Direct Supply, Inc.

Milwaukee | Posted: 4 years ago

Job description:

In this role, you will develop software and mentor others to meet Direct Supply’s business goals using an agile methodology. You will be a member of a software development team focused on developing new software functionality for our web-based eCommerce product, our web-based service offerings or our server-based transaction processing systems.

What you'll do:

Software development (60%) & Support (10%)

• Large-scale web application design and coding using the Microsoft stack (C#/ASP.Net/WebAPI/MVC/SQL Server), as well as some open source technologies (Git, AngularJS, ReactJS, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Develop a defined feature or provide direction and guidance to a group of engineers to develop defined feature (set) ranging from small to medium in size
• Define and implement optimizations for maintainability, scalability, availability, security, reusability, and performance
• Identify patterns in defects and implement patterns and/or tools to protect against an entire class of defects
• Proactively monitor and maintain a healthy solution
• Identify and communicate failure modes and take measures to mitigate where reasonable
• Understand the business problem and take ownership of defining how the solution as a whole aligns to the overall technical strategy

Collaboration & coordination with others (20%)

• Communicate implications of design decisions and propose mitigation plans
• Ensure team buy-in to and reliable delivery of committed outcomes
• Work collaboratively with architects, UX, and other shared groups to ensure quality solutions
• Proactively communicate with stakeholders (operations, customer, other teams, and/or leadership) - regarding solutions and status updates to business problems )

Continuous learning and mentoring (10%)

• Actively share knowledge through peer mentoring, shared resources (e.g. wikis, readmes) and informal teachings (e.g. lunch and learns)
• Drive best practices and process improvements within the team
• Participate in innovation days and hackathons to experiment and learn new technologies

What you'll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering
• 3+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong C# and database development skills in a web-based environment
• Experience with large JavaScript frameworks, such as AngularJS or ReactJS
• Experience applying proven design principles, code practices, and SDLC concepts to improve customer outcomes

Other items of interest:

• Experience developing large, scalable, highly-available web-based eCommerce software
• AWS/Cloud experience
• Experience working in Git or TFS source control systems
• Knowledgeable in Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) / Build automation practices
• Experience working in an agile (Scrum) methodology
• Configuring and integrating with Magento
• Experiencing coding in PHP