Senior Software Engineer

SS&C Technologies, Inc.
Houston, TX, United States
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$150,000.0 - $170,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

JavaScript (Programming Language) Apache ActiveMQ Ajax (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services HTML5 Microsoft Azure Browser Compatibility Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Software as a Service Configuration Management Software Quality Continuous Integration
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DevOps Ember.Js Groovy Java Message Service (JMS) JSON JQuery Python (Programming Language) MongoDB NoSQL RabbitMQ Redis Cloud Services Ruby Service-Oriented Architecture SQL Databases Systems Integration Web Applications Web Standards Extensible Markup Language (XML) Scripting ReactJS Caching AngularJS Kubernetes Cassandra Restful APIs Docker Microservices

Job description

  • Work closely with software architects, challenging their decisions and collaborating with them to optimize technical designs.

  • Inspect iterative results and propose improvements to technique, tools, and process.

  • Take co-ownership of your Definition of Done with your Development Team member peers and be uncompromising on quantifiable code quality.

  • Mentor your more junior counterparts-a big part of your success is making others around you better.

  • Get to know your customer and empathize with their pain points so that when you solve their problems you share in the satisfaction.

Requirements

We are looking for a senior software engineer who has significant design and implementation experience with web applications development. You embrace the principles of microservice architecture, and you are good at data modeling, service architecture and implementation, tuning for performance and scale, and where applicable technology selection. You will design and implement the web applications for a scalable cloud service and collaborate with other design, architecture and other development teams., * 5+ years of experience in designing & developing highly scalable and performant Enterprise grade application(s)

  • Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases and caching layers - MongoDB, Redis and Cassandra

  • Experience in integrating with the RESTful APIs with JSON and XML payloads

  • Strong knowledge of JavaScript frameworks, such as React, AngularJS, Backbone, and Ember, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Ajax, Web Standards, User Experience (UX)

  • Experience in developing and troubleshooting cross-platform and cross-browser issues

  • Experience with JMS frameworks, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ

  • An aptitude for designing data models for different flavors (SQL and NoSQL based systems)

  • Experience with Azure, AWS & Other SaaS cloud-based platforms

  • Experience in providing “soft” leadership to technical teams. Ability to provide technical mentoring to more junior development talent.

It would be great if you also:

  • Meaningful DevOps experience having deployed via CI/CD, automated configuration management, Docker containers and Kubernetes, Helm

  • Fluency in one or more scripting languages like Python, Ruby, Groovy

Benefits & conditions

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.

Actual base salary will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, prior experience, education, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.

New Jersey: The expected base salary for the position is between 150000 USD to 170000 USD. New York: The expected base salary for the position is between 140000 USD to 160000 USD. Massachusetts: The expected base salary for the position is between 150000 USD to 170000 USD.

In addition, employees in this role may be eligible for consideration on an annual basis for a discretionary bonus and/or equity awards, such as restricted stock units or stock options, based upon individual and business performance at the company’s discretion.

About the company

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world’s largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

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