REQ-6114 Senior Software Engineer

half the sky; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver software solutions across the full development lifecycle. You will collaborate with team members and lead projects, contributing to a diverse, agile team. Ideal candidates will have 7+ years of development experience, proficiency in various programming languages, and a solid understanding of distributed systems. This is an opportunity to innovate and contribute to meaningful projects in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development and engineering experience.
• Proficient in languages like C#, Java, C++, Python, SQL, or Scala.
• Experience with distributed systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deliver software across the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with team members to implement product features.
• Lead and mentor less experienced engineers.

Skills

Effective communication

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving skills

Team collaboration

Understanding of distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Visual Studio

Kubernetes

Job description

About the job REQ-6114 Senior Software Engineer

What youll do:

Some of the work that you will be doing to help us deliver on our mission is:

• Design, build, deliver and own full lifecycle development software from inception to production
• Demonstrate a firm grasp of the entire software development lifecycle
• Drive complex changes involving multiple components
• Deliver quality changes, including automated tests, metrics and monitoring
• Collaborate with team members to deliver features
• Guide and review changes to product features in line with product roadmaps
• Implement and maintain product features
• Build components and processes that are regularly used by others
• Build execution plans incorporating user data, observations and market insight
• Validate changes to ensure high quality product releases
• Work in a distributed system environment
• Understand the business objectives behind the code
• Understand system architecture fundamentals through self-directed learning
• Participate in and lead projects with a high level of technical ambiguity
• Contribute to development of comprehensive success criteria
• Lead others through example, mentorship, teaching
• Participate in hiring activities
• Use data to analyze and communicate the impact of your work on operational efficiency

We are a global team with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be well-versed in building from common ground to value, seek out, and foster invisible and visible dimensions of diversity.

Who you are:

Our culture is much deeper than just having fun together (though, we do that well too...). We take pride in our engineers being trust-builders, generous givers, scrappy problem solvers, and gritty pursuers of excellence. You do not have to meet all the requirements below, but we believe that people who meet most of them will have a higher likelihood of succeeding in this role:

• You are you comfortable working on an agile, distributed team spanning multiple time zones and continents.
• You are able to communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You have a solid understanding of computer science and engineering fundamentals.
• You have experiences working with distributed systems.
• You are proficient in one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, C, C++, Python, SQL, or Scala.
• You have some knowledge of software development code editors: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Rider) and version control systems (Git, Perforce).
• You have 7+ years of software development, engineering experienc
• You have a Bachelors/Masters level degree in a computer-science or relevant engineering related field or equivalent experience. Not everyone has the same level of access to opportunities. What is most important to us is what and how you can contribute, which is why our consideration is not limited by the level of education you have.
• You have additional nice-to-have experience that is not required in the following areas: database engines (Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres, AeroSpike, Vertica, Redis), building micro-services, operating systems and cloud, Kubernetes, Kafka.