Senior Software Engineer (SSE) – Node.JS

Who we are

Brightly, a Siemens company, is the global leader in intelligent asset management solutions. Brightly enables organizations to transform the performance of their assets with a sophisticated cloud-based platform that leverages more than 20 years of data to deliver predictive insights that help users through the key phases of the entire asset lifecycle. More than 12,000 clients of every size worldwide depend on Brightly’s complete suite of intuitive software – including CMMS, EAM, Strategic Asset Management, IoT Remote Monitoring, Sustainability and Community Engagement. Paired with award-winning training, support and consulting services, Brightly helps light the way to a bright future with smarter assets and sustainable.

About the job

Brightly Software continues to grow and needs amazing engineers.  This is an excellent fit for talented engineers who thrive in a fast-paced environment.  New hires will work alongside our top-notch engineers and product team to design, implement, deliver, and support our highly ambitious products and integrations.  We care deeply about your passion and dedication to the craft of software.

What you’ll be doing

• Build innovative and performant features into our next-generation software applications. Apply deep knowledge of computer science & programming principles, combined with empirical experience into innovative solutions.
• Develop, implement, document libraries and frameworks that allow us to effectively scale development on our applications across multiple projects as common services or components, within scope, cost, time & quality constraints.
• Build quality into agile product lifecycle encompassing requirements, design, code, testing, delivery, support.
• Write clear maintainable full-stack code, adhere/improve/augment existing standards, work in a professional software engineering environment (source control, shortened release cycles, continuous integration, and deployment, etc.).
• Understand company goals and metrics and align with code objectives. 
• Partner with product owners and UX on what’s feasible technically, participate in user requirements translation to technical specifications.
• Support our products, identify, and fix root causes of production incidents, contribute to troubleshooting and resolution of support issues.
• Own product quality and work to quickly address production defects.
• Embed a DevOps mentality within the team.
• Demonstrate data-driven analysis and pragmatic decision making aligned with business and technology needs. Differentiate between immediate needs vs long term solutions.
• Challenge yourself and your team to stay current with the latest technology trends.
• Collaborate in product lifecycle with senior engineers, development managers, product managers, scrum-masters in an agile environment, with scrum implemented at scale globally.
• Be part of continuous improvement processes. Welcome, change and complexity.  Learn quickly and adapt fast.  Be a change leader!

What you need

• Bachelor’s in computer science or related discipline; or equivalent work experience
• 2-5 years of work experience
• 2+ years’ web-based enterprise applications using JavaScript frameworks
• 2+ years’ REST services, SOA, micro-services
• 2+ years’ unit testing, mocking frameworks, test automation frameworks
• 2+ years’ experience working in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, databases, SQL, web programming, design patterns, SOLID principles
• DevOps mindset – experience in a mature CI/CD SDLC environment, implemented exception handling, logging, monitoring, performance measurement, operational metrics knowledge
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Experience implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Experience in developing highly optimized, responsive, cross-browser with HTML5, CSS3, JQuery.
• Experience with design frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Must be familiar with browser debugging tools such as Chrome DevTools, firebird, etc.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
• Good analytical and problem-solving aptitude
• Strong communication, partnership, teamwork skills required