Software Engineer VI (Data Services)

$89,800 - $175,300/Yr

Spectrum - Greenwood Village, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Greenwood Village, CO

10,001+ employees

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About the position

As a Software Engineer VI on the Data Services Identity team at Spectrum, you will play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing Identity solutions that leverage cutting-edge technologies to improve customer experiences while adhering to business, security, and technical requirements. Your responsibilities will include the development, modification, enhancement, and implementation of software systems that support business initiatives related to Identity. You will actively contribute to simplifying and enhancing the customer experience, participating in the design of dependent systems such as APIs, clients, data stores, and CI/CD pipelines. In this role, you will design and implement new functionalities that are both testable and performant, working independently without oversight or guidance. You will determine methods and procedures for new assignments and may coordinate the activities of other personnel. Understanding the technical organization's vision and goals will be crucial as you assist in creating the organization's roadmap. You will analyze and evaluate various products in the market, identifying their pros and cons, while proactively maintaining knowledge of technical and industry standards. Your responsibilities will also include triaging escaped defects, leading root cause analysis activities, resolving system integration issues, and managing critical production issues. You will be expected to use time and resources effectively, prioritizing work and establishing timelines without oversight. Additionally, you will close technical debts, visualize technology roadmaps, and provide technical requirements and overall design documentation. You will enforce the usage of approved code patterns and best practices across your application domain, identify performance improvement opportunities, and collaborate with various groups within the organization to solve technical problems. Mentoring junior developers and participating in candidate interviews will also be part of your role, as you build and maintain effective working relationships with peers and other teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, enhance, and implement software systems for Identity solutions.
• Actively support efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Participate in the design of dependent systems, including APIs, clients, and data stores.
• Design and implement new functionalities that are testable and performant without oversight.
• Determine methods and procedures for new assignments and coordinate activities of other personnel.
• Assist in the creation of the organization's roadmap by understanding technical vision and goals.
• Analyze and evaluate different products in the market, identifying pros and cons.
• Maintain knowledge of technical and industry standards proactively.
• Develop software independently to overcome roadblocks and identify their impact on the roadmap.
• Triage escaped defects and lead root cause analysis activities.
• Resolve system integration issues and manage critical production issues.
• Use time and resources effectively, prioritizing work and meeting timelines without oversight.
• Close technical debts and visualize technology roadmaps.
• Provide technical requirements and overall design documentation.
• Cut release branches and provide deployment artifacts to operations.
• Enforce usage of approved code patterns and best practices across the application domain.
• Identify performance improvement possibilities with dependent systems.
• Improve application performance, scalability, resilience, and high availability.
• Collaborate with architecture, testing, operations, DBAs, and data center teams to solve technical problems.
• Showcase interconnected projects or features to senior technical leadership and the business.
• Mentor Software Developers I-V and participate in candidate interviews.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with peers and other Charter organizations.
• Provide technical consulting to other internal groups and act as a technical SME.

Requirements

• 4-6+ years of experience with database management systems.
• 4-6+ years of experience in coding, testing, and designing software.
• 4-6+ years of experience with software development methodologies.
• BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of one major programming language/tool.
• Demonstrated knowledge of coding language and syntax, usage of functions, and object-oriented patterns.
• Demonstrated knowledge of environments, docker images, container runtimes, and cloud-native app development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of dependent systems, including APIs, clients, and data stores.
• Demonstrated knowledge of design patterns and software architecture patterns.
• Proficient in one major programming language/tool and experienced in coding language and syntax.

Nice-to-haves

• Primary experience coding in Java.
• Expertise in consuming and producing REST APIs.
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience working in cloud infrastructures like AWS.
• Experience leading a team of Backend Java developers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive pay and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career growth and development.
• Supportive and inclusive workplace culture.