Principal Engineer, Software

WM; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

WM Logistics, LLC in Houston, TX seeks a Principal Engineer, Software for a full-time, hybrid role. You will deliver and enhance software across the enterprise, lead design sessions with architects, and drive complex projects to align IT solutions with business goals.

Must have 10+ years in senior software roles and a strong cloud/database background. Responsibilities include developing end-to-end software, conducting analyses, and coordinating with analysts to gather requirements.

Qualifications

• Min. Req.: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field, plus 10 years of experience as a Principal Engineer, Software; Software Engineer; Software Developer; or a related position.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical expertise in design, development, coding, testing, and debugging new software or significant enhancements to existing software.
• Conduct highly complex business process analysis, needs assessments, and lead/participate in design sessions with Architects to align IT solutions with business initiatives.
• Undertake highly complex projects requiring specialized technical expertise in software design and testing.
• Develop enterprise-level information technology solutions by analyzing, coding, testing, and implementing software applications.
• Lead design/coding sessions, develop solutions, and implement them; resolve technical/design conflicts.
• Coordinate with business analysts and users to determine requirements; perform analyses of system requirements and existing processes.

Skills

Python

Java

Agile

Microservices

Event-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Oracle

SQL

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

Cassandra

DynamoDB

SQL Server

Job description

WM Logistics, LLC has an opening for a full-time Principal Engineer, Software in Houston, TX. Job duties: Deliver technical expertise in design, development, coding, testing, and debugging new software or significant enhancements to existing software. Conduct highly complex business process analysis, needs assessments, and lead/participate in design sessions with Architects in order to align information technology solutions with business initiatives. Undertake highly complex projects requiring additional specialized technical expertise in software design and testing. Contribute strategic vision and integrate a broad range of ideas regarding applications and software development. Present, communicate, and articulate technical processes effectively to all levels of the organization (including technical and nontechnical audiences, Senior Leadership, VPs and the C-level executives). Undertake the highly complex applications development projects involving multiple disciplines and may impact multiple facets of the business. Develop enterprise-level information technology solutions by analyzing, coding, testing. and implementing new and by modifying existing software applications with full competency. Lead design/coding sessions, develop solutions, and implement solutions. Articulate design and resolve technical/design conflicts as they occur. Coordinate with business analysts and users to determine requirements. Perform highly complex analyses of system requirements and of existing business processes and information systems. Hybrid position. Must report to office at 800 Capitol St., Suite 3000, Houston, TX 77002 4 days a week.

Minimum Requirements

Min. Req.: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field, plus 10 years of experience as a Principal Engineer, Software; Software Engineer; Software Developer; or a related position.

10 Years of Technical Experience

• Project management/change management in regard to acquisition/development life cycles.
• Systems development, implementation, upgrades and analyses.
• QA testing, catalyst or unified business modeling, system design and analysis.
• Enterprise coding standards.
• Writing highly complex code.
• Performing code reviews.
• Iterative Software methodologies.
• Business knowledge and concepts in Route Logistics.

5 Years of Technical Experience

• Cloud Technologies: AWS Services such as Lambda, IAM, S3, EFS, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, CLI, Kinesis, Glue, Elasticache, CloudWatch, and/or CloudFormation.
• Databases (Oracle, SQL, Server, and/or PostgreSQL).
• NoSQL databases (Cassandra and/or Dynamo DB).
• Python and Java.
• Service Oriented, Microservices, and Event-driven design patterns.
• Working on complex cloud-based software projects, web application development, security and open-source technologies.
• Agile development methodologies.