Principal Software Engineer

Ascensus•Newton, PA

7d•$130 - $170

About The Position

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow. Job Functions, Essential Duties, and Responsibilities: Utilize advanced AI capabilities to enhance software development processes, improve code quality, and optimize performance. Analyze software requirements and implement complex software changes following appropriate standards for coding and design patterns, source code control, unit testing, and continuous integration and deployment. Drive innovation on the Scrum team by leading or assisting in technical research initiatives, working with other teams, and participating in technical architecture discussions to influence decisions and maintain consistency across the organization. Collaborate with team members, actively participate in all Scrum ceremonies and activities, including pair programming and peer code review, with a constant focus on continuous improvement. Establish alignment with the Product Owner to understand, influence, and deliver on roadmaps with a sense of responsibility for application architecture and technical execution. Lead by example, act as a role model, coach, mentor, and provide continuous feedback to other team members, especially in the areas of technical and architecture expertise or when production issues arise. Analyze and troubleshoot complex errors in software applications to determine root cause and resolution. Protect, secure, and properly handle all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients. Assist with testing and written descriptions of application software changes. Demonstrate our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First, and Integrity Always® in your actions on a day-to-day basis, showing your support of our organizational culture.

Requirements

Advanced knowledge and experience with AI capabilities and their application in software development.
Strong technical leadership skills for effective participation in design discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences, creating technical documentation and diagrams.
Extensive understanding of good object-oriented design principles (patterns, cohesion/coupling, S.O.L.I.D., data structures, and algorithms).
Strong experience writing clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices such as unit testing, TDD, continuous integration and deployment, automation, design patterns, refactoring, etc.
Strong experience with Agile SDLC practices.
Minimum 8 years of professional experience developing software & systems on the Microsoft Technology Stack using C# and .Net .
Strong experience with distributed systems, Services Oriented Architecture, RESTful services, and Microservices development.
Strong experience with relational databases such as Sybase, MSSQL , Oracle .
Strong understanding of web technologies such as HTTP, Apache , HTTP Proxies.
Strong experience with multi-threaded applications and memory management.
Strong experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), automation, and related tools.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Strong troubleshooting skills.
Experience mentoring and technical coaching less experienced developers.
Basic experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Containerization, Docker & Kubernetes.
Experience with at least one modern JS front-end framework (ReactJS, KnockoutJS , AngularJS, Bootstrap) with a preference for ReactJS.
Working experience with C/C++, Python, Apache, Nginx, Redis, jQuery, Powershell , or other scripting languages.
Experience working with legacy code.

Responsibilities

Utilize advanced AI capabilities to enhance software development processes, improve code quality, and optimize performance.
Analyze software requirements and implement complex software changes following appropriate standards for coding and design patterns, source code control, unit testing, and continuous integration and deployment.
Drive innovation on the Scrum team by leading or assisting in technical research initiatives, working with other teams, and participating in technical architecture discussions to influence decisions and maintain consistency across the organization.
Collaborate with team members, actively participate in all Scrum ceremonies and activities, including pair programming and peer code review, with a constant focus on continuous improvement.
Establish alignment with the Product Owner to understand, influence, and deliver on roadmaps with a sense of responsibility for application architecture and technical execution.
Lead by example, act as a role model, coach, mentor, and provide continuous feedback to other team members, especially in the areas of technical and architecture expertise or when production issues arise.
Analyze and troubleshoot complex errors in software applications to determine root cause and resolution.
Protect, secure, and properly handle all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
Assist with testing and written descriptions of application software changes.
Demonstrate our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First, and Integrity Always® in your actions on a day-to-day basis, showing your support of our organizational culture.