Sr. Software Engineer - Java/SpringBoot/AWS - Commerce

About the role

This position designs, develops, tests and maintains software product applications. It serves as a technical expert on development projects, drives the full development life cycle, and supports, maintains, and documents software functionality.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software systems and applications.
• Serve as technical expert on development projects.
• Prepare detail design documents from requirements.
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
• Drive software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
• Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
• Respond to situations in a timely manner, and meet predetermined deadlines.
• Support/maintain existing products and add new features as requested by customers.
• Central point of contact for support of UAT/production applications as needed.
• Work on multiple projects collaboratively.
• Guide the team to produce estimates for all project activities and tasks.
• Elicit user and functional requirements and ensure they are consistent and complete.
• Mentor and monitor Software Engineers in the technical aspects of their assignments.

Requirements

Candidates must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
• 5 or more years of related industry experience.
• Experience with AWS Cloud.
• Experience with REST or SOAP services.
• Familiarity with common data format standards like XML, JSON, YAML, etc.
• NoSQL experience (Redis, HBASE, AeroSpike, etc.).
• FinTech, Payment or Commerce experience is highly beneficial.

Skills

• Automation: Ability to use Unix/Linux command line programs and create/edit scripts, analyze results of automated deployment scripts, and make modifications.
• Design: Prepare detail design documents from requirements, familiar with Reporting tools like Crystal Reports, Jasper Reports, BIRT, etc., general understanding of software environments and network topologies, OOA/OOD skills, distributed, component based architecture, working knowledge of networking and/or telecommunications protocols, event driven / asynchronous programming and multi-threading, demonstrable technical design skills (UML experience a plus).
• Coding: Competent (5+ years) Java and Spring or SpringBoot, competent with SQL or PL/SQL and relational database concepts, experience with source code control systems, experience with secure programming techniques, able to perform code reviews to ensure the code meets the acceptance criteria.
• Testing: Maintains test scripts as needed, prepares test strategy, test plan, test cases, and test summary documents, experience with automated functional software testing frameworks like Cucumber, Selenium, etc., performs unit, functional, load, user interface, performance, regression and system integration testing on new code or modified code prior to production releases, produces and reports project test metrics, assists new staff on testing techniques and test methodologies.
• Support: Responds to situations in a timely manner, meets predetermined deadlines, responsible for supporting/maintaining existing products and adding new features as requested by customers, central point of contact for support of UAT/production applications as needed, keen troubleshooting skills across tiers/domains, works on multiple projects collaboratively.
• Collaboration: Agile/Lean methodologies experience, solid understanding of an iterative software development process, guides the team to produce estimates for all project activities and tasks, elicits user and functional requirements and ensures they are consistent and complete, mentors and monitors Software Engineers in the technical aspects of their assignments.

Benefits

The Base Pay Scale for this position in San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $142,000 - $183,000. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits. These benefits include:

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
• And SO much more!

Pay

The Base Pay Scale for this position in San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $142,000 - $183,000.