Job responsibilities
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- Develop and maintain secure authentication and authorizaion mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, RBAC etc)
- Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with emerging back-end development trends and technologies
- Design, develop, and maintain complex and scalable distributed back-end systems
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Strong knowledge of server-side languages (Java, Node.js, Go etc.) and at least one back-end framework (Springboot, Express etc.)
- Experience with database technologies (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB, etc.) and query languages (SQL, NoSQL)
- Knowledge of web protocols and standards (HTTP, REST, gRPC etc.) and cloud native technologies such as Envoy Proxy
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Strong knowledge in OpenID Connect, OAuth, SSO, Identity federation and Authorization flows
- Practical cloud native experience
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Experience with Forgerock and Pingfederate