Remote Senior Software Engineer (Scala)

Summary of how this role will operate -- 80% work, 10% technical debt, 10% learning.

You will report to the Lead Principal Engineer on the team and help guide the team on the technical side of the software development life-cycle. This includes enforcement of best practices, architecture design and selecting the correct technologies to build our products with. You will help mentor and lead our senior and junior engineers via paired programming/mobbing as needed. This team will not have any delegated QA positions, all testing is the responsibility of the engineers via implementation of shift-left testing strategies and canary deployments. We also want to build your resume while your build our products, so Friday afternoons are dedicated to learning! This position will require a personality that is enthusiastic, humble, and excited about trying new technologies to be successful on the team.

Must Haves:

• Experience in understanding of micro-service architecture and development including REST based APIs in a Scala/Java/C# environment.

• Experience with micro-front-end style of development with JavaScript/Typescript applications using Angular, React frameworks.

• Assume a leadership role in ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery of products through the entire application life cycle.

• Ability to work with a wide variety of programing languages with exceptional understanding of Scala/Java/C# that includes:

  • The concept of “Clean Code”, enforcing/integrating it into the organization’s coding practices

  • Being an expert in SOLID/Functional principles

  • Deep understanding of design patterns.

• Strong understanding and experience on Kubernetes with extensive knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools.

• Experience deploying and maintaining the high availability and scalability needs of micro-services.

• Cloud experience with deploying and integrating cloud native applications with AWS.

• Experience developing software for high volume data ingestion using messaging queue technologies such as Kafka.

• Improve and maintain continuous delivery methodologies including the writing, and integration of Unit, Functional, Contract, and Canary deployment strategies.

• Serve as mentor and lead teammates to promote knowledge sharing and communication across product development teams.

• Maintain an excellent understanding of the business’s long-term goals and strategy and ensures that the design and architecture are aligned with these.

• Strong, effective communication skills to bring multiple personalities and cultures together to work towards a common goal.

• Excellent business judgement: know how to prioritize when to collaborate and when to seek assistance.

• Advocate the appropriate use of technology and provide leadership in balancing technical elegance with functional requirements and practical benefits as we implement and integrate technologies.

Nice to Haves:

• Engineering GitOps infrastructure & maintaining ArgoCD deployments. · Knowledge in adopting/implementing a “shift-left” testing strategy.

Experience

• Confident in being able to explain & demonstrate the “Must Haves” criteria listed above and:

• A history of increasing responsibility in technical roles

• Being a mentor and having leadership qualities

• Demonstrating leadership values in an agile environment

Education

• You enjoy learning and challenging yourself continuously with new technologies and are receptive to the constant change within the software industry.

What We Offer

•  Competitive base salary and bonus

• A comprehensive, benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance plans, paid time off, a generous 401k match with no vesting period, parental leave and 3 volunteering days each year. For more information on benefits, please access the benefits page on our careers site: https://careers.ihsmarkit.com/benefits.php.

• For work locations in the state of Colorado, the anticipated minimum base salary for this role would be $110,000 - $180,000. Compensation will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the applicant.

We’re building a software solution that connects data in revolutionary ways, illuminating answers that were previously impossible to find and empowering our clients to envision the future so they can determine the best course of action in the present. Join us!

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

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