Principal Software Engineer

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Latham, NY
Expert/Leader
Software • Consulting
The Role
The Principal Software Engineer will oversee the entire software development lifecycle, focusing on backend node.js APIs and react web UIs. They will manage AWS infrastructure and drive improvements within the development team while ensuring code quality and compliance. Leadership experience is essential as the role involves collaboration with the CTO and CGO to guide the product's direction.
Summary Generated by Built In

Jahnel Group’s mission is to provide the absolute best environment for software creators to pursue their passion by connecting them with great clients doing meaningful work. This is a full time position with one of our closest clients.

Who we are looking for

The right person for this role will be a highly internally motivated technical contributor, with strong experience shipping production-level code with strong backend competency. It is important that you have an understanding of, and can manage, the end-to-end lifecycle of a development project, from local development and version control through to both frontend and backend development, AWS setup and management, as well as deployment and maintenance processes. 

Being an integral part of a small startup, it is also important that you have the ability to prioritize and focus and communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle; technical analysis and design, development, and unit test phases. 
  • Ability to identify, deliver and drive improvements and innovations within the development area. 
  • Compile and review estimates around all technical aspects of a solution 
  • Ensure all aspects of good design and construction are delivered
  • Working on backend node.js APIs, react web UIs, and docker-based infrastructure
  • Manage AWS infrastructure including but not limited to databases, servers and serverless functions
  • Participate in database schema design changes
  • Work with CTO and CGO to help guide the product forward 

Some Must-Haves

  • 10+ years of professional development experience 
  • Leadership experience working as Team lead or Engineering Manager
  • Hands on experience with ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript, Javascript
  • Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS)
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (Code pipeline code build and/or Github Actions) 
  • Experience working with Infrastructure as code (CDK) 
  • Deep understanding of ORM and experience with MySql DB
  • Ability to establish development standards and ensure code quality and security 
  • Familiarity with security compliance standards (SOC2) 
  • Familiarity with observability tools (New Relic) 
  • Experience working in an agile development environment

Where we’re looking for it

Latham, New York

Top Skills

JavaScript
Node.js
React
Typescript
The Company
130 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

No matter the complexity of the application, we have the skills and the tools to build it.

Jahnel Group brings well over a decade of web development experience with a great eye for design and an impressive set of technical skills. We work hard to stay on the cutting edge of our industry and are absolutely obsessed with making our customers happy. We've seen exponential growth in the past few years. So much so that we have appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for three consecutive years!

We specialize in the design and development of web-based applications, websites, mobile applications and anything digital with extensive experience in the full software development life-cycle. This includes gathering requirements, project management, wire framing, prototyping, development, and quality assurance.

We're proud to be a culture-first company. Our dedication to our employees is why we've appeared on the Times Union Top Workplaces and Albany Business Review Best Places to Work for three consecutive years.

If you have a complex project you'd like to discuss, please call us at 518-356-0039 or email [email protected], we'd love to hear from you!

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