The Senior Engineer - Software develops business software solutions through test driven development, 12 factor principles, object and data modeling, database design, programming, quality assurance, and implementation support.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• As a member of an agile team, work iteratively on value added tasks to the stakeholder and be accountable to the team in daily standups
• Design, code, test, and implement solutions as detailed in the requirements from the product backlog
• Automate the code build processes: Git commit, static code analysis, test, build, repo artifact, dev-test-prod
• Collaborate with other engineers and architects as appropriate to determine optimal solution architecture, efficiency, maintainability, and scalability
• Develop high-level diagrams, use cases, wireframes, storyboards, and user interface prototypes
• Develop and maintain applications to CDW standards and quality.
• Mentor and provide design oversight for non-senior members of the team
• Ensure stakeholders are responded to in a timely and professional manner. Foster open lines of communication with all parties.
• Design and develop code and systems that considers the operational impacts and minimize technical debt.
• Incorporate usability into developed software
• Expectation to investigate root cause on issues that negatively impact customers' experience
• Maintain awareness around health of platforms regarding patching, file system use, vulnerabilities, large-scale configuration consistency and other operational properties of distributed systems
• Participate and help maintain codebase in support of mutiple industry-standard audit and compliance efforts
• Member of on-call rotation to provide 24 X 7 support to critical systems and ensure availability objectives are met

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent knowledge/experience
• 5 years of experience in systems development
• Knowledge and skill level in identified competencies meet minimum requirements for role

Required Qualifications

• Experience with designing software including 12-Factor application principles
• Understand principles of Test-Driven Development
• Experience working as a member of an agile team
• Demonstrated knowledge of a cloud platform: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Demonstrated knowledge of CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Demonstrated understanding of various programming techniques (e.g., object-oriented, compositional, functional)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with all coworkers and stakeholders, in including senior leadership
• Experience with Git version control
• Experience with Linux command line (bash), VI, etc.
• Experience with OpenSSH: forwards, tunneling and public key authentication
• Experience with virtualization and networking
• Demonstrated understanding of a typical DevOps toolchain
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% or as needed to other CDW locations or client sites
• Ability to multi-task, organize and prioritize
• Ability to help uncover and clarify ambiguous requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud certification in at least one of the following: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Working knowledge of at least three programming languages (e.g., Python, Golang, Java)
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. pytest, JUnit)
• Exposure to or experience with API development (e.g., RESTful, graphQL)
• Some knowledge of a Linux-based HTTP Server
• Experience with SQL (e.g., MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience working within a Managed Services Provider
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with Linux package management
• Understanding routing, nftables/iptables, TCP optimization and layer 2 networking concepts

COVID-19 Update:

CDW is committed to maintaining a workplace that is free of known hazards and to ensuring the safety, health, and well-being of coworkers and candidates for employment and their families, as well as the community.

CDW requires all coworkers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the only exceptions being a documented, legally required medical or religious accommodation. Prior to starting with CDW, successful candidates will be required to: (i) be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide CDW with proof of full vaccination; or (ii) apply for and receive a medical or religious-based accommodation to be exempt from the mandatory vaccination policy.