WIRB-Copernicus Group

The Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for the design and implementation of custom software implementations, enhancements to existing systems or new product offerings, and providing technical leadership and guidance to a team of developers towards successful project delivery. As a critical part of the DevSecOps engineering team, the Principal Software Engineer will collaborate with delivery and other shared services teams such as security, compliance, infrastructure, and architecture on the building out and maintenance of this broader ecosystem. This position will initially focus on implementing and supporting a foundational set of minimal viable services across DevSecOps categories of plan, code, build, release, test, deploy, operate, and monitor. As this ecosystem is built out, higher function patterns will be assembled across these service categories to create end to end delivery patterns and platforms that can be directly consumed by delivery teams to build quicker, more secure, consistent, reliable, and compliant Products. This role also supports the long-term evolution of WCG’s engineering culture to an automate first mentality through soft skills such as teaching, creating working examples, and helping facilitate discovery, creation, and documentation of standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.

Technical Leadership

• Provide team support through facilitation, motivation, and team engagement
• Reinforce technical practices including quality, best practices and coding standards in the team/organization
• Collaborate with other teams, including solution architecture team, to ensure consistency across teams and assist with design and design vision
• Understand the overall architectural vision provided by the solution architects and drive the detailed design behind the vision
• Own architecture, aligning with overall architecture vision, and design for the product(s) and/or feature(s) delivered by the team
• Manage technical risks and debt and ensure these are included in the delivery plan
• Continually provide value to teams and processes by staying current with cloud-based technologies and trends
• Act as mentor for the developers on the team and organization
• Participate in and help facilitate team agile ceremonies
• Interact with 3rd party software vendors in POC/assessments
• Manage and facilitate vendor relationships

Software Development

• Recommend and implement the system architecture needed for new development projects
• Design and implement custom software development and system enhancement efforts and ensure that corporate quality standards are met in those endeavors
• Ensure software development is done in a manner that assures long term reliability and maintenance
• Perform software development to written technical specifications and coding guidelines
• Interpret written business requirements and technical specification documents
• Create, document, and implement unit test, scripts, and test harnesses
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates
• Investigate, analyze and document reported defects
• Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified defects.
• Assist in the management of both internal and external development efforts needed for new product or service offerings.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor. These may, on occasion, be unrelated to the position described here.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 0% - 5%

​​WHY WE LOVE WCG: At WCG, our employees are our most valuable asset and as with all our assets, we invest in them with an eye toward future success. We provide each eligible employee with a comprehensive set of benefits designed to protect their personal and financial health and to help them make the most of their future.

Expected annual base salary range: $86,900.00 to $121,500.00

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