FamilySearch Software Dev Engineer 4 (Hybrid - Lehi UT)

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

About the role

This is a seasoned professional, lead role responsible for developing technical designs and maintaining software source code to support solutions. As an experienced member of a development team, you will solve complex technical issues and programming tasks, and may act as a technical lead on projects or solutions with moderate complexity or scope. This is an individual contributor role. You will work with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel. We value early, mid, and late-career candidates.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and perform analysis of functional requirements
• Participate in vendor or technology evaluations and identify critical gaps in their offerings
• Participate in the formulation of technical recommendations
• Act as a technical lead and, if assigned, mentor peers
• Create technical designs mapped to functional requirements
• Provide estimates for development tasks
• Design, develop, and test code for software development projects
• Participate in code reviews
• Develop technical documentation
• Participate in the Incident Management process and fix defects on a 24/7 basis
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and measures required to protect solutions from security compromise
• Comply with policies, standards, and regulatory requirements and ensure others do the same
• Document new technical knowledge and train others on emerging needs and technologies

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience
• Six years of progressive relevant professional experience
• Strong understanding of Agile Software Development methodologies and principles
• Solid base of learning and some experience in all primary areas of an n-tier enterprise system (e.g., interface, domain logic, and database layers)
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to mentor and train peers
• Exceptional troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve problems in a timely manner under pressure
• Strong skills in engineering/programming, analytical/diagnostic/troubleshooting, web technology, and programming methodology
• Solid understanding of systems and subsystems
• Familiarity with Cloud-Based Platforms and services
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps
• Strong understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery principles
• Advanced knowledge of applicable software, computer languages, and code to perform the responsibilities of this role
• Proven aptitude and willingness to learn new technologies and programming languages
• Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience with complex, large-scale systems including strong experience in the tools, methodologies, and technologies the role supports

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings—giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

The Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.

This job operates in a professional environment. To successfully perform the essential functions of the job, there may be physical requirements such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment.