Senior Software Engineer
Whizport
- Saint Louis, MO
Whizport’s mission is to give IT professionals the power to build dream careers and work with innovative companies to make a real difference. We specialize in matching IT professionals offering contract, contingent, and retained search capabilities working in the strictest confidence.
Responsibilities:
- Work on all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with an infrastructure-as-necessary mindset to create interesting products.
- Create automated UAT and unit tests.
- Experience with at least one programming environment and related tools (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, Go, Erlang, Elixir) is required.
- Cloud experience - AWS, Azure, GCP, we do not care what flavor we use what makes sense.
- Could function as a "go-to" person for a variety of technologies (e.g. Java, PostgreSQL, Ansible, etc...)
- Has some experience with operating systems other than their primary
- Strong problem-solving approach, presenting a variety of potential solutions to issues
- Approach to issue resolution that is rigorous and rational
- Comfortable automating various aspects of the product
- Comfortable automating various aspects of the product
- Enjoys paired programming
- Comfortable converting business needs into a design
- Has released at least one commercially usable software product
- Has a good balance between getting the task done and avoiding technical debt.
- Understands agile development and may be able to teach the concepts
- Can successfully explain and communicate technically complex and abstract concepts to business and product teams.
- Willingness to prioritize team requirements before personal needs
- Willingness to experiment with development techniques with an open mind
Qualifications:
- Should have hands-on with any of the programming languages listed here (Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, Go, or Elixir), (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Should have solid knowledge and experience with any of the following cloud platforms (Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, Go, or Elixir), (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Looking for folks who enjoy Infrastructure as code, automation, and IoT
- EXPERIENCE WITH: commercial product, Automation, paired programming, PostgreSQL, and Ansible is preferred
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Has shipped a number of commercial products
- Experience in a similar profession (e.g., customer support or data science)
- Knowledge of a functional programming language
- Would be interested in business (e.g. product viability and marketing)
Job Status: Open