Senior Software Engineer

Company: MoneyGram International
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: November 20, 2020

Job Description:

Job Summary

The

Software Engineer V functions at an expert level technically, supplying

superior technical consultation to provide and support software applications

that meet or exceed business needs.

Solutions Engineers at this level

typically work as technical leaders on complex organization-wide, high

impact/risk projects.

The

Software Engineer V is expected to primarily play the role of application

architect, leading the architecture and design of an application solution, and

breaking down large complex tasks for other staff to perform. The incumbent

ensures that the architecture is consistent with MGI architectural standards,

working closely with the enterprise architecture team. The incumbent is also a

consultant to Product Owners and Application Development leaders, advising on

project sizing. The Software Engineer V is expected to proactively contribute,

offer recommendations, and identify risks and solutions associated with

proposed or existing software applications strategies. The Software Engineer V

is versatile enough to understand several different applications, and to be a

Subject Matter Expert in relation to one or several applications.

Primary Responsibilities

• 
  
  
• Actively engages with Product Owners
  
  and Business Analysts to refine business requirements and identify system
  
  enhancements and/or new applications
  
• Creates quality designs that clearly
  
  illustrate how the system works
  
• Adheres to "big picture
  
  view" of how various connected system designs should be consolidated or
  
  affected
  
• Produces efficient, high performance
  
  and scalable code that will allow for easy extension to future needs
  
• Effectively performs code
  
  walk-throughs
  
• Works with developers and Quality
  
  Services to ensure proper test planning and coverage
  
• Actively plays the role of technical
  
  advisor for the application development organization, providing advice on tools
  
  and processes
  
• Initiates and actively facilitates
  
  meetings and issue resolution
  
• Collaborates with other architects
  
  and software engineers, provides leadership and direction by translating
  
  business strategy into a technology vision to support these strategies
  
• Works with members of the broader IT
  
  architecture team to understand proper architectural disciplines and ensure
  
  they are applied, but also provides feedback for enhancements to the MGI
  
  architecture
  
• Stays up-to-date on relevant
  
  technology trends.
  
• Serves as a contact person in
  
  support of more serious production problems.
  
  
  Any combination of relevant education and experience and/or related professional designations/certifications in this field is highly desirable.
  
  Education
  
  • 
    
    
  • Bachelor of Science in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of post-secondary education and work experience, required
    
    
    
    • 
      
      
    • Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field, preferred
      
      
      Experience
      
      • 
        
        
      • 10+ years of increasingly responsible systems development experience on multiple platforms, required
        
      • 10+ years experience in the development environment commensurate with the assigned area of responsibility, required
        
      • A minimum of 5 years experience providing competent technical leadership in the role of tech lead or systems architect on large complex projects requiring the integration of multiple internal and external systems, required
        
      • Full technical competency in all phases of applications systems development, required
        
      • Significant experience providing effective technical advice and mentoring to staff, required
        
      • Strong experience with OO design and UML diagrams, required
        
      • 5+ years of hands-on experience working with Java technologies such as J2EE, JDBC, EJB, JMS, JUnit, JAXB, XML/XSL, J2EE design patterns, Spring, Spring Boot, required
        
      • Integration experience: Web Services, SOA, SOAP/XML, XML Schema, REST, JSON, API Gateway and ESB, required
        
      • Experience with Oracle, PL/SQL, and database design, required
        
      • Experience with DevOps including version control, automated builds, automated testing, and continuous integration with tools such as Git, Maven, Jenkins and Artifactory, required
        
      • Other: Kafka, NoSQL(Couchbase), Unix, Linux, LDAP, Open Systems Architecture, MVC, OLTP, and Secure Computing Concepts, preferred
        
        
        Essential Skills
        
        
        
        • 
          
          
        • Demonstrated ability to understand overall business and technology strategy and apply when recommending technical solutions
          
        • Demonstrated ability to effectively lead requirements gathering, design and development of complex systems
          
        • Strong quality code metrics
          
        • Ability to track record of designing and developing high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule
          
        • Effective team leader on diverse and different teams
          
        • Strong leadership and mentoring skills
          
        • Knowledge of proper architectural disciplines
          
        • Ability to accurately identify root cause of technical problems
          
        • Strong project management skills
          
        • Excellent communication skills; verbal and written
          
        • Ability to adapt to change
          
        • Strong negotiation and/or influential skills
          
          
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