Principal Software Engineer

Location: Westlake, Texas

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer  

Who We Are 

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation.  For more information, please visit solera.com.  

The Role 
We are looking for a .NET Principal Software Engineer. This person will be responsible for writing and maintaining code to support our driver monitoring systems. The role will encompass engaging with Business Analysts, Software Engineers, and Software Quality Assurance Analysts to understand system requirements, deliver high-quality software following Solera’s development standards and best practices, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with team members for software design and code reviews. Tasks may include work with legacy client systems as well as contributions to design and implementation of microservices and web applications.  

What You’ll Do 

New Product Development:  

• Work with team to write new software that conforms to Solera's business needs and best practices. 
• Collaborate with the Product and Development teams to ensure proper application design and implementation. 
• Participate in SCRUM, code reviews, and other team meetings. 
• Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to manageable & measurable tasks. 
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge and experience across all Explore teams. 
• Take a leading role in troubleshooting issues and solving complex problems. 
• Maintenance/Bug Fixes 
• Modify existing software to fix bugs while being mindful of performance impacts. 
• Work with team to address performance improvements and refactor accordingly. 
• Diagnose & troubleshoot problems. 
• Analyze & maintain current applications & processes. 

What You’ll Bring 

Required 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent 
• 8+ years of software development experience 
• 6+ years of C# experience in .NET Framework or .NET Core 
• 5+ years relational databases experience, SQL Server 
• Architecture patterns like MVC or MVVM 
• Experience with testing frameworks like NUnit, xunit or equivalent 
• Extensive knowledge of version control TFS or git 
• Knowledge of design pattern fundamentals, Repository, Factory, Facade, etc. 
• Experience with Test Driven Development 
• .NET front end experience in technologies such as .NET Web Forms, Razor Pages 
• Experience with JavaScript, jQuery, etc.  
• Experience with client-side validators 
• Client-side caching optimization 
• API Development, REST, SOAP 
• Prior work experience in and understanding of Agile Development 
• Ability to understand a complex infrastructure environment 
• Fluent in English both Written and Verbal 

Nice To Have 

Experience with Microservices 

Queueing services like RabbitMQ, Service Bus, or MSMQ 

Experience with Mocking Frameworks like MOQ or Rhino 

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