Senior Software Engineer (UX)

Senior Staff Engineer, MarTech and Ads (UX)
Duration: 3-month contract/ Right to hire
Contract hourly pay range: $90- $95/hr
Direct Hire Salary after contract: $190K a year
Because this position has the option to go from contract to full-time, we can only accept candidates with the work authorization of a US Citizen or Green Card.

Job Summary:
Our client is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications.
You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission while co-creating a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Job Description:
Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems.
You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in their domain.

Job Responsibilities:
As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:
Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
Develop and execute technical software development strategies for a variety of domains
Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability, and sponsoring continuous learning

Required Qualifications:
Strong UI/UX and prototype design knowledge and experience
Experience in digital asset management, personalization, and using web analytics data to optimize the online customer experience
Experience with SEO best practices, Content Management, including implementation solution design and processing rule set
Fluency with HTML5, React, Redux, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, JSON, RESTful Web Services, NodeJS, and Event-Driven Architectures
Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) platform knowledge
Familiar with Project Management and work item management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA
Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
Track record of publications history in credible conferences and journals
Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
Fluency and Specialization with modern languages such as Java, Python including object-oriented design
Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
Experience with AI/Client and data-driven integration with backend
Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)

Required Experience:
10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers, and Java)
8+ years of experience with architecture and design
6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Benefits:
Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
401k Retirement Fund

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