Skills Set: AWS and/or Oracle Cloud experience, Java, ETL Tools (Informatica, Talend, ODI), Strong SQL knowledge, Python, Scripting.
- Big Data Skills Set (3-5 years): Spark Scala, Spark SQL, AWS Cloud (EC2, S3).
- Other desired skill sets: Airflow, Gitlab, Parquet File processing.
- Strong knowledge on Unix/Linux OS, commands, shell scripting, python.
- Agile scrum experience in application development is required.
- Strong knowledge in AWS S3, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Deployment and automation: Terraform, Cloud Formation would be a plus.
- Strong knowledge in Gitlab /Bitbucket.
- Legacy technology such as: FoxPro, COBOL, Struts) is a plus.
- Strong knowledge in Compute: EC2, EMR, AWS Lambda.
- AWS Certification is a plus.
Mindset and attributes
- Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong leadership qualities and the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
- Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and guide the team in execution.
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