Senior Engineer

Strategic Education, Inc is a company focused on providing educational services, and they are seeking a Senior Engineer to join their team. The role involves designing and developing modifications to custom SaaS applications, collaborating with business analysts and project teams to implement technology solutions using an agile methodology.

Responsibilities:

• Adhere to and promote Agile development methods, including Test Driven Development and setup of automated build environments
• Recommend technical approaches that will help to deliver reliable and efficient code
• Work within a fast paced Agile development environment
• Perform analysis assistance, development (coding), and implementation of custom software to enhance value to the business per designed specifications
• Collaborate with project team members and other information technology colleagues to create systems from defined customer requirements
• Participate in and develop new software releases, work with QA in creating test plans, and assists in creating implementation plans
• Troubleshoot and recommend solutions to existing production issues
• Provide level 3 support of development after implementation of enterprise applications
• Participates in the ongoing development of technical best practices

Requirements:

• Four plus (4+) years experience in web application design, development, and implementation
• Four plus (4+) years experience with React JS, Node, and Typescript
• RESTful Web Service development and consumption
• Skills in converting specifications and procedures of moderate to high complexity into application and software solutions
• Experience developing in all tiers of an application
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming techniques and patterns and how to apply them in a variety of application environments
• Adhere to and promote Agile development methods, including Test Driven Development and setup of automated build environments
• Recommend technical approaches that will help to deliver reliable and efficient code
• Work within a fast paced Agile development environment
• Perform analysis assistance, development (coding), and implementation of custom software to enhance value to the business per designed specifications
• Collaborate with project team members and other information technology colleagues to create systems from defined customer requirements
• Participate in and develop new software releases, work with QA in creating test plans, and assists in creating implementation plans
• Troubleshoot and recommend solutions to existing production issues
• Provide level 3 support of development after implementation of enterprise applications
• Participates in the ongoing development of technical best practices
• Must be able to travel 0-10% of time
• Must be able to lift 25lbs
• Remote work location
• Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job
• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant
• Access information using a computer
• Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain
• Effectively cope with stressful situations
• Strong mental acuity
• Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job
• Experience with Test Driven Development
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with Git
• Experience with Jira
• Bachelor's degree