Senior Software Engineer - Starcom consulting limited

What you can expect

Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; remove technical impediments

Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable Prudential standards

Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact

Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems

Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input, coach team members, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day

Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires evaluating intangible variables.

Identify opportunities for simplification in the application development toolset, striving for reduced management and less tools which do more.

Maintain a consistent feedback loop with development teams to champion adoption and decommissioning of legacy technology stacks.

Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and Angular, React, Springboot, Node.js frameworks

What you will bring

Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields

10-20 years experience, with expert level knowledge in Python, Java/Spring framework

Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization

Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD), ability to apply appropriate agile approaches in the processes of software development and delivery

Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business

Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think quickly and offer alternatives both independently and within teams

Proven ability to work quickly in a dynamic environment

Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following:

Hands on experience with back-end technologies and frameworks, such as Java, J2EE, Spring framework, and integrating UI components with server-side systems

Experience of API development using RESTful or GraphQL standards

Experience in distributed systems, microservices, design patterns and design methodology

Experience with Bitbucket, Jenkins, Gradle, Git. Cloud experience working with AWS S3/EC2/SQS

Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and DevOps.

Familiarity with security concepts authentication, authorization, and SSL

Experience with non-relational and relational databases

Understanding business needs and transforming them into efficient solutions with quality

Designing solutions to align with non-functional requirements

Implementing software engineering standards and best practices

Experience leading and mentoring junior developers

Ability to document using JAVADOC, and Swagger.

Ability to work with QA, Perf and Production Support (L1/L2/L3).