Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing, developing, and primary applications being rewritten. The focus areas include event-driven design, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Kubernetes, React, Elastic search, and either RabbitMQ or Kafka.

Scope Of Work:

Design and Development

•          Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement software solutions.

•          Apply event-driven design principles to build scalable and resilient applications.

•          Develop microservices using Spring Boot.

•          Create responsive user interfaces with React.

Message Brokers

•          Work with RabbitMQ for message queuing and event streaming.

•          If experience is in Kafka, understand the architectural differences between RabbitMQ and Kafka.

•          Implement message producers and consumers.

Deployment and Infrastructure

•          Deploy microservices to Kubernetes clusters, utilizing CI/CD pipeline.

•          Monitor and troubleshoot production systems.

•          Optimize application performance and scalability.

Quality Assurance

•          Write unit tests with a goal of 85% coverage and participate in peer code reviews.

•          Conduct system testing and debugging activities.

Documentation and Communications

•          Document technical specifications, architecture, and design decisions.

•          Design shall include sequence diagram for major use cases.

•          Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and deliverables.

Reports (in a JIS prescribed format)

•          Resource will report activity on a weekly basis to communicate progress made on the programs/projects.

•          A weekly report communicating project progress and status.

•          Weekly time reporting on JIS providing forms, and any additional reports as assigned by the supervising manager.

Preferred skills, experience, and capabilities:

•          Experience

o          Front-end experience utilizing React and/or Angular.

o          Either RabbitMQ or Kafka for message queuing.

o          Elastic search experience is a plus.

•          Knowledge

o          Strong knowledge of the use of design patterns.

o          Familiarity with Kubernetes for container orchestration.

o          Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services.

•          Proficiency in event-driven design principles.

•          Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and propose effective solutions.

•          Excellent verbal communication skills