Staff Software Engineer

Job description

3366895
Additional Cities

Roanoke
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Digital
Business Segment

Digital Engineering
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

Virginia
Postal Code

24013
Role Summary/Purpose

You will be responsible for designing and programming a small module or a large component and designing a feature, set of features, or whole feature area. She/he will work independently and contribute to the immediate team and to other teams across business. She/he will Lead design discussion in a limited manner.
Essential Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

·  Capture system level requirements by brainstorming with Sr. Architects, Data Scientists, Businesses & Product Managers

·  Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts

·  Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle.

·  Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding

·  Work closely with your peers and keep engaging in a fast pace technical design and development team

·  Execute in a fast pace delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal

·  Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation

·  Seek and provide feedback on design and development

·  Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment

·  Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module

·  Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules

·  Possess advanced domain knowledge and show great customer focus. Expert in processes / methodologies and Skilled in build, release & deployment processes

·  Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing.

·  Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

·  Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and applies existing technology to designs

·  Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices

·  Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice

·  Be responsible for providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure

·  Provide guidance to a team of 5 to 7 developers with either planning and execution and/or design architecture using agile methodologies such as SCRUM

·  Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & vision
Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications

·  Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). A minimum 6 years of professional experience.

Eligibility Requirements:

·  Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job

·  Must be willing to work out of an office located in Roanoke, VA
Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

·  Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and coding principles

·  Experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies

·  Hands-on experience in web services (REST, SOAP, WSDL etc

·  Hands on experience with SQL Database such as Oracle MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.

·  Hands-on experience with web development using HTML5, Java Script, jQuery, CSS

·  Experience with C# (node.js and Java are a plus)

·  Experience developing programming languages is a plus

Business Acumen:

·  Strong problem solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments

·  Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

·  Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks

·  Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective

Leadership:

·  Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions

·  Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas

·  Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team

·  Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

Personal Attributes:

·  Able to work under minimal supervision

·  Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

·  Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility

·  Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work
About Us

GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers. www.ge.com
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Primary State/Province

Virginia
Primary City

Roanoke