Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Builds, tests, and engineers Web applications using Angular, NodeJS, HTML, CSS/SASS, GraphQL, Jasmine, Cypress, Java, and REST Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Develops core application designs using Java, Spring MVC, spring Core, and JSP. Creates scalable end-to-end customer experiences. Defines and implements engineering solutions. Performs Test Driven Development (TDD) and unit testing using Jest and Jasmine. Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standads, and strategies to development experts and management. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Participates in architecture design teams. 

• Defines and implements application-level architecture. 

• Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division. 

• Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans. 

• Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables. 

• Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems. 

• Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms. 

• Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget. 

• Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects. 

• Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects. 

• Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues. 

• Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives. 

• Advises senior management on technical strategy. 

• Mentors junior team members. 

• Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives.  

• Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts. 

Education and Experience: 

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) developing and configuring Web applications using Angular, Java, or REST Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). 

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) developing and configuring Web applications using Angular, Java, or REST Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). 

Skills and Knowledge: 

Candidate must also possess: 

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing and developing responsive Web applications, using JavaScript MVC frameworks (AngularJS, Angular 11, or TypeScript framework), client-side technologies (HTML5 and CSS), content management systems (SDL Tridion or Magnolia CMS), and server-side technologies (Node.js and Express frameworks). 

• DE developing distributed Web and Mobile applications, using Node and Apigee API management; testing Web and mobile applications, using Jest, Cypress, and Cucumber; performing unit testing, using Jest, Mocha, and Junit; and performing Monorepo implementations for building Web applications in a single repository, using NX framework. 

• DE participating in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) — performing Continuous Integration (using Jenkins), Continuous Deployment (using IBM uDeploy or AWS CodePipeline), and code scanning (using Sonar) for Web applications in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment — according to DevOps principles; and deploying highly secured Web and mobile applications to Amazon Cloud regions — Amazon S3, Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2, and EKS. 

• DE developing and implementing digital platform-based REST services, using Java/J2EE (Spring, Servlets, JSP, Spring Boot, or Apigee API Gateway) and Web security technologies (JWT, OAuth, and SAML) according to Test Driven Development (TDD) and Agile methodologies.