Sr. Software Engineer - 1708 (Java/ Full-Stack)

MeridianLink; Costa Mesa (CA); Remote; USD 152,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will design and develop innovative software solutions that impact various product lines. This role offers the opportunity to mentor junior engineers while working in a collaborative, agile environment. You will tackle complex problems and create architectural designs that ensure the highest quality and performance of software applications. With a strong emphasis on work-life balance and professional growth, this position is ideal for those looking to make a significant impact in a supportive and dynamic workplace.

Benefits

Potential for Equity-Based Awards

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Flexible Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) Plan with Company Match

Remote Work

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in software engineering with strong Java skills.
• Experience in front-end frameworks like Angular and coding with HTML/CSS.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software systems while ensuring quality and performance.
• Mentor lower-level peers and provide technical guidance to teams.
• Conduct research and create solutions based on requirements.

Skills

Java

J2EE

Angular

HTML

CSS

ES6

SQL

REST

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Terraform

Git

Spring Boot

Job description

Position Summary

The Sr. Software Engineer will design, develop, document, test, deploy, monitor, and debug new and existing software systems and/or applications. The role will participate in the full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.

Expected Duties:

- Sr. Software Engineers will work on frameworks or algorithms that are used across product lines

- Expected to mentor lower-level peers and is seen as an informal lead

- The role will create and execute processes and procedures for the technical quality of products

- Sr. Software Engineers will create "big picture" architectural approaches for software design and implementation to guide the development team

- Responsible for ensuring security, performance, manageability, quality, and consistency of the software architecture across the system and providing technical guidance to development teams

- Expected to conduct research, gather information, interpret data, identify requirements, and create a solution

Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The individual should have complete knowledge and a full understanding of the area of specialization, principles, and practices within a professional discipline. The role will include work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of information requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Work is expected to be done independently through independent judgment.

- Ability to assess unusual circumstances and uses sophisticated analytical and problem-solving techniques to identify the cause

- Ability to resolve and assess a wide range of issues in creative ways and suggest variations in approach

- Ability to devise solutions based on limited information and precedent and adapts existing approaches to resolve issues

- Ability to enhance relationships and networks with senior internal/external partners who are not familiar with the subject matter often requires persuasion

- Ability to enhance relationships and networks with senior internal/external partners who are not familiar with the subject matter often requires persuasion

- Bachelor’s degree ( STEM) and 6-8 years of related experience or equivalent work experience

- 6+ years’ experience coding in Java and J2EE

- 4+ years of Front-End engineering experience coding with web-based frameworks and languages including Angular, Angular JS/CSS.

- Demonstrated mastery of HTML, CSS, and ES6.

- Experience in front-end tooling workflows like NPM.

- Extensive knowledge in developing SPAs.

- Good understanding of DOM.

- Working knowledge of Cross Browser Compatibility issues.

- Strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design and complexity analysis.

- Proven ability in implementing best/excellent practices and design patterns like observables, application flow control, event/error/AJAX handling.

- Knowledge of SQL and experience using one or more RDBMS.

- Functional knowledge or hands on design experience with Web Services (REST, SOAP, etc.) is needed to be successful in this position.

- Understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, CI / CD Pipelines.

- Experience working in a fast-paced agile environment.

- Demonstrated creative problem-solving and strong analytical skills.

- Experience in automated frontend testing (e.g., Jasmine).

- Strong collaboration and communication skills.

- Experience in Azure / AWS cloud development.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

- Experience with non-relational data stores like Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch

- Familiarity with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, best practices and tools such as Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Terraform, Terragrunt etc.

- Prior Experience in designing and developing distributed systems and multi-threaded applications.

- Working experience with Spring Boot, Spring JPA / Hibernate and Spring Security.

- Knowledge of Microservice architecture, design patterns.

- Scripting languages – Python, JavaScript, Shell scripting preferred.

- Experience mentoring junior software engineers in best practices within the team.

- This person needs to be available for team meetings at 9: 30 AM EST

MeridianLink has a wonderful culture where people value the work they do and appreciate each other for their contributions. We develop our employees so they can grow professionally by preferring to promote from within. We have an open-door policy with direct access to executives; we want to hear your ideas and what you think. Our company believes that to be productive in the long term, we must have a genuine work-life balance. We understand that employees have families and full lives outside of the office. To that end, we honor their personal commitments.

MeridianLink is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

MeridianLink runs a comprehensive background check, credit check, and drug test as part of our offer process.

Salary range of $152,200 - $214,900. [It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range.] The actual salary will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law including geographical location.

Meridianlink offers:

Potential For Equity-Based Awards

Insurance coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability)

Flexible paid time off

Paid holidays

401(k) plan with company match

Remote work

All compensation and benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying plans or programs, as applicable and as may be amended, terminated, or superseded from time to time.

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