Senior Software Engineer

The  Senior  Software  Developer  is  responsible  for  leading  an  existing  team  of  developers, working  towards  delivering  reliable  software  and  hardware  solutions and delivering projects on time and budget.

The senior software developer also takes ownership of assigned development projects from inception to delivery. He/she is  expected  to  lead  a  team,  with  the  ability  to  teach  and  instruct team members with the goal of successfully delivering all assigned projects and meeting client’s needs.

 Duties and Responsibilities 

·       Expected  to  conduct  system  analysis  and  development,  with  limited  support  from superiors, to keep the clients’ systems current with changing technologies. 

·       Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications for junior programmers.

·       Responsible for analysis of  current  programs  including  performance, diagnosis  and troubleshooting of  problem  programs,  and  designing  solutions  to  problematic programming.

·       Responsible for planning, processing and performing all jobs in an efficient manner with no assistance from the superior.  Responding promptly and professionally to bug reports. 

·       Analyze, design, coordinate and supervise the development of software systems to form a basis for the solution of information processing problems.

·       Research and recommend software tools to management.

·       Provide  assistance  to  testers  and  support  personnel  as  needed  to  determine  system problems.

·       Provide  recommendations  to  management  concerning  issues  of  programmer productivity and software development management

·       Participate in development of long range planning for new projects and facilities. 

·       Performs work of high difficulty in designing, writing, editing, modifying, and debugging computer programs.

·       Working  closely  with  management  team  in  evaluating  current  systems  and  making decisions on future development.

·       As  new  technologies  emerge  and  impact  our  systems,  expected  to  learn  these technologies  very  quickly  and  resolve  any  problems  involved  in  integrating  new technologies with our systems.

·       Ability  to  determine  whether  a  particular  problem  is  caused  by  hardware,  operating systems software, application programs, or network failures.

Performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation