Senior Software Engineer - Integrations

GreatAmerica•Cedar Rapids, IA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

GreatAmerica Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States. Our exemplary customer service, our principle-centered business philosophy and our team-based operating approach are key to our success and growth. We Are Looking to Add a Key Member to Our Enterprise Technology Group! This position is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing services and APIs for a wide variety of business needs. A successful candidate will have full-stack software engineering experience and demonstrate passion to solve business problems with integrations and software solutions, work in a collaborative agile team environment, and strive for excellence. The candidate shows initiative and exceptional communication skills, with a desire and mindset for growth and self-improvement. The candidate is also able to effectively mentor and coach other developers. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will: Design, develop, test, implement, and maintain services and APIs Troubleshoot, debug, and implement fixes in the existing applications, services, and APIs Document and build application code based on best practices and engineering principles defined by our software engineering community and Integration Platform team Understand and engage in the broader context of the business “why” and needs behind the code Contribute ideas on best practices and process improvements to the software engineering team in GreatAmerica Actively participate in design/architectural discussions, reviewing user stories, providing technical solutions and related acceptance criteria and dependencies, sprint demos, and daily standups of corresponding product teams Participate in agile product teams to build quality products for consistency, robustness, and scalability Deploy, and manage services and APIs in different environments using CI/CD Create and maintain automated tests at the integration and unit levels Perform peer code reviews Present new services and APIs developed to the team and stakeholders Answer qualified support calls from users Work closely with architects to define processes and technologies to be implemented by all developers Determine coding best practices and process improvements Enforce coding standards and best practices to ensure only quality code is promoted to higher environments. Train, coach, and mentor other Software Engineers and interns

Requirements

Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience.
8+ years’ experience as a software engineer with recent focus on developing services and APIs
8+ years’ experience with object-oriented principals, solution design, automated testing, validation, and error handling
8+ years’ experience with SQL-based databases and SQL programming skills
5+ years’ experience working in Agile development environment
5+ years’ experience with Swagger or OAS and developing APIs based on the specification
5+ years’ experience with C# or similar object-oriented programming language
5+ years’ experience with Postman and other Integration testing tools
3+ years’ experience with Event-Driven Architecture and creation of event publishers and subscribers
3+ years’ experience with AsyncAPI specifications and developing APIs based on the specification
3+ years of working in and with Salesforce platform and ecosystem
Familiarity with the Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Experience with implementing and consuming microservices
Experience with Azure, MuleSoft, or similar API gateway technologies preferred
Ability to read, use and produce system design artifacts such as flowcharts and wireframes

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, implement, and maintain services and APIs
Troubleshoot, debug, and implement fixes in the existing applications, services, and APIs
Document and build application code based on best practices and engineering principles defined by our software engineering community and Integration Platform team
Understand and engage in the broader context of the business “why” and needs behind the code
Contribute ideas on best practices and process improvements to the software engineering team in GreatAmerica
Actively participate in design/architectural discussions, reviewing user stories, providing technical solutions and related acceptance criteria and dependencies, sprint demos, and daily standups of corresponding product teams
Participate in agile product teams to build quality products for consistency, robustness, and scalability
Deploy, and manage services and APIs in different environments using CI/CD
Create and maintain automated tests at the integration and unit levels
Perform peer code reviews
Present new services and APIs developed to the team and stakeholders
Answer qualified support calls from users
Work closely with architects to define processes and technologies to be implemented by all developers
Determine coding best practices and process improvements
Enforce coding standards and best practices to ensure only quality code is promoted to higher environments.
Train, coach, and mentor other Software Engineers and interns

Benefits

Competitive Compensation
Monthly Bonuses for Eligible Employees
401(k) and Company Match
Annual Profit Sharing
Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation - starting at 80 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Paid Sick Days - Ten (10) per year with a conversion option for unused time.
Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
Gym Reimbursement
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Short-Term and Long Term Disability
Company Paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Networking Opportunities
Leadership Development Opportunities
Paid Parking
Service Awards
Hybrid work arrangements
Business casual environment
A strong organizational culture focused on our greatest asset: you !