Principal Software Engineer

Formal liaison to India RWD Engineering; Raises the bar around quality, security, reliability, and operational excellence of code and supporting architecture; Assists in the design and adoption/enforcement of best practices for software programming and architecture; Collaborates with engineers to execute functional code and assists in unblocking technical and administrative hurdles

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Global Collaboration: Acts as the primary liaison for India-based engineering work products and fosters high quality engineering output in-line with industry best practices
• Technical Leadership:
• Collaborates closely with leadership to align strategies and initiatives
• Conceptualizes product and service architecture ensuring scalability, availability, reliability, and ease of operations.
• Coding Excellence:
• Work with engineering leadership to define and implement ConcertAI programming standards
• Develop boilerplate software components in accordance with programming standards.
• Code Quality:
• Lead periodic code review to ensure developed code meets standards.
• Develop unit test cases and perform unit testing in accordance with unit test plans.
• Code Maintenance:
• Develop and review technical design documents to ensure all programming changes are recorded for audits and for future reference.
• Track changes to all modified source code in version control systems.

Other Duties And Responsibilities:

• Mentorship and Growth: Dedicates time to mentor internal engineering talent and guides the career progression of team members.
• Strategic Involvement: Engages in vital RWD strategic discussions, influencing the course of projects and programs.
• Troubleshooting: Work closely with development and product leads in resolving client implementation issues.
• Commitment to Excellence: Increases self-marketability by developing greater technology, industry, and product knowledge by attending courses/seminars related to technologies appropriate to the software development being performed, industry developments and trends, and self-studies to strengthen product knowledge.
• Other related projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications And Skills Needed:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
• Significant experience building enterprise web-based and large-scale data transformation systems
• 12+ years of experience building applications using languages such as Java, Scala, Python, Node.js or C#
• Strong communication skills
• Java Spring Boot is required
• Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concepts
• Deep understanding of MVC concepts:
• Models, Data Annotations and Validations
• Controllers, Routing, Authentication and Security
• RESTful and WebAPI
• Knowledge of OAuth2 or Open Id connect Authorization Frameworks
• Experience using ORM tools such as Hibernate (required); SQL Alchemy or Entity Framework are desired
• Strong Web UI Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery), React is required; Angular is desired
• Design Patterns and SOLID concepts
• Experience building applications with the PostgreSQL RDBMS or other relational databases is required
• Experience building applications with the MongoDB or other NoSQL databases is desired.
• Ability to write stored procedures, write complex SQL queries, and the ability to analyze the SQL data are required
• Previous experience in Agile, team-based product development is preferred
• Familiarity with cloud formation scripts; Can navigate all aspects of cloud-based infrastructure and is fluent in their execution and maintenance (AWS Required/Azure is acceptable)
• Familiarity with CICD tools; Jenkins preferred
• Familiarity with Linux OS
• Desire to be a key player on the team that is building some great products for clinical research
• Ability to execute and deliver to tight guidelines and schedules
• Demonstrated ability to think critically and clearly
• Intellectual curiosity and desire to continue professional growth