Description
Principal Software Engineer We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to participate in an agile development scrum team designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting elegant, scalable and reliable software solutions for our customers. This role provides opportunities to work on a wide array of projects. This role reports to the Director of Development and works closely with Development, Architecture, Product, Customer Success, SassIO and Strategic Partners to deliver solutions that simplify the daily work life of the front line of education.
Responsibilities - Demonstrate the ability to acquire new skills and techniques and apply them within assigned engineering tasks
- Perform analysis and troubleshooting of highly advanced software constructs
- Ability to work with older versions of ASP.Net Web application and Reporting services.
- Champion the adoption of coding standard practices and procedures by the team
- Participate in the research, design, and development of complex software components
- Lead an initiative to refactor and modernize an existing .NET Web Form based codebase
- Construct unit tests over complex algorithms to ensure a high degree of quality in code
- Collaborate with other engineers on the team and across the technology organization
- Provide high level estimates at a project level
- Participate in functional requirements review meetings with Product Owners
- Mentor other team members
- Challenge the team to think about code-quality in terms of long-term maintainability
- Take an active role in ensuring the team meets sprint commitments
- Participate in cross-functional meetings
- Proactively convey details regarding project status and deliverables to key stakeholders in a timely manner
Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years' experience in the following is required:
- Agile methodology
- C#, ASP. Net 4.5+, .NET Core
- MS SQL relational database design and querying
- JavaScript Framework (jQuery, Angular 16+, Node)
- ASP .NET Web Forms
- Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2, Lambda, SNS, SQS, etc.)
- Microservice and Event Driven architectures
- SaaS/Multi-tenant platform
- Caching Platforms (Redis/Memcached)
- Experience with the following is preferred:
- Jira, GitHub, Office365, Slack, Zoom, Confluence
Frontline Education is a pioneer of school administration software purpose-built for K-12 districts. We provide innovative, connected solutions for student and special programs, business operations, and human capital management with powerful data and analytics to empower educators and administrators. We earn the trust of K-12 leaders across the U.S. by serving as a consistently high-performing, forthright partner of school districts through every dimension of the company. We're a group of unique and talented individuals that love what we do. We've been lucky enough to land jobs with a rapidly growing tech company that supports an appreciative and friendly customer base. We work hard to make our customers happy, but we like to have a good time in the process. We are a company that strives to think in terms of “we” instead of “me.” We believe in the philosophy of servant leadership and that it's all about putting others first. We also value the balance between family and work. Frontline embraces diversity, equity, and inclusivity. We are intentionally building a workplace that respects, supports, and values the identities of all our employees. We believe this to be foundational in developing a strong community in our company. Frontline Education is an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Frontline offers a competitive compensation package including a base salary, rewarding bonus structure, 401k match, and Personalized PTO! Our company growth has created a promising environment for career advancement and rewarding challenges. We offer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible college credit coursework available to employees depending on their status and length of employment.