Software Engineer – Senior

Participate in the design and implementation of new security systems that support our loss prevention agents’ investigation suite of software, including providing recommendations on solutions
• Analyze, design, develop and implement RESTful services and APIs
• Responsible for designing, building, and managing real-time data streaming pipelines using Apache Kafka, including setting up Kafka clusters, configuring Kafka Streams, and ensuring efficient data processing within these pipelines
• Working to integrate data from various sources and deliver it to downstream applications in real time.
• Evolve and optimize enterprise-grade Kafka topologies as organizational utilization grows.
• Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers.
• Implement solutions to monitor Kafka components to address any Kafka messaging issues proactively.
• Troubleshoot new security installations to ensure the systems function accurately and satisfy quality and performance standards.
• Skill to balance driving the outstanding architecture with the realities of live customers and the need to ship software.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering leadership to understand business requirements and plan products and features.
• Work as a team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.
• As a Senior Engineer, knowledge share and support pier code review efforts, etc.
• Be a model of best practices for junior level engineers
• Conduct code reviews for fellow team members, as required.
• Create unit tests to help ensure code quality throughout the application’s life cycle.
• Analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, and stability of existing and new systems and resources
• Improve code quality by tracking, reducing, and avoiding technical debt.
• Comfortable deploying service-oriented / micro-service-based architectures
• Ability to create and deploy event-driven architectures using messaging systems/service buses with technologies such as Confluent Kafka.
• Experience scaling and deploying applications in the public cloud using technologies like the following:
o Azure, Message Services, Docker (all required)
o Kubernetes (preferred)
• A can-do demeanor and ability to positively impact our culture.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in technology or information systems or equivalent experience
• 8+ years experience in software engineering teams.
• 7+ years of experience in C# and the .NET Framework (required)
• 4+ experience in .Net Core (required)
• 4+ years of experience with a microservices architecture (required)
• 4+ years of Azure cloud experience (required)
• 4+ years of experience developing and scaling distributed systems
• Experience using Confluent Kafka (required)
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within cross-functional project teams effectively
• Experienced in compliance best practices for technology platforms
• Experience with software development lifecycle and Agile Methodologies is preferred
• Able to adapt quickly to changing requirements and priorities