Full Stack Engineering Leader

Title - Pncpl Software Engineer

Company Summary :

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary :

The Deltek Engineering and Technology team builds best-in-class solutions to delight customers and meet their business needs. We are laser-focused on software design, development, innovation and quality. Our team of experts has the talent, skills and values to deliver products and services that are easy to use, reliable, sustainable and competitive. If you're looking for a safe environment where ideas are welcome, growth is supported and questions are encouraged – consider joining us as we explore the limitless opportunities of the software industry.

Principal Software Engineer

Position Responsibilities :

• Develop and manage integrations with third-party services and APIs using industry-standard protocols like OAuth2 for secure authentication and authorization.
• Develop scalable, performant APIs for Deltek products
• Accountability for the successful implementation of the requirements by the team.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize code and workflows for better performance and scalability.
• Undertake analysis, design, coding and testing activities of complex modules
• Support the company’s development processes and development guidelines including code reviews, coding style and unit testing requirements.
• Participate in code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and best practices in Python development, AWS, and frontend frameworks like React. And suggest optimisations based on them
• Adopt industry best practices in all your projects - TDD, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, linting
• Pragmatic enough to deliver an MVP, but aspirational enough to think about how it will work with millions of users and adapt to new challenges
• Readiness to hit the ground running – you may not know how to solve everything right off the bat, but you will put in the time and effort to understand so that you can design architecture of complex features with multiple components.

Qualifications :

• A college degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Science or a related field is required 
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience Sound programming skills on Python, .Net platform (VB & C#), TypeScript / JavaScript, Frontend technologies like React.js/Ember.js, SQL Db (like PostgreSQL)
• Experience in backend development and Apache Airflow (or equivalent framework).
• Build APIs and optimize SQL queries with performance considerations.
• Experience with Agile Development
• Experience in writing and maintaining unit tests and using testing frameworks is desirable
• Exposure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies, Terraform, Docker is a plus
• Strong desire to continually improve knowledge and skills through personal development activities and apply their knowledge and skills to continuous software improvement.
• The ability to work under tight deadlines, tolerate ambiguity and work effectively in an environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to work in an Agile environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a remote or hybrid team setting.

Key Responsibilities would include: 

1. Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-level Java applications. 

2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements, and implement solutions. 

3. Develop & customize the application using HTML5, CSS, and jQuery to create dynamic and responsive user interfaces. 

4. Integrate with relational databases (RDBMS) to manage and retrieve data efficiently. 

5. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards. 

6. Participate in code reviews, debugging, and testing to ensure high-quality deliverables. 

7. Troubleshoot and resolve issues in existing applications and systems. 

Qualification requirement - 

1. 4 years of hands-on experience in Java / J2ee development, preferably with enterprise-level projects.

2. Spring Framework including - SOA, AoP and Spring security 

3. Proficiency in web technologies including HTML5, CSS, jQuery, and JavaScript.

4. Experience with RESTful APIs and web services.

5. Knowledge of build tools like Maven or Gradle

6. Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) and experience with SQL.

7. Experience with version control systems like Git.

8. Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) 

9. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to details.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the development team to maintain, enhance, and scale the product for enterprise use.
• Design and develop scalable, high-performance solutions using cloud technologies and containerization.
• Contribute to all development lifecycle phases, following SOLID principles and best practices.
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code with a strong emphasis on Test-Driven Development (TDD), ensuring comprehensive unit, integration, and performance testing.
• Ensure software designs comply with specifications and security best practices.
• Recommend changes to improve application architecture, maintainability, and performance.
• Develop and optimise database queries using T-SQL.
• Build and maintain microservices-based architectures where applicable.
• Prepare and produce software component releases.
• Develop and execute unit, integration, and performance tests.
• Support formal testing cycles and resolve test defects.
• Enhance software efficiency, maintainability, and scalability, with a strong focus on cloud-native solutions.

Skills Required:

Must Have

A. Highly proficient in ASP.NET Core (C#) and full-stack development.

B. Proficiency in front-end technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and UI frameworks)

C. Experience developing REST APIs and Microservices.

D. Strong database experience, particularly with T-SQL and relational database design.

E. Experience in cloud platforms (Azure preferred), including scalability and enterprise cloud.

F. Experience with security best practices in web and API development.

G. Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and SOLID principles.

H. Experience with containerization. (Kubernetes & Docker) - Good to have

Shift Timings:

2 PM - 11 PM IST (Remote role)

We need an experienced engineer who can lead our existing team and product. 

Job description 

• Must possess strong analytical skills to be able to break down complex problems into smaller atomic units of work.
• Must be able to develop application modules independently and fix any bugs promptly.
• Do unit testing for the development work carried out.
• Act as a mentor to the junior developers and provide technical guidance.
• Troubleshoot problems and provide solutions.
• Conduct and participate in project planning & scheduling, design discussions, and provide assistance during testing.
• Willing to learn and adopt new technologies in a short period of time as required by the project.
• Will require to produce technical documentation as the requirements of the project.
• Remain up to date with the modern industry practices involved in designing & developing high-quality software.
• Should be able to do performance engineering and identify and fix bottlenecks

Job Requirements

• Good knowledge of Node.js, Express.js, React
• Need clear understanding of JavaScript and Typescript.
• Sound understanding of MVC and design patterns.
• Excellent grasp of data structures and designing and developing ReST APIs.
• Good skills of NoSQL (MongoDB or equivalent).
• Must have at least 3 years’ experience in MEAN/MERN Stack development.
• Experience in developing responsive web applications.
• Good communication skills.
• Sound understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies and ability to participate in local and remote Sprints.
• Good grasp of UI / UX concepts.
• Should have experience in using Git & VSCode.
• Knowledge of AWS and Postman will be considered positively.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work on a remote cross-functional team where you’ll play a critical role in designing, planning, development, deployment and observing your code in production.   
• Develop high performance, highly scalable and accessible web applications. Our web app is used by over 20 million educators, students and parents worldwide.  
• Meet tight deadlines in a rapid application development environment.  
• Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Operations teams to create and deliver tested features to production.  
• Collaborate with specialists across web, mobile, and operations to achieve a better user experience for our product.  
• Be able to assess and bring in industry information into your decisions and learn new technologies: AWS is releasing new tools every day, there are new open source libraries to vet and you will be a party to helping us vet and pick the best tool for the job.  
• Be willing to work in any area of the codebase if needed, this can include JavaScript/TypeScript/Node, PHP, Java or other technologies.  
• Help staff, build, and form the culture around a team of 5 engineers, a product manager, designer, QAs and associated supporting roles.

Qualifications include:

• Strong CS fundamentals including familiarity with data structures and especially the asynchronous challenges that face JavaScript developers today.   
• Experience developing in at least 2 server side languages (PHP, node.js, …)  
• Experience developing in at least 1 client side JS framework (ReactJS, Angular, …)  
• Experience testing software in alignment with the Test Pyramid.  
• Experience with datastores, either SQL (MySQL preferred) or NoSQL, and the ability to talk deeply about them.  
• Able to identify the source of complex problems occurring as a result of multiple systems interacting (experience with observability tools such as datadog/newrelic is a plus).   
• Experience working on a team of 5 engineers plus supporting roles (e.g. QA, design, etc), preferably as a Senior Software Engineer.  
• Experience with code review, being able to sign-off on another team member’s code ensuring high quality standards.  
• Be self-sustained even when tackling the highest profile, most difficult work across the organization.  
• Willingness to accept responsibility and be accountable not only for your own work but the work of the team as a whole.  
• Experience working with other people’s code, how to dig into it and make tactical changes with minimal side effects.  
• A solid understanding of how to break down user stories and give estimates that include accessibility and security requirements.  
• Be able to see roadblocks far ahead, across many vectors of risk  
• Be a true team player! Ensuring their knowledge and expertise is shared amongst other team members and even cross-team and be willing to seek out opportunities to mentor teammates.  
• A commitment to learning about anything you don’t know on your own and without much supervision.  
• Superior communications, organization and relationship building skills — you’re going to be working on cross-team efforts, so this is essential.  
• Self-motivation as well as ability and desire to learn new technologies, applications, processes, and environments.  
• A belief that delivering code to production is just one step in the process. Observing and owning the code you wrote goes hand in hand with construction.  
• A desire to take on whatever challenge is most important. This could be tackling something you are familiar with, or it could require a deep dive into a whole new world. The key is having the right attitude.