Software Engineer (Senior)

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer (Senior)

Type: CTH

Location: Remote (Plymouth Meeting, PA – preferred)

Summary:  Develops software to be deployed on Linux servers in a Cloud environment in support of the company’s home security service.  This position also provides technical and/or managerial leadership for the team

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Write software to support new features and fix bugs
• Assist in deployment of software to QA and Production environments
• Troubleshoot issues found in those environments
• Ensure these environments run smoothly, with minimal impact to customers and support staff
• Ensure long term performance and scalability goals are met
  • Research, identify, and promote solutions to meet those goals
• Design technical solutions for new features, often with limited input
• Estimate effort for new projects
• Mentor junior team members in multiple areas
  • Software lifecycle
  • Coding practices
  • System architecture

Requirements:

Education:   Four (4) year degree or equivalent experience

Skills:

• Linux development tool suites ( 10 years )
• Java programming ( 10 years )
• C, C++ programming ( 2 years )
• Web Services: SOAP, REST, and/or Websockets
• Data Storage: SQL, Key-Value, Document Store
• Scripting: Bash and/or Python
• Cloud: AWS and/or GCP
• DevOps: Ansible, Splunk, Graphite, Nagios
• Experience with Git versioning
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and tools
• Experience with Vagrant, VirtualBox, Jenkins

Atitude:

• Positive can do attitude
• Attention to detail
• Ability to independently research new technology
• Ability to solve complex problems
• Seeks guidance from peers
• Provides guidance to junior team members
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to manage time effectively, on multiple competing projects

Competencies: