Engineering - Data Platform - Senior Software Engineer

LightBox; Shelton (CT); Remote; USD 165,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of data and workflow solutions, LightBox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Shelton, CT. You will develop software solutions for a large-scale data platform, engaging in cross-organizational collaboration and adhering to best practices in software development. This role requires extensive experience in AWS services, Object Oriented Programming, and Data Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• At least 5 years of experience as Software Engineer for bachelor's, 3 years for master's.

Responsibilities

• Deliver software solutions for a large-scale data platform.
• Collaborate on Data Ingestion Services and Data Engineering.
• Resolve technical issues and contribute to technology strategy.

Skills

AWS services

Java

Python

Data Engineering

Object Oriented Programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Engineering - Data Platform - Senior Software Engineer

Shelton, CT 06484, USA Req #395

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

At LightBox, we strive to not only equip confident, data-driven decisions across sectors, but to also enrich lives by bringing people, information, and technology together. As a company with a wide range of clients, we believe a diverse workforce is crucial to success. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience is the foundation upon which we operate and connect with our customers and the communities in which we work.

With our expertise, we are producing the best available data, workflow tools, technology, and analytics to support everyone making a real estate decision. There has never been a better time to make an impact and we invite you to join us on this journey.

LightBox is a leading provider of data and workflow solutions across commercial real estate and location intelligence. Our solutions deliver the depth, speed and accuracy that enable insights to over 50,000 brokers, 1,000 banks and lenders, 1,000 law firms and 5,000 environmental consulting and engineering firms.

LightBox Employer, LLC has an opening out of Shelton, Connecticut for a Senior Software Engineer.

Job Duties:

• Work with an agile team to deliver software solutions and services for data platform to support delivery of the Petitioner's large-scale data solutions and products.
• Engage with cross organizational teams collaborating on Data Ingestion Services and Data Engineering to develop consistent series of services and solutions for existing and new Data Products.
• Work on complex processing of spatial and relational data sets, to construct multiple software product offerings in consistent pattern and path. Investigate and resolve technical and non-technical issues, resolving critical incidents in timely manner and with a through root cause analysis.
• Adhere to best practices around software/source code versioning, automated testing, and dependency management.
• Contribute to Petitioner's overall technology strategy and roadmap as an active member of its architectural leadership team.
• 100% remote; may work from home.

Qualifications:

• Must possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related field and at least 5 years of progressive experience as a Software Engineer or in a related role.
• In the alternative, may possess at least a master's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related field and at least 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer or in a related role.
• At least 3 years of experience with AWS services, including CloudFront, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, EC2, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, Athena, Glue, and Step Functions
• At least 3 years of Object Oriented Programming in languages such as Java, Scala, or Python
• At least 3 years of experience in designing, developing, and optimizing largescale services capable of handling millions of transactions per second, with a focus on high-performance and scalability
• At least 3 years of experience building, deploying, and maintaining APIs, microservices, and system components using Java, RDBMS, and NoSQL databases
• At least 3 years of Data Engineering and crafting analytics tools, including extracting insights from large data sets in a Data Lake environment and Tableau or PowerBI.

The salary for this position is at least $165,568 per year.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

This job description is a general listing of the required tasks and expectations of the position and in no way implies that the duties listed above are the employee’s only responsibilities. The employee is expected to perform other tasks, responsibilities and training as instructed by their supervisors. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

This position may require additional hours outside of the standard work schedule including occasional holiday, evening and/or weekend hours in order to meet deadlines or to accommodate customers.

LightBox and all its holding companies are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. It is the policy of the LightBox and its holding companies to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.