Sr Principal Software Engineer - 90387009 - Wilmington Location: Wilmington, DE, US, 19801
Company: Amtrak
Your success is a train ride away! As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country.
We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States.
The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.
Are you ready to join our team? Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak.
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
The Senior Principal Software Engineer is responsible for design, development and support of multiple applications and platforms.
It is a leadership position that is well-versed in software engineering best practices and ensures software is developed with high quality.
Daily responsibilities may include design and development, configuration and/or integrations; reviewing development progress, ensuring any issues are resolved quickly, working with project managers, IT service owners and IT service offering leads to keep all parties formally updated and aware of development underway, as well as issue resolution status.
The Senior Principal Software Engineer meets regularly with stakeholders to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Provides technical Subject Matter Expertise (SME), while managing across diverse teams, owns deliverables, manages to deadlines, and communicates across teams to achieve goals. Owns and leads the software development approach as an engineering exercise; owns low-level design solution; in case of few alternatives drives to the best solution up to implementation to answer Amtrak needs. Confirms requirements and the detailed design are clear, follows a documented development methodology, and makes sure a unit testing regimen is followed to deliver code per designs. Creates and updates documentation as necessary to ensure architectures, designs, and other descriptions are up to date and describes the as-deployed system. Leads the development planning process with customers, IT business analysts, architects and team members. Works with architecture and technology to codify development tools, code reusability standards, improve design documents. Develops design specifications and sizing estimates for technical requirements. Confirms all development work is in harmony with all standards as well as ensuring the overall implementation is connected to Amtrak's technology strategies. Adheres to quality standards and procedures.
Reviews modules for quality assurance and checks compliance with application architecture standards and SLAs. Proactively recommends and provides ongoing maintenance of applications. Assists in the development of user guides and training documentation. Provides technical guidance or system process expertise. Develops reports and presentations for senior management, as needed. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, software engineering or business management plus 12+ years relevant experience; or 15+ years of relevant work experience in Subject Matter Expert capacity required to satisfy education and experience requirements. Extensive experience programming and/or systems analysis experience with a displayed mastery of multiple program languages. Can adapt programming methodologies of the team to better fit the project scope and unique needs that may arise. Have a broad level of understanding surrounding information systems and application architecture standards. Can focus on business goals while ensuring development is completed on time. Ability to work well under deadlines and in a flexible environment. Must have experience/in-depth knowledge of business operations and systems requirements processes including ability to measure short- and long-term business goals. Must possess the ability to utilize adaptable communication skills to effectively translate between technical and business language. Must possess the skill to educate project team members on business unit goals and objectives and educate the business on the value of information technology. MINIMUM KSA (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities): Deep General Web, Cloud & Mobility Background.
Very strong knowledge of core Internet (HTTP, Mail, REST, DB, Data Modeling etc.
) Very strong documentation and communication skills. Ability to articulate complex architectures in completeness and detail that demonstrate a mastery of the subject. Highly proficient knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns and the experience with programming languages is required. Extremely proficient in frontend (Web) or backend (Server) or mobile application development or cloud platform services. Expert Proficiency in the following technologies and methods: Hands on development experience designing, developing with AWS technologies like S3, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, EC2, Data Pipeline, CloudWatch, CodeCommit and CloudFormation. Deep technical expertise in Azure B2C platform.
Hand on experience using B2C user flows, custom policies for enablement of identity tasks like sign up, sign in, and profile editing. Strong hands-on development experience in Angular, Java, J2EE, Spring, REST APIs and related server-side technologies. Extensive experience with AWS cloud development - Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB/Aurora, Redshift, NodeJs etc. Expertise in continuous integration and continuous delivery, with tools like Git, Jenkins & JIRA in an agile scrum environment. Broad level of understanding of information systems and application architecture standards. Extensive experience with Agile methodologies and techniques including SCRUM and SAFE frameworks. Recognized as a trusted adviser, with a track record of creating successful technology solutions that support the organization's strategic vision and goals. Ability to work well under deadlines and in a flexible environment. Must have experience/in-depth knowledge of business operations and systems requirements processes including ability to measure short- and long-term business goals. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, software engineering or business management plus 12+ years relevant experience; or 15+ years of relevant work experience in Subject Matter Expert capacity required to satisfy education and experience requirements. Excellent communication skills - both oral and written. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed in a remote / Hybrid environment. May require travel up to 10%. Requires on-call status. After hours and periodic shift work may occasionally be required. Willingness to support applications 24 x 7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Additional duties as assigned. COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
The salary/hourly range is $149,400 - $215,100.
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.
Requisition ID: 163742
Posting Location(s): Delaware
Work Arrangement: 05-Hybrid Monthly
Job Family/Function: Engineering
Relocation Offered: No
Travel Requirements: Up to 25%
You power our progress through your performance. Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol.
All Amtrak positions require a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.
Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply.
We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.
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