Sr. Software Engineer

About the role

Align is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to join the team in the Morrisville, NC office. You will be part of a team of software engineers working on large-scale, distributed, cloud-based services.

• Help the team solve engineering problems and deliver state-of-the-art software solutions.
• Work closely and willingly with your team members and members of other teams.
• Take part in all phases of our agile software development process—design, planning, and execution.
• Take full ownership of delivered code in terms of quality (test automation), maintenance, and monitoring.
• Combine technological and personal skills to demonstrate accountability by monitoring production health and suggesting improvements for stability, robustness, and user experience.
• Take responsibility for improving systems and products to make them more predictable and reliable for business continuity.
• Ensure application development principles, standards, and best practices are followed for each project.

Requirements

• 8+ years of overall web development experience, preferably with secure, scalable web applications.
• BS/MS degree or equivalent years of experience.
• Solid understanding of agile development principles, attention to detail, and ability to design solutions for multiple product requirements.
• Ability and expertise to design web applications with high user volume, cross-platform integrations, and scalable applications in heterogeneous environments.
• Expertise in microservices and related architectures and patterns, such as event-driven architecture and CQRS.
• Strong experience with either .Net/C# or Java/Kotlin, Spring, Spring Boot microservices, and REST web services.
• Experience with various design patterns and object-oriented programming concepts.
• Experience with databases—SQL and NoSQL.
• Experience in developing/managing REST APIs to support communication between systems.
• Understanding of messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS or Azure, especially around serverless technologies.
• Experience with industry-standard cloud technologies, e.g., Docker, Kubernetes.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and/or Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and version control systems.
• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Git, and BitBucket.

Skills

• Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• A "can do" attitude, high energy, and creativity, along with strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, written, and visual communication skills, with the ability to present findings concisely and effectively.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, program management, and marketing about objectives, requirements, and design constraints.

Pay

If provided, base salary or wage rate ranges are the range in which Align reasonably expects to set a candidate’s pay for the posted position. Actual placement depends on individual skills and experience, plus total compensation and equity across team members. For locations outside the primary location, the base salary range will be adjusted geographically. For Field Sales roles, the salary listed is base pay only and does not include applicable incentive compensation plans. A cost-of-living adjustment may be added to base pay for higher-cost areas in the U.S.

Benefits

Family Benefits

• Medical (with a Health Savings Account option for some plan offerings), dental, and vision for employees and eligible dependents.
• Discounts on Invisalign and Vivera for employees and eligible dependents after 90 days of employment.
• Back-up child/elder care and access to a caregiving concierge.
• Family-forming benefits available to employees and their spouse or domestic partner covered under one of Align’s health plans.
• Breast milk delivery and lactation support services.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Hinge Health Virtual Physical Therapy for all employees and eligible dependents (age 18+) enrolled in an Align medical plan.

Employee Benefits

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance. Voluntary supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses/domestic partners, and children.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (health care, dependent care, and pre-tax commuter benefit plan).
• 401k plan with a discretionary company match of 50% up to 6% of eligible earnings (maximum match of 3%). Employer match vests after two years (25% year one, 100% at year two). Traditional, Roth, and after-tax options available.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (eligibility after working 20+ hours and employed on purchase date).
• Paid vacation: up to 17 days during the first full year (accrued at 5.24 hours per pay period), with a maximum cap of 30 days. Annual accrual increases based on tenure. Prorated for employees working 32+ hours per week.
• Sick time: accrued at one hour for every 30 hours worked, with a maximum carryover of 80 hours per year.
• 11 company-designated paid holidays per year.
• Parental leave: up to 6 weeks paid if employed for 12+ consecutive months, or up to 4 weeks if employed for less than 12 months. Must be completed within one year of birth or placement. In addition to any state/local parental leave benefits.
• Three days of paid bereavement leave (extended to 5 days if travel is required).
• Jury duty pay: full pay for up to 10 days for non-exempt employees; full salary for exempt employees during any week they serve and perform work.
• Optional insurance: legal, critical illness, voluntary accident, long-term care, auto, home, and pet insurance.