Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Arkalytics - Implementation

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Portland, ME, USA

Compensation: $90,000 - $125,000 / year

Description

Why Work Here?At Arkatechture, we have a simple shared mission: to build a sustainable organization built upon three pillars:  Do something meaningful, With a great team, Earning what you deserve.
We started in 2012 with a passion for data, business, and getting things done. We are a team of data lovers and technical experts who use our skills to help businesses big and small harness, utilize, and optimize their data. As New England’s Data Resource, we are a small company constantly evolving to keep up with changing landscapes in the data world. 
We are proud of the community and culture that we’ve created at Arkatechture, and we have no intention of slowing down. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes: 

• A flexible work-from-home policy (work 100% remotely!)
• Open-concept offices in Portland, ME with an easy-going dress code, and fresh pots and pops all day (that’s coffee and popcorn!)
• Training & certificate reimbursement
• A competitive benefits package that includes medical, disability, life insurance and optional dental/vision
• 401K Retirement planning with company matching
• Generous paid time off and eleven paid holidays
• Employee recognition through milestone awards including annual PTO increases and a 4 day work-week at 3 years of service!

All employees share our core values: put the team first, practice humility, take pride in everything we do, stay curious, care for our community & environment, take work seriously; ourselves not so much.
The Position  Arkatechture is seeking candidates for a Senior Software Engineer position to support various initiatives particularly in the Data Warehousing and BI world. We are looking for a self-starter who is passionate about data and excited to work on new and emerging technologies. This position includes designing, developing and maintaining software. The individual will analyze, develop, test and assist in the integration of new applications or sources, and may lead teams or projects. We are looking for someone who can understand the full end to end scope and execute with a team. Experience working on BI and Data warehousing Projects is required. The ideal candidate will be able to work efficiently with the Business and Technology teams collaborating with Project/Implementation Managers. We expect senior engineers to have excellent communication skills and are able to not only explain technical requirements, issues, and blockers to those without a technical background in a clear and understandable manner,  but are also able to break down and refine requirements given to them in order to ensure that their solutions are complete and robust.

How to Apply  Please send a cover letter and resume with your application. You must submit both documents to be considered for the position. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Arkatechture we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirement elicitation and converting them to technical pieces of  work
• Develop, Test and Review of Code
• Independently design and implement solutions given requirements using secure software development life cycle
• Work with Solution Architect, and other leads to define and implement best in class technologies for Arkalytics
• Automate tools for deployment and to monitor system health and reliability to support business processes
• Drive data discovery process and file requirements process
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test and production environments
• Production Support (Start with Tier 2 and then become Tier 3 for nightly Batch cycle)
• Create best practices that can be followed by the engineering team
• Communicate with both technical and non-technical collaborators
• Identify Issues and Risks and escalate on time
• Build Estimates and work with Project manager on task allocation
• Participate on a cross-functional team, collaborate with team members and adopt the scrum agile methodology of development
• Mentor other engineers on the team
• Documentation and assist in defining definition of done and acceptance criteria on tickets
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a similar individual contributor role. 3-5+ years of experience in a team lead role is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or comparable work experience
• A technical certification in either AWS or Snowflake (Solutions Architect Associate or above)
• Strong background in Python. Experience with other scripting or programming languages such as C#, Javascript, Go, etc is a plus
• Experience with Docker, ECS, Fargate, Kubernetes, microservices, message queues and related technologies
• A strong Linux or Unix background
• Experience with some form of CI/CD such as Jenkins, bitbucket pipelines
• Experience working on any one Database such as Snowflake, PostgreSQL, SQLServer, Oracle, DB2
• Experience working with APIs, specifically REST APIs, SDKs and CLI tools
• Experience working with multi-format files like JSON, XML, CSV, Flat, etc
• Experience with software engineering and testing principles
• Implemented several software applications or Data projects
• Knowledge of Git, Jira, Confluence, Slack in an agile environment is required
• Exposure to NoSQL databases like MongoDB or DynamoDB

Certifications:

• AWS Developer Associate certified or AWS Solution Architect certified or AWS SysOps Administrator
• AWS professional or specialty certified is a plus
• Snowflake Pro is a plus

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