Senior Software Engineer

Role Purpose 

• Designs, implements, tests and documents complex software applications


• Provides effective communication with geographically distributed team members 


• Ensures quality through design/code reviews, TDD and BDD practices


• Escalates urgent issues to Engineering Management 


• Can provide peer advisement to other Software and Associate Software Engineers, through code/design reviews and peer-programming efforts 


• Interacts with Business Analyst to ensure that specifications are satisfied 


• Communicates design, reliability and maintenance problems to appropriate internal resources 


• A Software Engineer may function in a Support Role with the following added responsibilities: 
  
  
  
  • Responsible for debugging, troubleshooting and developing technical solutions in the form of software patches related to software and setup errors 
  
  
  • Creates workaround solutions when product procedures have failed and ensures issues are resolved in a timely fashion 
  
  
  • Escalates urgent problems requiring more in-depth knowledge to appropriate internal resources 
  
  

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related degrees, or relevant experience


• Minimum of 3 years of experience in software development


• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS and core JavaScript concepts


• Experience with JavaScript frameworks


• Experience with JavaScript libraries management using NPM


• Professional experience of ReactJS (functional components)


• Strong experience with TypeScript


• Experience with Redux and/or Context API


• Solid understanding of core web concepts


• Experience consuming REST-based web services


• Experience of browser dev tools for debugging and trouble shooting


• Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility concerns


• Knowledge of an IDE e.g. WebStorm or VS Code

Education 

A degree or post graduate qualification in Computer Science or Software Engineering