Software Engineer

Position Summary
An Effectual Software Engineer designs, develops, and deploys cloud-based applications for our clients. You will collaborate with teams, including architects and project managers, to ensure the delivery of high-quality cloud solutions. They report to the Software Engineering Manager.

A Glimpse into the Daily Routine of a Software Engineer
A Software Engineer will spend the bulk of their time collaborating with their assigned project team. Most projects at Effectual follow a 2-week sprint cadence. Throughout the duration of a sprint, a Software Engineer will participate in daily stand-ups where they communicate progress made since the last check in, re-evaluate any estimates, agree on priorities for the day, and voice any blockers that the team needs to be made aware of. A Software Engineer will work through their assigned tasks in priority order, assist the team with any issues that arise through Slack or ad-hoc meetings, perform peer code reviews, and support the grooming and estimation of tasks in preparation for future sprints. At the completion of a sprint, a Software Engineer will demo their work to the team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and innovative cloud solutions in alignment with business objectives, by designing, architecting, maintaining, and operationalizing cloud-based .NET applications and systems on the AWS Cloud.
• Design, implementing, integrating, maintaining, optimizing, and administering cloud solutions, infrastructures, and platforms.
• Evaluate, test, design, develop, and integrate new cloud technologies and processes to support existing infrastructure and modernization efforts and provides recommendations for future technologies and growth
• Support and maintain existing software functionality; to investigate, analyze and correct identified defects
• Improve the maintainability and performance of existing software through application refactoring
• Independently responsible for the entire lifecycle of medium and large features from design through deployment.
• Perform pull requests / merge requests, branch management, and build and deployments
• Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multiple stacks
• Review technical design documentation and participates in technical reviews
• Create proper documentation for software being built

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, IS, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Skills Required

• .Net experience you can design and architect complex enterprise-level applications that involve multiple layers and services.
• Proficiency in C# and modern .NET frameworks (.NET 6/8+, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core)
• Experience with .NET cloud-native patterns including microservices architecture and containerization (Docker)
• Knowledge of .NET testing frameworks (xUnit, NUnit, MSTest)
• Experience with AWS services for .NET applications (Lambda, ECS/Fargate, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway)
• Familiarity with .NET package management (NuGet) and dependency injection patterns
• Understanding of Entity Framework Core or other .NET ORMs for cloud database integration
• Cloud architecture, cloud-native design, cloud computing, storage and database
• Grasp of information security best practices
• Command of one IaC platform
• Design, Coding, Debugging and Testing Software
• Familiarity with at least one SQL or NoSQL database platform
• Requirements Analysis
• Systems Design
• Understanding of at least one SDLC model and all phases
• Understand Application Lifecycle Management
• Solid command of at least one programming language
• Understanding of data structures and algorithms

Bonus Skills

• Frontend integration experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular) consuming .NET APIs
• Experience migrating legacy .NET Framework applications to cloud-native .NET Core/6+ solutions
• Familiarity with .NET performance optimization in cloud environments and distributed systems

Company Offered Benefits
Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our employee benefit programs:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurances,
• Short term disability, long term disability and life insurances,
• 401k with Company match
• Paid time off (PTO) (120 hours PTO that accrue over one year)
• Paid time off for major holidays (14 days per year)
• These and any other employee benefit offerings are subject to management's discretion and may change at any time.

Physical Demands and Work Environment
The work is generally performed in an office environment. Physical demands include sitting, keyboarding, verbal communication, written communication. Employees are occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Salary Range for this position: $110,000-$120,000

Salary ranges provided are for informational purposes only and may vary depending on factors such as experience, qualifications, and geographic location. The final salary offer will be determined based on the candidate's skills and alignment with the role requirements.

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended anytime at the sole discretion of the Employer. Duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. Effectual Inc. is an EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected classification in its hiring, promoting, or any other job-related opportunity.