Senior Software Engineer

Company: Latitude Inc.
Location: Charles Town
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

• Communicates with the appropriate Business Analyst and coordinates with customers during the analysis, definition and development phases.
• Determines the economic and operational feasibility of using computerized methods to satisfy information needs and presents proposals for new systems or the enhancement, improvement and/or replacement of existing systems.
• Maintains awareness of state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, problem solving techniques and computing equipment.
• Participates in certain aspects of end user consulting, systems analysis, general systems design, vendor contracts and detail systems design.
• Learns user functions, organization and role in the enterprise to the extent required.
• Recognizes and identifies potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion.
• Fulfills departmental requirements in terms of providing work coverage and administrative notification during periods of personnel illness, vacation or education.
• Performs at or above the enterprise's Information Technology evaluation standards.
• Consults with supervisor, business analysts, other engineers, and end users to gather information about program intent, functions, features, data requirements, input requirements, output requirements, internal and external checks and controls, hardware and operating system environment, and interfaces with other systems.
• Designs or writes program design specifications based on consultations with supervisor, systems analysts, other programmers, and end users.
• Converts designs and specifications into high quality, reliable and resilient computer code with appropriate comments inserted so other developers can easily understand why a change was made.
• Creates test transactions and runs tests to find errors and confirm program meets specifications.
• Analyzes code to find causes of errors and revises programs.
• Provides System Documentation and Unit Testing Results.
• Writes and maintains documentation of changes to computer code, programs, and specifications.
• Designs and codes layouts for onscreen user interfaces, printed outputs, and interfaces with other systems.
• Demonstrates pre-production version of the program to users for feedback.
• Reviews user and technical documentation and code written by others to confirm consistency with program operations.
• Leads and coordinates software engineering efforts of other team members within project team to ensure accurate implementation of functional requirements and adherence to system standards.
• Provides technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions with programs. Monitors and supports test, performance test, deployment, and production operations.
• Revises program for corrections, enhancements, or system environment changes.
• Trains end users or technical support staff to use and support program.
• Coordinates with other programmers about program revisions.
• Modifies and maintains software programs written by others.
• Other duties as assigned. Preferred Education and Experience:
  • BS or BA degree with a computer science, engineering, business or mechanical engineering major or related field or equivalent experience required.
  • Masters degree in computer science, engineering or related field for senior and specialist level desired.
  • A minimum of 5 to 6 years in a professional development environment having participated in all facets of the application development life cycle.
  • Experienced developing stored procedures and relational database Programming.
  • Demonstrated success leading other software engineers is required.
  • 3+ years designing and implementing solutions in a production environment using C#, VB.NET and Java.
  • 3+ years utilizing SQL Server and MySQL database servers.
  • 5 years of object oriented development experience using C#, VB.Net and Java.
  • IIS, J2EE, UNIX, Linux Redhat experience is also required.

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