Moneygram: Software Engineer Iv

Company: Moneygram
Location: Richardson
Posted on: October 11, 2020

Job Description:

The Software Engineer IV serves as a technical consultant and lead to provide and support software applications that meet or exceed business needs. The Software Engineer IV is expected to possess strong technical expertise as well as strong leadership and mentoring skills. The incumbent typically works on complex computer programs and defined segments of highly complex programs. The Software Engineer IV is familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures; and performs most complex applications development related tasks without guidance. The incumbent is a key contact for Project Managers, advising on project sizing and estimation. The incumbent will also direct the work of others and is exThe Software Engineer IV serves as atechnical consultant and lead to provide and support software applications thatmeet or exceed business needs. The Software Engineer IV is expected to possessstrong technical expertise as well as strong leadership and mentoring skills.The incumbent typically works on complex computer programs and defined segmentsof highly complex programs. The Software Engineer IV is familiar with a varietyof the field's concepts, practices and procedures; and performs most complex applicationsdevelopment related tasks without guidance. The incumbent is a key contact for ApplicationDevelopment leadership, Enterprise Architecture team, Product Owners and ScrumMasters, advising on project / story impact analysis and estimation. Theincumbent will also direct the work of others and is expected to proactivelycontribute and offer recommendations. May play the role of Subject MatterExpert in relation to one or several applications. Primary Responsibilities Engages with system users and business analysts to identify system enhancements and/or new applications to meet business needs Designs and develops scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule Actively contributes to the development of solutions and ideas that add value Produces code of high quality and reliability strong quality code metrics Effectively performs code walk-throughs Creates unit tests to ensure accuracy Identifies largest risk areas and plans/executes steps needed to mitigate those In conjunction with Quality Services, proactively performs extensive system testing to ensure that the systems meet requirements, work efficiently and are developed following the applicable development methodology Provides support during meetings as required; prepares agendas / supporting materials, takes/publishes minutes and facilitates discussion Provides accurate and timely input regarding status of technical tasks Ensures project goals make sense and overall development objectives are being met Performs other duties as assignedpected to proactively contribute and offer recommendations. May play the role of Subject Matter Expert in relation to one or several applications. Primary Responsibilities Engages with system users and business analysts to identify system enhancements and/or new applications to meet business needs. Actively contributes to the development of solutions and ideas that add value. Develops elegant and simple solutions. Creates quality design documents to illustrate how the system works. Writes clear and detailed technical specifications for development of the application. Adheres to ?big picture view? of how various connected system designs should be consolidated or affected. Produces products on schedule and elegant and efficient designs, high performance, and scalable code that will allow for easy extension to future needs. Produces code of high quality and reliability strong quality code metrics. Effectively performs code walk-throughs. In conjunction with Quality Services. Proactively performs extensive system testing to ensure that the systems work efficiently and are developed following the applicable development methodology. Unit tests to ensure accuracy. Tracks record of identifying largest risk areas and driving resolution of these issues. Leads the design, development and implementation of complex systems. Provides accurate and timely input to Project Manager regarding status of technical tasks for self and team. Effectively and actively plays the role of technical advisor for projects, providing advice on tools, process and design to others. Shows initiative to initiate and actively facilitate meetings and issue resolution, involving the right individuals. Ensures project goals make sense and overall development objectives are being met. Serves as a contact person in support of more serious production problems/issues. Designs and develops high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule. Performs other duties as assigned. Education Minimum Required: Bachelor of Science in computer science or a related technical field or equivalent combination of post-secondary education and work experience Experience 7-10 years of increasingly responsible systems development experience on multiple platforms. 5-7 years of experience in the development environment commensurate with the assigned area of responsibility. Essential Skills Experience with complex, enterprise development Experience working in an Agile / Scrum methodology Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, design and develop high quality systems on schedule Knowledge of proper architectural disciplines Excellent communication skills; verbal and written Ability to adapt to change Strong negotiation and/or influential skills Excellent problem-solving skills able to think through and identify likely cause of problems before referring to others. Team focused approach for handling daily activities; Strong teammate Experience with Java, Spring, Oracle, PL/SQL, Apache, Tomcat Experience with RESTful Web Services Experience with Unit Testing (JUnit, Mockito, Groovy) Familiarity with DevOps tools and best practices Desired Skills Experience with Intellij, RAD, & STS Experience with an event driven, microservices architecture Kafka, Spring Boot Experience with Cloud Migration/Development AWS Experience with Business to Business integrations and/or influential skills.

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