At Liaison, weve helped higher education institutions build better, more diverse classes for three decades. You may recognize us as the company behind the Centralized Application Service (CAS), Enrollment Marketing services and platform (EMP), SlideRoom, Time2Track, TargetX (CRM) and Othot.
Everything we do is focused on taking that proven success and expanding its scope and scale. Over 31,000 programs on more than 1,000 campuses see us as a forward-thinking partner integral to meeting their total enrollment goals and were building the data- and mission-driven team that will reinforce our role for decades to come.
Principal Software Engineer (Liaison International, LLC; Watertown, MA) Multiple positions: The Principal Engineer is a full stack senior developer with experience leading a scrum team. Additionally, the Principal Software Engineer will be primarily responsible for leading a scrum team in the design and development of software solutions to build and optimize highly scalable, web based multitenant applications used by national educational associations and institutions of higher learning including numerous colleges and universities.
Specific responsibilities include: Providing hands on guidance and mentorship to a team of front-end and back-end developers. Coaching, mentoring and guiding peer developers and QA engineers and working collaboratively with product and program managers. Designing and developing enterprise grade, high volume web applications platforms and state of the art technical solutions leveraging Java and JEE platform technologies. Participating in design discussions and solution design sessions with product management and software development teams to shape new product features and platform capabilities. Developing and supporting REST APIs and business logic using Java, Spring, Hibernate and SQL Server. Developing and supporting web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g. Angular, React. Contributing to evaluation, prototyping and selection of software solutions that will improve our technology infrastructure. Making recommendations to enhance performance and scalability of our flagship products. Developing unit tests and API integration tests to maximize code coverage in accordance with the software test pyramid. Applying Test Driven Development practices and software quality measurement tools to improve quality of delivered software. Fostering and supporting a culture of innovation and excellence in the engineering organization. Telecommuting permitted.
Minimum Requirements:
- Masters degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or an IT related discipline plus 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
- Alternatively, will accept a Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or an IT related discipline plus 8 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
Must have:
- High proficiency with server-side Enterprise Java, Spring and Hibernate frameworks.
- Experience with at least 2 project implementations in one or more Spring framework modules: Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Integration frameworks.
- Experience in developing RESTful API and Web Services.
- Experience developing web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g. Angular, React.
- High proficiency with Agile software development methodology and at experience serving as team leader of a scrum team.
- Experience working with in office, remote and offshore development teams.
- Strong working knowledge of Git and GitHub code management tools.
- Experience working collaboratively with DevOps to setup and monitor CI/CD pipelines using automated software build tools like Jenkins.
- Solid understanding of enterprise software development design patterns and anti.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and noSQL databases, such as Mongo DB.
- Experience from Test Driven Development.
- Ability to work well independently, multitask and handle change.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Apply online at www.liaisonedu.com or send resume to: Erin Riley, VP, Human Resources, Liaison International, LLC., 311 Arsenal Street, 5th Floor, Watertown, Massachusetts, 02472. Ref: 00053413.