Sr Software Engineer

Huron • Chicago, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes. Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change. You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. As a Software Engineer, you will participate in all aspects of software development (design, development, testing, maintenance, support) of the business’s applications. This is a hands-on development role responsible for design, implementation, and life cycle management of the product built/configured on the Huron platform. You will you will also have the opportunity to work with one or more development teams that are responsible for web applications, able contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of applications and technologies owned by the assigned team, be delivering quality client and server-side code, markup, and CSS as needed, while adhering to best practices and standard. In addition, you’d be expected to attend all team meetings while making meaningful contributions and provide regular updates (via tools, meetings, communication, etc.) to the team lead of assigned teams. You’ll be part of the Huron Higher Education team with opportunities to collaborate, learn and grow while impacting some of the most prestigious higher education and research institutions. Let’s get to work – together. At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together. Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron. Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues. Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements. Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.

Requirements

• U.S. work authorization is required
• Four-year technical degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Information Systems or equivalent professional experience
• 3 + years of relevant experience
• Strong computer science skills and experience
• Highly proficient in C# and Visual Studio
• Unit testing experience with NUnit or other testing frameworks
• Angular or other web application frameworks
• Development experience with Team Foundation Version Control or other source control systems
• Experience working with SQL Server or another OLTP Relational Database
• Authoring developer documentation and release notes
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies
• Willing to commute to Hillsboro, OR location on a daily basis

Nice To Haves

• REST and developing RESTful APIs
• Application development using Asp.NET, MVC
• Developing WebAPIs
• Knowledge of CSS, JavaScript
• Working with WCF or gRPC
• Exchange Web Services (EWS)
• Query optimizations in SQL Server
• Jenkins or other continuous integration (CI) systems
• OAuth, OpenID Connect, Identity Server
• Performance testing with Visual Studio load test or another load test tool
• Developing microservices in Azure or AWS
• .NET Core

Responsibilities

• participate in all aspects of software development (design, development, testing, maintenance, support) of the business’s applications
• hands-on development role responsible for design, implementation, and life cycle management of the product built/configured on the Huron platform
• work with one or more development teams that are responsible for web applications
• contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of applications and technologies owned by the assigned team
• delivering quality client and server-side code, markup, and CSS as needed, while adhering to best practices and standard
• attend all team meetings while making meaningful contributions
• provide regular updates (via tools, meetings, communication, etc.) to the team lead of assigned teams

Benefits

• Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
• Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year.
• All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees