Software Engineer III

About the position

The Software Engineer III is responsible for creating and maintaining enterprise level applications that meet the needs of the business community while ensuring scalability and high availability. This role involves assisting in the identification of business requirements, creating functional designs, and supporting user acceptance testing. The Software Engineer III is tasked with creating technical designs, encoding applications, and performing unit tests, all while adhering to the guidelines and standards set forth in the IT Department Policies and Procedures throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of design, development, implementation, and support of applications.
• Design, code, test, and troubleshoot application programs and/or system interfaces utilizing defined hardware, database, and programming technology.
• Maintain and modify application programs; make approved changes per coding standards.
• Work under the direction of a supervisor or lead on application development, integration, and maintenance projects.
• Collaborate with technical business analysts and developers to ensure understanding of application intent, data input, output requirements, and inclusion of internal checks and controls.
• Write and maintain complex application documentation.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding the information processed, stored, or accessed.
• Strict adherence to RAC's IT SDLC and Agile processes and standards.
• Analyze performance of applications and take action to correct deficiencies based upon consultation with users and other technical resources.
• Work with enterprise infrastructure/operations team to ensure application reliability and scalability.
• Confer with technical business analysts and business community to understand needed changes or modifications of existing applications.
• Create logical and physical data models to meet business community requirements.
• Lead the overall technical direction for large highly complex projects including cross-functional integration.
• Mentor junior software development team members.
• Establish and enforce application coding standards through code reviews.
• Proactively identify and recommend system improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Minimum 8+ years progressive application development and integration experience, supporting large complex applications.
• 4+ years of micro service development experience in an enterprise environment.
• 2+ years of experience with React, NodeJS, serverless technologies, and SOA (REST/JSON). Typescript a plus.
• Strong experience with continuous integration and highly available systems.
• Experience in cloud architecture and tools especially AWS.
• Advanced knowledge of SQL against a relational database.
• Advanced experience with source control tools (GIT or similar) and defect tracking systems required.
• Experience with application performance monitoring and testing tools.
• A strong business acumen with basic knowledge of Retail principles.
• Clear and effective writing and technical documentation skills.
• Advanced understanding of Object Oriented Programming practices and Functional Programming.
• Team oriented with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent prioritization skills with the ability to see a task to completion.
• Good analytical/problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated/independent/resourceful.