Senior Software Engineer
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Job Overview

We are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic software development team. You should be able to produce and implement practical software solutions. You will be working with the senior management to define software needs. You will take the lead on technical and operational projects.

As a Senior Software Developer, you will be 

• Collecting, analyzing and summarizing the client requirements

• Determining operational feasibility of the gathered requirements

• Designing, developing and implementing the software

• Playing a significant role in developing documentation of the software

As you are responsible to lead a team, you will be working independently with little supervision. Therefore, we expect you to have outstanding organizational, problem-solving and leadership skills. You should be able to speed up our the team operations by conducting timely performance reviews.

If you have experience in software development and agile methodologies, we certainly would like to see you!

Responsibilities

• Develop superior software architecture and design

• Identify, prioritize and properly execute activities in the software development cycle

• Develop software solutions by studying new technologies, if required

• Develop applications and tools by producing efficient, clean code

• Automate tasks via appropriate scripting and development tools

• Review and debug code on a regular basis

• Conduct system analysis to determine possibility of upgrades

• Perform validation and verification testing

• Collaborate with the vendors and the internal teams to improvise the products

• Document the software development phases and examine systems

• Ensure that the program is up-to-date with the latest programming technologies

• Ensure the agile processes improves operations and team productivity

• Stay up-to-date with latest technology trends

Requirements

• BA/BSc degree in Computer Sciences and related field

• Proven 4 years of experience as a Software Engineer or Team Lead role.

• Sound understanding of software development, scripting, as well as, project management

• Extensive experience in using different system monitoring tools and automated testing frameworks

• Knowledge of different operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, and Linux

• Know-how of selected programming languages such as C++, Python, and the Java/J2EE platform

• Outstanding leadership and organizational skills

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team

• Excellent leadership and communication skills