Software Engineer VI (Data Services)

Spectrum - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

10,001+ employees

Telecommunications

About the position

The Software Engineer VI on the Data Services Identity team at Spectrum will collaborate with technical teams to develop Identity solutions that enhance customer experience while meeting business, security, and technical requirements. This role involves designing, implementing, and modifying software systems to support business initiatives related to Identity, ensuring high performance and adherence to best practices.

Responsibilities

• 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 functionality that is testable and performant with minimal oversight.
• Determine methods and procedures for new assignments and coordinate activities of other personnel.
• Understand the technical organization's vision and goals to assist in creating the organization's roadmap.
• Analyze and evaluate different products in the market, identifying their pros and cons.
• Maintain knowledge of technical and industry standards.
• Develop software independently to overcome roadblocks and proactively identify issues.
• Triage escaped defects and lead root cause analysis activities.
• Resolve system integration issues and manage critical production issues.
• Effectively prioritize work and meet timelines without oversight.
• Close technical debts and visualize technology roadmaps.
• Provide level of effort estimates on multiple interconnected projects or features.
• Document technical requirements and overall design documentation.
• Cut release branches and provide deployment artifacts to operations.
• Enforce approved code patterns and best practices across the application domain.
• Identify performance improvement opportunities 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 teams.
• Provide technical consulting to other internal groups and act as a technical subject matter expert.

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 experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of one major programming language/tool.
• Proficient in coding language and syntax, including functions and object-oriented patterns.
• Knowledge of environments, docker images, container runtimes, and cloud-native app development.
• Understanding of dependent systems, including APIs, clients, and data stores.
• Knowledge of design patterns and software architecture patterns.
• Experience in production operations of developed software.

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.
• Support for employee well-being and career growth.
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement.