Senior Software Engineer

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Hours: Full Time, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm

Work Location: La Mesa, CA

Industry Type: Financial - Retirement Distribution

Reports to: Chief Technology Officer

Summary: The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for daily, short-term, and long-term goals of IT operation to advance the business to accuracy and efficiency of data processing. Key responsibilities include maintain the current applications to ensure effective performance of daily tasks and ensuring all the systems are running at maximum potential to best serve the company to achieve its business objectives. Also, the Senior Software Engineer continuously monitors, analyzes, and upgrades software applications as per the current requirements to meet the industry standards. If the existing software systems have some deficiencies and need to be upgraded to increase performance, then the Senior Software Engineer performs a leadership role in the software upgrading process.

Essential Duties:

• Write and maintain code in variety of programming languages.


• Work with team to continually improve development process.


• Evaluate systems and provide recommendations.

Responsibilities:

• Study the business needs and come up with suggestions and solutions to better the process.


• Work with team to develop solutions that accommodate business needs.


• Introduce better technology to communication to customers.


• Work closely with the Management Team to ensure planning, processing and performance of all systems are operating in an efficient manner.


• Design and develop programming systems making specific determinations about system performance.


• Responding promptly and professionally to bug reports.


• Provide feedback to IT team about performance considerations/usability issues concerning software specifications and implementation.


• Research, build proof of concepts, and present recommends of new software tools.


• Assist and mentor programmers in designing programs.


• Work closely with management team in evaluating current systems and making decisions on future development.


• Work together with Management in creating a positive working environment for all staff.


• Other duties as assigned


• Minimal/Occasional Travel

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) Note that these requirements are representative, not all-inclusive, of the KSAs required to perform the job.

• Results and Performance Driven- Achievement of business results and accountability.


• Client Centric –Focus and delivery on the needs of constituencies and clients.


• Business Acumen and Thought Leadership – Application of knowledge to making decisions and generating results.


• Sound knowledge of the operating systems that the organization is using so that they can build or upgrade the software accordingly.


• Should possess ability to understand the existing systems and outline specifications of the users to make the software more user friendly.


• Analyze the industry and identify the industry standards for the software.


• Have ability to demonstrate logic through flowcharts and algorithms.


• Ability to code programs using programming languages and frameworks like C#, JavaScript, Vue.js, NodeJS, SQL, .NET Core.


• Ability to design, query and maintain database systems such as SQL Server and MySQL.


• Good reasoning ability; able to find out defects in the existing systems easily.


• Good teamwork and interpersonal skills to collaborate and influence team members in a positive way.

Education and Experience

• 5+ years’ experience with modern programming languages/frameworks including Entity Framework


• Experience with .NET Core


• Experience with MySQL


• Experience with Vue.js is a plus


• Experience with NodeJS is a plus

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions. Work Environment: ADA compliant office building. Current position is a hybrid work-from-home/in-office.

Other

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.