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Alex Lee, Inc. · 2 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

Hickory, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Alex Lee, Inc. is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to develop highly performing, robust, scalable, and maintainable software while mentoring other IT team members. This role involves participating in application development and integration activities, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading efforts to transition from legacy platforms to newer technologies.

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Responsibilities

Design, develop, debug and support development initiatives involving but not limited to ADABAS Natural, JCL, COBOL, SSIS, SSRS and T-SQL

Lead development tasks and projects related to Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services including projects to transition from legacy platforms to newer technologies

Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions

Serves as a subject matter expert for your assigned component, providing mentorship and expertise to build knowledge and capabilities within engineering teams

Plays an active role in maintaining an inclusive and positive culture through active participation in team discourse, providing mentorship for junior team members, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Actively schedules and attends code reviews to maximize quality, security, and maintainability of all software

Quickly identify and resolve complex technical issues and recommend and implement permanent robust solutions

Lead IT testing processes within project and application wide testing to help ensure design requirements are met and standards compliance

Partners with leverages cross-functional teams determine user requirements and drive project plans, releases, and overall development

Collaborates with peers across the organization on projects that turn opportunity into results

Documents system designs, processes, and architecture for transparency and future reference, complying with standards developed by architecture teams

Reports on project status, challenges, and results to stakeholders

Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns to improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while sharing knowledge with other engineers

Ability to manage competing priorities according to business need

Serve as mentor to IT team members and contributes to the continual improvement of the team’s quality standards and engineering processes

Qualification

ADABAS NaturalSQL ServerSSISSSRSAgile methodologiesWeb service integrationWillingness to learnProblem solvingEffective time managementCommunicationSelf-motivationOrganizational skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

8+ years software engineering experience including but not limited to the following technologies/skills: ADABAS Natural, JCL, and web service integration

SQL experience with a minimum of 3 years Relational Database development focused on SQL Server

Proficient skills developing SSIS / SSRS packages, or similar ETL and reporting tools

Responsible for on-call duties to provide application support during off hours

Agile experience, including daily standups/scrums, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and daily peer code reviews

Soft skills: problem solving, effective time management, willingness to learn, seeking assistance as needed, openness to feedback from multiple perspectives via Pull Request reviews, and the ability to peer review other team members

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Strong self-motivation and organizational skills

Demonstrated ability to context switch between multiple concurrent efforts

Ability to quickly assess a need or problem and assign responsibility and priority

Self-sufficiency and excitement for working in a fast paced, results-driven environment