Sr Software Engineer

GE HealthCare•Arlington Heights, IL

About The Position

Responsible for programming a component, feature and or feature set. Works independently and contributes to the immediate team and to other teams across business. You will also contribute to design discussions. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will: Define, develop, and evolve software solutions in a fast-paced Agile development environment using modern software technologies and cloud infrastructure. Provide technical leadership and guidance to an Agile team of approximately 5-7 engineers. Partner closely with Product Line Leaders to understand product vision, customer needs, and business priorities. Translate product requirements and vision into prioritized user stories and deliver high-quality solutions within established timelines. Collaborate with product leaders and software architects to develop long-term, multi-generation technology roadmaps. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency by reducing duplication, promoting reuse, and leveraging shared technologies and platforms. Support and champion continuous improvement initiatives across software development, maintenance, and support activities. Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to align priorities, activities, and deliverables. Contribute to the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and secure software products. Help ensure team members have a clear understanding of business goals, priorities, and strategic direction. Facilitate the transfer of complex technical and domain knowledge by partnering with subject matter experts. Apply software development best practices, including: Agile and Lean methodologies Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Software and product security Scalability and performance optimization Documentation standards Refactoring approaches Testing strategies and techniques Design, develop, test, and maintain code that meets quality standards and business objectives. Analyze application performance and recommend improvements where needed. Build and optimize core data structures and algorithms using the technologies selected for the project. Proactively share knowledge and communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or another STEM-related discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics).
Minimum of 4 years of professional software development experience.
Minimum of 3 years of experience with front-end technologies, including: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, AngularJS
Minimum of 3 years of experience developing applications using: Java, Spring Boot, Apache Flink, Relational and non-relational databases
Minimum of 3 years of experience developing cloud-based software solutions, including development, productization, installation, upgrades, and patch management.
Minimum of 3 years of experience developing microservices within a Kubernetes-based ecosystem.

Nice To Haves

Experience with database frameworks and tools such as: JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, Spring Data
Experience with modern development tools, including: Gradle, Maven, Git, SVN, NPM
Experience with event streaming, messaging, and distributed systems technologies such as: Kafka, WSS, MQTT, RabbitMQ, gRPC, Kinesis, Cloudera, Spring Messaging
Experience working in an Agile development environment and applying CI/CD practices.
Experience writing maintainable, testable code supported by comprehensive unit testing.
Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
Experience building scalable cloud-native applications using RESTful microservice architectures serving multiple customers or tenants.
Experience with AWS services supporting end-to-end application workflows, including authentication, authorization, security, routing, auditing, and patching.

Responsibilities

Define, develop, and evolve software solutions in a fast-paced Agile development environment using modern software technologies and cloud infrastructure.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to an Agile team of approximately 5-7 engineers.
Partner closely with Product Line Leaders to understand product vision, customer needs, and business priorities.
Translate product requirements and vision into prioritized user stories and deliver high-quality solutions within established timelines.
Collaborate with product leaders and software architects to develop long-term, multi-generation technology roadmaps.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency by reducing duplication, promoting reuse, and leveraging shared technologies and platforms.
Support and champion continuous improvement initiatives across software development, maintenance, and support activities.
Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to align priorities, activities, and deliverables.
Contribute to the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and secure software products.
Help ensure team members have a clear understanding of business goals, priorities, and strategic direction.
Facilitate the transfer of complex technical and domain knowledge by partnering with subject matter experts.
Apply software development best practices, including: Agile and Lean methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Software and product security, Scalability and performance optimization, Documentation standards, Refactoring approaches, Testing strategies and techniques.
Design, develop, test, and maintain code that meets quality standards and business objectives.
Analyze application performance and recommend improvements where needed.
Build and optimize core data structures and algorithms using the technologies selected for the project.
Proactively share knowledge and communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.