Senior Software Engineer

Role Purpose

• Designs, implements, tests and documents complex software applications
• Provides effective communication with geographically distributed team members
• Ensures quality through design/code reviews, TDD and BDD practices
• Escalates urgent issues to Engineering Management
• Can provide peer advisement to other Software and Associate Software Engineers, through code/design reviews and peer-programming efforts
• Interacts with Business Analyst to ensure that specifications are satisfied
• Communicates design, reliability and maintenance problems to appropriate internal resources
• A Software Engineer may function in a Support Role with the following added responsibilities:
• Responsible for debugging, troubleshooting and developing technical solutions in the form of software patches related to software and setup errors
• Creates workaround solutions when product procedures have failed and ensures issues are resolved in a timely fashion
• Escalates urgent problems requiring more in-depth knowledge to appropriate internal resources
• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related degrees, or relevant experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in software development
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS and core JavaScript concepts
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks
• Experience with JavaScript libraries management using NPM
• Professional experience of ReactJS (functional components)
• Strong experience with TypeScript
• Experience with Redux and/or Context API
• Solid understanding of core web concepts
• Experience consuming REST-based web services
• Experience of browser dev tools for debugging and trouble shooting
• Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility concerns
• Knowledge of an IDE e.g. WebStorm or VS Code

Education

A degree or post graduate qualification in Computer Science or Software Engineering