Sr Web Software Developer

Mouser Electronics - Mansfield, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Mansfield, TX

1,001-5,000 employees

About the position

Mouser Electronics' global ecommerce platform serves customers by enabling the selling of millions of listed products in over 100 countries with dozens of languages and currencies. Software Developers from Mouser's Internet Business (IB) team are responsible for building, supporting, and evolving new and existing applications and services to deliver ecommerce solutions. In a high growth environment, Software Developers regularly participate in multiple phases of the software development cycle while working with people in multi-disciplined teams. Mouser Electronics is dedicated to helping its team members continually grow in their roles, careers, and as individuals. As a Senior Web Software Developer, you will develop applications, user interfaces, databases, and services which drive Mouser's ecommerce platform. You will collaborate with a team of developers, engineers, analysts, and designers to create and refine solutions for Mouser's global business. Your role will involve analyzing problems or designs to identify technical opportunities and risks, validating work with unit tests, integration tests, and functional tests to ensure the highest possible service quality for customers. You will assist in the delivery of work through source control, deployments, and releases, and support and maintain existing applications by troubleshooting and mitigating issues. Additionally, you will communicate knowledge and expertise with teams and Mouser's developer community through documentation, demonstrations, and discussions. You will endeavor to grow both business and technical skills and knowledge with continuous self-improvement, ensuring new and existing solutions are extensible, reusable, and scalable. You will contribute to a collaborative peer design review and code review processes, deliver agreed upon solutions with limited direction, and assist with the growth and training of Software Developer I team members. Your responsibilities will also include identifying opportunities for process improvements and building and implementing those improvements, onboarding, mentoring, and guiding the growth and cross-training of Software Developers and other roles in Internet Business about development best practices, development lifecycle, and business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop applications, user interfaces, databases, and services which drive Mouser's ecommerce platform
• Collaborate with a team of developers, engineers, analysts, and designers to create and refine solutions for Mouser's global business
• Analyze problems or designs to identify technical opportunities and risks
• Validate work with unit tests, integration tests, and functional tests to ensure the highest possible service quality for customers
• Assist in delivery of work through source control, deployments, and releases
• Support and maintain existing applications by troubleshooting and mitigating issues
• Communicate knowledge and expertise with teams and Mouser's developer community through documentation, demonstrations, and discussions
• Endeavor to grow both business and technical skills and knowledge with continuous self-improvement
• Ensure new and existing solutions are extensible, reusable, and scalable
• Contribute to a collaborative peer design review and code review processes
• Deliver agreed upon solutions with limited direction
• Assist with the growth and training of Software Developer I team members
• Break down and resolve ambiguous requests into achievable and actionable work
• Identify and analyze the functional areas of code the team maintains including interrelationships and connections to other systems, and work with other teams to maintain the IB solution architecture
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and build and implement improvements
• Onboard, mentor and guide the growth and cross-training of Software Developers and other roles in Internet Business about development best practices, development lifecycle, and business solutions
• Lead as the voice of the IB development community to promote and advocate for the development team's needs and issues
• Ensure the use of best practices in software and business solutions; advocate and adhere to team standards and best practices
• Create and maintain a well-defined blueprint of the solution architecture for the functional areas supported by the team (e.g., Ecommerce, Product Data & Search, Content Management, Supplier Direct)
• Contribute to Mouser's Internet Business architectural roadmap
• Prototype and guide others to optimize processes and build robust solutions to support development practices
• Explain complex technical topics and needs in the most effective manner to various audiences
• Lead teammates in professional development
• Continuously improve development processes and practices
• Learn and implement cutting edge techniques and technologies.

Requirements

• Possesses an understanding of programming languages such as C# or Java
• Knowledge of web front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, or Bootstrap
• Knowledge of database design, operations, and management with systems like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, NoSQL, or PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of version control systems like Git or TFVC
• Understanding of the core concepts of software design and architecture
• Analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Time management skills to prioritize assigned tasks and deliver work as committed
• Familiarity with software development methodologies such as agile, Kanban, scrum, or waterfall
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and written in a professional manner
• Ability to translate technical information for non-technical users
• Flexibility to accommodate varying project schedules and fulfill assigned responsibilities
• Working knowledge of at least one web framework such as .NET MVC, .NET Web Forms, .NET Web API, or .NET Core
• Working knowledge of multiple JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as jQuery, React, Knockout, or Angular
• Understanding of deployment activities with automated test coverage, pipeline builds, and releases
• Experience in testing automation, frameworks, and tools such as NUnit, Moq, or Telerik Test Studio
• Ability to create technical and process documentation to clearly convey the idea and to match the intended audience
• Awareness of Mouser's systems and their purposes and integrations
• Understanding of resilient and extensible microservice oriented architecture
• Understanding of CSS preprocessors such as LESS or SASS
• Knowledge of performance and scalability technologies
• Proficient understanding of C# and the Microsoft .NET technology stack and frameworks
• Deep understanding of middle-tier technologies such as APIs (REST and SOAP), XML/JSON, message queues, and web services
• Broad working knowledge of Mouser's business operations for ecommerce (esales) and electronics distribution or equivalent experience.
• Able to create clear technical and process documentation to provide guidance to the team
• Expert level experience in Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud services and stack
• Specialization in Mouser Internet Business functional area (Ecommerce, Product Data & Search, Content Management, Supplier Direct) or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Certification in at least two of the following is preferred: Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Professional Scrum Developer (PSD), Certified SAFe Practitioner (CSP), Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (CDP)
• Certifications in two of the following are preferred: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), MongoDB Professional Certification, Elastic Observability Engineer, Microsoft Certification: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certification: DevOps Engineer Expert.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Vacation & Paid Time Off