Principal Software Developer

Savvas Learning - Paramus, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Paramus, NJ

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Principal Software Developer at Savvas Learning Company is a leadership role focused on front-end development and agile methodologies. This position involves guiding multiple scrum teams in the planning and execution of technical solutions for new product capabilities, ensuring high-quality delivery to production. The role emphasizes the design and implementation of scalable micro-services and micro-frontends, mentoring developers, and validating new architectures through Proof-of-Concept projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across the engineering organization with a particular focus on front-end development.
• Lead multiple agile scrum teams with planning, scoping, and creation of technical solutions for new product capabilities, through to continuous delivery to production.
• Design and deliver highly scalable, secure, highly available, high-quality micro-services and micro-frontends to AWS at minimal cost.
• Guide and mentor developers in the design of new software products for robustness and scalability, lead by example, and train development teams on technical best practices.
• Develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• 3+ years' experience as an architect or team lead for a large-scale SaaS solution, and at least 8+ years as a full stack developer.
• Experience with Angular for micro-front end architecture, backed by GraphQL BFF services.
• Experience building microservices on AWS and GCP using technologies including Node.js, Java/Spring, Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and AWS Skills.
• Experience with messaging tools such as Kafka, Kinesis, EventBridge, SNS, SQS.
• Brilliant problem solving, analysis, design, and testing skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Great team player who respects others and enjoys teaching and engaging with developers, testers, product managers, and architects.
• An ear to the industry, a passion for technology, an eagerness to learn and adopt new ideas.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Tax-advantaged savings options