IT Senior Software Engineer

Location: Detroit, MI, US

**Job Summary**

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

Applies both breadth and depth of software engineering expertise to deliver high-quality digital software solutions. Works closely with business stakeholders, technical Product Managers, and Product Owners to understand strategic objectives and design technical solutions that realize these goals. Provides oversight and technical guidance to digital product teams within the Company digital factories. Span of Control: 0; Individual Contributor

Engineers cloud-native software solutions that realize the Companys business and technical objectives

Defines detailed solution architectures for scalable, distributed web applications

Mentors and guides digital product delivery teams through all phases of the software delivery lifecycle

Develops patterns for integration and reuse between digital product teams

Maintains a high degree of software engineering expertise by regularly contributing to both the Company and open source code repositories

Reviews solutions, as implemented, including code reviews, pull requests, and infrastructure reviews

Evaluates and recommends programming languages, frameworks, and tools for use by digital product teams

Keeps abreast of emerging digital technologies and advises Product Managers and Architects on applicability to the Companys strategies

Performs regular quality reviews of digital products, driving the digital product roadmaps in alignment with industry best practices and the Companys strategic objectives

Engages in ongoing operations of digital products, assisting in incident resolution and the identification of product improvements to drive increased quality

Provides estimates of technical effort in support of business case development and annual planning activities

This is a dual-track base requirement job; education and experience requirements can be satisfied through one of the following two options:

Associates Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related discipline and eight (8) years of software engineering experience; or

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related discipline & six (6) years of software engineering experience

Preferred:

Experience building highly scalable web applications using event-driven/asynchronous architectures

Experience with responsive web and Progressive Web Application (PWA) development approaches

Experience with architecture patterns and approaches including micro-frontends, micro-services, and Backend-For-Frontend

Familiarity with mobile application development

Understanding of UX/UI principles and best practices

Experience with infrastructure automation, continuous integration, and continuous deployment

Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Jasmine, Cucumber, Mocha, Selenium, Junit/NUnit

Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React, node.js, and Angular

Other Requirements:

Experience leading technical and/or digital product teams

Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, and C#/C++

Experience delivering cloud-native solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure

Experience working with agile delivery methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.

Experience working in a DevOps environment

Experience with Git-based source control systems such as GitHub

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

Applies both breadth and depth of software engineering expertise to deliver high-quality digital software solutions. Works closely with business stakeholders, technical Product Managers, and Product Owners to understand strategic objectives and design technical solutions that realize these goals. Provides oversight and technical guidance to digital product teams within the Company digital factories. Span of Control: 0; Individual Contributor

Engineers cloud-native software solutions that realize the Companys business and technical objectives

Defines detailed solution architectures for scalable, distributed web applications

Mentors and guides digital product delivery teams through all phases of the software delivery lifecycle

Develops patterns for integration and reuse between digital product teams

Maintains a high degree of software engineering expertise by regularly contributing to both the Company and open source code repositories

Reviews solutions, as implemented, including code reviews, pull requests, and infrastructure reviews

Evaluates and recommends programming languages, frameworks, and tools for use by digital product teams

Keeps abreast of emerging digital technologies and advises Product Managers and Architects on applicability to the Companys strategies

Performs regular quality reviews of digital products, driving the digital product roadmaps in alignment with industry best practices and the Companys strategic objectives

Engages in ongoing operations of digital products, assisting in incident resolution and the identification of product improvements to drive increased quality

Provides estimates of technical effort in support of business case development and annual planning activities

This is a dual-track base requirement job; education and experience requirements can be satisfied through one of the following two options:

Associates Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related discipline and eight (8) years of software engineering experience; or

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related discipline & six (6) years of software engineering experience

Preferred:

Experience building highly scalable web applications using event-driven/asynchronous architectures

Experience with responsive web and Progressive Web Application (PWA) development approaches

Experience with architecture patterns and approaches including micro-frontends, micro-services, and Backend-For-Frontend

Familiarity with mobile application development

Understanding of UX/UI principles and best practices

Experience with infrastructure automation, continuous integration, and continuous deployment

Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Jasmine, Cucumber, Mocha, Selenium, Junit/NUnit

Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React, node.js, and Angular

Other Requirements:

Experience leading technical and/or digital product teams

Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, and C#/C++

Experience delivering cloud-native solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure

Experience working with agile delivery methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.

Experience working in a DevOps environment

Experience with