Innovations technological

General Description

The software engineer'sprimary job function is to analyze, design, develop, test, tune, and maintain new software applications and is expected to be able to coordinate, assign and review the work of other software engineers. He/she should be able to determine the solution with the best combination of functionality, performance, and ease of maintenance and write detailed technical specifications.  The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The software engineer's ability to self-direct, set goals, and meet aggressive deadlines is a key factor in the overall success of the product development organization.

Responsibilities

·          Collaborate with developers, project managers, business analysts and business users in conceptualizing, estimating and developing new software applications and enhancements.

·          Assist in defining software development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, providing time estimates for programming tasks and implementation plans.

·          Assist in the definition, development, and documentation of software's objectives, business requirements, deliverables, and specifications in collaboration with internal users and departments.

·          Develop technical documentation to define the system components, development environment and implementation planning/strategies

·          Prepare and dispense work assignments, provide guidance, and/or review the work ofother team members.

·          Collaborate with UI design team to achieve functional requirements and QA team to define test cases, metrics, and resolve questions about test results.

·          Recommend business process flow improvements and clearly communicate problem/resolution process to project management.

The above outlines the principal work and responsibilities in the job and does not specify each and every task that might be performed.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS DIRECTED BY MANAGEMENT

Skills

·          Ability to design and implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and perform at a high-level to meet the service levels associated with mission-critical Oracle-based solutions.

·          Knowledge of database architecture and best practices for Oracle SQL and PL/SQL coding style and application tuning.

·          Excellent in impact-analysis and root cause analysis.

·          Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with ability to anticipate and avoid problems.

·          Ability to define and implement migration strategies from legacy systems to new architecture and technologies.

·          Ability to work well within a team environment that includes offshore teams.

·          Ability to work within tight deadlines and effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

·          Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and an ability to communicate with internal and external customers and all levels of management, including communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences.

·          Ability to design and build flexible and extensible systems with focus on code reuse and generation.

Experience

·          Experience designing and developing complex enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, etc.) on large Oracle databases using SDLC methodologies (agile, waterfall).

·          Experience in performance tuning, application monitoring and support of production applications with distributed teams.

·          Experience with writing detailed technical specifications for developers; design, validate and execute software test plans.

·          3+ (SWE) or 7+ (Sr. SWE) years of overall IT/software development experience.

·          2+ (SWE) or 5+ (Sr. SWE) years of recent experience as an Oracle developer.

·          Strong development experience with Oracle PL/SQL: construction of packages, triggers and PL/SQL blocks and Unix Korn shell scripting.

·          Working knowledge of SQL Server and experience in automotive marketing and/or CRM applications preferred.

·          Experience with Informatica, TFS and Java preferred.

Education requirements

·          Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Software Engineering, or a related discipline. 

·          Oracle certifications a plus.