Senior Software Engineer I, Puppet

Perforce Software is a global company trusted by leading brands to deliver solutions for challenging problems. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the PE team, focusing on configuration management and software development, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain software applications
• Utilize Git for version control, branching, and merging to enable efficient collaboration with team members
• Design and develop distributed systems, ensuring fault tolerance, scalability, and performance
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using Ruby and Clojure
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices
• Identify and troubleshoot software defects and performance bottlenecks. Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and apply them to improve software development processes and outcomes
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development methodologies and practices within the team

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in configuration management practices and tools
• At least 3 years experience working with a team on a production code base
• Extensive experience with Git, including branching, merging, and conflict resolution
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts, such as fault tolerance, scalability, and consistency
• Experience in developing and maintaining software applications in a collaborative team environment
• Knowledge of software development best practices, including code reviews, unit testing, and documentation
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly understand and address complex technical challenges
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively work within a cross-functional team
• Proficiency in Postgresql, Ruby, Java and Clojure, with a strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles
• Understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) principles and tools
• Experience developing configuration management solutions
• Experience doing system administration
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban