Senior/Lead Software Engineer

Job Description:

Senior/Lead Software Engineer

Computing and Information Services

The Software Engineer serves in a technical leadership role both for the Web Services team and the broader engineering function within the Enterprise Application Services organization.  This position will continually research new technologies and methodologies with an eye toward recommending process improvements, thereby enhancing overall team productivity.  The Software Engineer will manage technical contributions to large-scale development efforts including management of client relations, implementation architectures and work assignments to other team members contributing on projects.  The Software Engineer will mentor other team members through pair programming, code review, and other techniques, ensuring team members are well indoctrinated into established team best-practices.  The Software Engineer will assist CIS leadership in ensuring a secure and robust application infrastructure exists, accelerating delivery of value across the entire product portfolio of the Web Services team.

Education and Experience

• Bachelorâ™s degree or equivalent education and experience

• For grade 10: 2-4 years of related technical experience

• For grade 11: 5+ years of related technical experience

Job Competencies

•  Demonstrated expertise in software engineering patterns and practices

•  Expertise with programming languages related to web applications development (PHP, Javascript, etc.)

• Expertise with application development frameworks and version control tools (Laravel, React, Git, etc.)

• Expertise with software testing tools (PHPUnit, Jest, React Testing Library, Eslint, etc)

•  Expertise with relational database management systems (MySQL)

•  Experience with non-traditional database systems (ElasticSearch, Redis, MongoDB, etc.)

• Ability to understand non-technical usersâ™ requirements in an academic environment, and to generate user-friendly solutions quickly within the context of departmental initiatives and division goals

• Ability to work both independently and as a team member in a complex environment with competing demands

• Ability to effectively lead and manage development operations including mentoring team members

•  Strong communications skills and the ability to collaborate with non-technical users throughout all phases of project design and implementation

• .Demonstrates a willingness and ability to support a diverse and inclusive environment.

Successful completion of a criminal background check and education verification is required.

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