Software Engineer

Software Engineer - Senior
FRAMINGHAM, MA - Remote

Job Description
Participate in the design and implementation of new security systems that support our loss prevention agents' investigation suite of software, including providing recommendations on solutions

• Analyze, design, develop and implement RESTful services and APIs

• Responsible for designing, building, and managing real-time data streaming pipelines using Apache Kafka, including setting up Kafka clusters, configuring Kafka Streams, and ensuring efficient data processing within these pipelines

• Working to integrate data from various sources and deliver it to downstream applications in real time.

• Evolve and optimize enterprise-grade Kafka topologies as organizational utilization grows.

• Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers.

• Implement solutions to monitor Kafka components to address any Kafka messaging issues proactively.

• Troubleshoot new security installations to ensure the systems function accurately and satisfy quality and performance standards.

• Skill to balance driving the outstanding architecture with the realities of live customers and the need to ship software.

• Collaborate with product management and engineering leadership to understand business requirements and plan products and features.

• Work as a team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.

• As a Senior Engineer, knowledge share and support pier code review efforts, etc.

• Be a model of best practices for junior level engineers

• Conduct code reviews for fellow team members, as required.

• Create unit tests to help ensure code quality throughout the application's life cycle.

• Analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, and stability of existing and new systems and resources

• Improve code quality by tracking, reducing, and avoiding technical debt.

• Comfortable deploying service-oriented / micro-service-based architectures

• Ability to create and deploy event-driven architectures using messaging systems/service buses with technologies such as Confluent Kafka.

• Experience scaling and deploying applications in the public cloud using technologies like the following:
o Azure, Message Services, Docker (all required)
o Kubernetes (preferred)

• A can-do demeanor and ability to positively impact our culture.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in technology or information systems or equivalent experience

• 8+ years experience in software engineering teams.

• 7+ years of experience in C and the .NET Framework (required)

• 4+ experience in .Net Core (required)

• 4+ years of experience with a microservices architecture (required)

• 4+ years of Azure cloud experience (required)

• 4+ years of experience developing and scaling distributed systems

• Experience using Confluent Kafka (required)

• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within cross-functional project teams effectively

• Experienced in compliance best practices for technology platforms

• Experience with software development lifecycle and Agile Methodologies is preferred

• Able to adapt quickly to changing requirements and priorities