IT Software Engineer 5

Software Engineer

The main function of a software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific and general computing applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and approve the modification of existing databases and database management systems.
• Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system.
• Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations.
• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
• Approve, schedule, plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems.
• Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.

Typical Day

• Working with cross functional teams to solve complex problems.
• Guiding the project team on detailed integration work from concept and initiation to the end of development.
• Driving application development and systems integration tasks focused around delivering business valuable feature
• Maintaining high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits; will enforce standards in the Software Development Lifecycle, such as structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides etc.
• Working with Project Management and other developers to understand design requirements and provide estimates for development

Technical Skills Required

• Minimum of 4 years of experience with ReactJS
• Extremely strong JavaScript framework and Front-End Development experience
• Strong Node.JS experience is highly desired
• Must have proven experience building external facing mobile friendly websites using JavaScript frameworks.
• Redux or other state management libraries in the React ecosystem
• Data visualization experience (e.g. D3, Chart.js, Highcharts, SVG, Canvas, etc.)
• Good sense of UI/UX design
• Figma
• Typescript
• Experience working with databases (relational, document, etc.) and writing SQL
• Experience writing automated tests (e.g. Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, etc.)
• Knowledge of web application security ( Content Security Policy, OWASP, etc.)
• Knowledge of Webpack or similar module bundler
• Experience building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.

Disqualifiers/Red flag:

If they don’t have UX design experience, they will not be considered.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or Electrical engineering or related field is required 10 years or more of software development experience or at least 8 years of experience with master’s degree in computer science or related field.

Travel: None