Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ferguson Enterprises, LLC is a Fortune 500 company that provides quality supplies across various industries. The Lead Software Engineer will lead the design, development, and support of backend integration solutions, focusing on building and enhancing REST and SOAP APIs and resolving complex production issues.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting complex problems and providing solutions to overcome those problems using the newest technologies
- Collaborate internally and across departments with peers to deliver products/solutions that align with Ferguson’s strategic vision
- End-to-end ownership of solutions, ensure accuracy and completeness of solution by having recurring check points / audit loops with technical implementation teams
- Provide technical leadership on complex projects and as needed will be an escalation point on production outages
- Complete design and code reviews
- Review team practices to identify areas of improvement
- Work with vendors to resolve 3rd Level support issues
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred
- 9+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with significant hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting backend integrations in an enterprise environment
- Expert level experience developing JAVA services in an enterprise environment
- Java
- Spring
- Expert level experience developing REST style services that deliver responses in both JSON and XML
- MongoDB/Relational DB
- Familiarity with IntelliJ, Eclipse, Maven, BitBucket & GIT/GitHub
- Experience with Azure Kubernetes service and hybrid cloud
- Linux and bash scripting
- Agile exposure to SCRUM and Kanban, with a focus on JIRA for board management
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure components (hardware, software, network, operating systems, storage) and Cloud platforms components (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS)
- Good knowledge of IT disciplines, e.g., software applications and interfaces, production operations, quality assurance, systems management, etc
- Strong knowledge of application development lifecycles, to include waterfall and agile methodologies and understanding of CI/CD pipelines
- Foundational knowledge of Microsoft Azure
- Must be self-motivated, proactive, creative, and efficient in identifying issues with strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to details
- Must be collaborative in decision making and facilitate working to consensus to gain agreement when proposing solutions or taking ownership
- Ability to create technical design documents with presentations using Microsoft Visio and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Ability to architect or work with architects to redesign existing or create new backend integrations
- Demonstrable ability to mentor junior engineers
- Ability to perform reviews on programs, TDDs and other documents
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues in a remote work setting
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance and a 401(k) with a company match
- Mental health coverage
- Gender affirming and family building benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Associate discounts
- Community involvement opportunities
- Bonus or Incentive Plan eligible
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