Principal Software Engineer (Remote)

WCG is a company that delivers transformational solutions in clinical trials through best-in-class clinical services. The Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing custom software solutions, providing technical leadership, and guiding a team of developers to ensure successful project delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership
• Team Support (facilitation, motivation, and team engagement)
• Reinforce technical practices in the team (Enforce quality, best practices, and coding standards)
• Collaborate with other teams and solution architecture team to ensure consistency across teams and assist with design and design vision
• Own architecture and design for the product(s) and/or feature(s) delivered by the team
• Understand the overall architectural vision provided by the solution architects and drive the detailed design behind the vision
• Manage technical risks and debt and ensure these are included in the delivery plan
• Act as mentor for the developers on the team
• Software Development
• Recommend and implement the system architecture needed for new development projects
• Design and implement custom software development and system enhancement efforts and ensure that corporate quality standards are met in those endeavors
• Ensure software development is done in a manner that assures long term reliability and maintenance
• Perform software development to written technical specifications and coding guidelines
• Interpret written business requirements and technical specification documents
• Create, document, and implement unit test plans, scripts, and test harnesses
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates
• Investigate, analyze and document reported defects
• Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified defects
• Assist in the management of both internal and external development efforts needed for new product or service offerings
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor. These may, on occasion, be unrelated to the position described here

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Management Information Science, or related area preferred
• Requires at least 5 years of development experience in the field
• Experience in Agile methodology
• Experience in leading development teams
• Essential knowledge of the following required: Software development methodology; Microsoft Visual Studio; .NET Framework/C# (ASP.NET/.NET Core preferred); Transact-SQL; SQL Server 2008+; Web Services
• Experience in Object-Oriented Design and implementation
• Familiarity with proper Data Normalization techniques
• Experience in designing multi-tier business logic-based systems
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures