Software Engineer

Position

As a Software Developer, you will be responsible for analysis, design, implementation, and automated testing in a high-performing, experienced team. You will use industry best practices while producing high-quality full-stack solutions in an agile, results driven environment. You will also be responsible for maintaining and supporting mission-critical applications as necessary. In this role, every day you will be expected to continually grow and challenge all of us to raise the bar even higher with your contributions to people, process and technology. This is a highly collaborative team continually working on a variety of complex and challenging projects.

The Software Developer will:

Analyze & Design -- Ensure business and requirements artifacts are created that effectively model the customer's requirements. Will use industry best practices and tools, and will use established patterns and/or recommend new design patterns.
Implement & Perform -- Implement designs following Pearson coding standards and industry best practices; maintain and support mission-critical applications as necessary.
Review -- Participate in and lead requirement, design code, and test case reviews
Test & Deploy -- Work closely with other teams (e.g., QA, configuration management, end users) to release high quality software. Create testable code that meets requirements, and ensure automated unit, integration and functional tests are created.
Improve Quality/Processes -- Participate in group improvement activities and initiatives to improve process and product quality in pursuit of excellence
Document and Report -- Complete project documentation as required, including logging status, risk, progress, and effort on assigned work
People development – Mentor and train new team members; actively collaborate with others within and outside of the team
Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required Education & Experience:

Bachelor or master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent science preferred, but combined experience and skills will be considered
3+ years of experience developing Windows solutions using Microsoft technologies
3+ years of experience with .NET development – C# · REST services experience
3+ years of SQL
3+ years of experience with Angular development
3+ years of JavaScript
Experience in OOAD, agile processes, design patterns, SQL and UML

Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Experience in creating design documents, performing code reviews and test-driven development
Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools
Proven ability to quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications
Ability to think technically and analytically
Ability to understand philosophy of architecture
Must assimilate information, distill knowledge, apply experience and provide solution alternatives and recommendations
Must have strong time management skills - including ability to work well under pressure, plan, set priorities, adapt to change, and meet established timelines
Must develop effective relationships with internal and external contacts and work well within a team
Must be a self-starter and detail-oriented
Must have a “positive” and energetic demeanor
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Creative problem-solving skills
Knowledge of OWASP Top 10

Experience with some or all the following tools (Required):

Requirements & analysis experience
Agile development
Design patterns
Security protocols, cryptography, authentication, and security standards
Team leadership experience
UI/UX experience and skills

Experience with some or all of the following (Preferred):

Cloud, Microsoft Azure development experience
Knowledge of test methodologies and their corresponding tools