Sr. Software Engineer

Overview
Number8 is seeking qualified candidates to fill the role of Software Engineer.

In addition to a competitive salary rate and a positive work environment committed to delivering high-quality technology solutions, we also offer:

• Flexible schedules and authentic work-life balance
• Opportunities for continuing education
• Social activities per country sponsored by the company
• Birthday celebration
• Payment in US Dollars

About the role:

Our client serves more than 300,000 businesses in 25 industries in the United States by facilitating industry initiatives, administrating the company System of Standards, providing education and support, and connecting communities through events and online forums.

We are seeking for a Software Developer to deliver high-quality, reliable, scalable software. Candidates are expected to be experienced in technologies such as C#, .NET, Azure cloud PaaS, and SQL and to have a strong grasp of client-side technologies including JavaScript frameworks such as Angular. The Software Engineer should also have experience working in a fully integrated development environment such as Azure DevOps using Git version control, work item management, CI/CD, and monitoring tools.

Some of the main tasks/responsibilities for the role include:

• Design, develop, and test applications using .NET / ASP.NET / ASP.NET Core
• Maintain and improve existing codebases and peer review code changes
• Design and maintain MSSQL/Azure SQL database objects such as tables, stored procedures, functions & triggers
• Liaise with colleagues to implement technical designs
• Work closely with Product Owners and other business colleagues to clearly understand requirements, identify gaps in functional design, and proactively suggest alternatives or options to improve systems
• Deliver working solutions in the planned time that meet or exceed acceptance criteria
• Identify non-functional requirements that are necessary to deliver a working solution
• Make accurate estimates of development time required for projects, modules, and/or fixing defects
• Provide regular, accurate updates on the status of the assigned tasks to team members.
• Participate in software builds, release management, and environment management.
• Improve system quality by identifying issues and common patterns, and developing standard operating procedures
• Enhance applications by identifying opportunities for improvement, making recommendations, and designing and implementing systems
• Utilize technical expertise to research critical production issues and efficiently and effectively resolve problems.
• Create clear and concise technical design specifications and documentation (flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, design documents, and code comments)
• Demonstrate solutions at iteration demos, system demos, etc.
• Provide written knowledge transfer material
• Remain at the forefront of emerging technologies and development standards and proactively identify and make recommendations to improve the client’s software development lifecycle.
• Investigate and implement new technologies where relevant
• Prepare and execute detailed unit and integration test plans to ensure quality solutions
• Support/participate in additional Quality Assurance activities as needed
• Develop code using industry best practices, considering application performance, scalability, and reliability
  
  

Job Skills/Requirements
- +90% English written and oral (at least C1 level) with excellent communication skills
- 5+ years of experience in software design, development, and development methodologies (Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure, and Object Oriented methodologies preferred).
- Experience implementing web-enabled applications in ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Angular, React, JSON, REST, HTML5, CSS
- Experience working with JavaScript frameworks and modern web technologies such as Angular, TypeScript, or other open-source tools
- Experience with Azure cloud PaaS services such as Azure functions, Logic apps, and Service Bus
- Understanding of software development best practices and design patterns
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs/ Web API
- Demonstrated ability using TFS/Git/VSTS/Azure DevOps and building and deploying web-based applications
- Experience in open-source technologies
- Working knowledge of online consumer software, web services, and Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Ability to take business requests and break them down into manageable steps to achieve a goal
- Capable of designing a moderately sized software project, putting together a project plan to accomplish it, tracking progress, and executing it with a team
- Able to see the big picture of how systems interact with one another


Nice to have:

- Effectively work on concurrent tasks and independently prioritize work
- Experience in dealing with client subscription revenue models desired
- Must be able to look past the Software Engineering perspective to understand and embrace corporate objectives and then apply resources toward the achievement of those objectives.

Apply today to learn more about this exciting opportunity. We are actively interviewing now for this position.