SEIU (Service Employees International Union)

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Grade: UUR IV

Salary: $ 100,919 per year

Location: ALL USA or Remote; Southern California (Los Angeles/San Diego), Northern California (San Francisco/Oakland/Sacramento), Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Denver, CO, Houston, TX, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Milwaukee, WI, St. Louis, MO, Columbus, OH, Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, PA, Richmond, VA, Baltimore, MD, New York City, NY, or Boston, MA 

Purpose of Position

This is a senior position responsible for both software architecture and writing, deploying, and maintaining code. As a member of the Analytics and Engineering Team within the Data Systems and Analytics (DSA) Department, you will work with Engineering Team colleagues to develop a membership system, texting platform, and other critical software.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The principal responsibility of the Senior Software Engineer will be to contribute to the Data Systems and Analytics department’s membership system software development and texting platform by writing code.

The Senior Software Engineer will also perform a wide range of duties assigned by the International Union, including but not limited to the following:

• Assist the Senior Data Architect in interpreting architectural needs into working software, including leading code review and explaining new concepts to other members of the Engineering team
• Execute projects under the guidance of the Data Systems and Analytics department leadership and in collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Review and debug code
• Document the progress of software development
• Advise SEIU on software development best practices and appropriate technologies
• Perform other duties as required to support the department and its mission

Contacts:

Includes SEIU and affiliate staff.

Direction and Decision Making:

This position reports to the Assistant Director of Software Engineering in the Data Systems and Analytics Department.

Education and Experience:

At least 4 years of related work experience or combination of education and experience that would provide for the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• 4 years of experience working primarily in Software developing
• 3 years of experience with Python 3 (3.6 preferred) including familiarity with concepts like: async/await, Type Hints, dataclasses, WSGI, ASGI, functools, itertools
• Thorough knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming concepts and Software Patterns
• Experience with moderate to large codebases and microservices
• Strong understanding of REST API Development including familiarity with concepts like: Query Parameters, Error Handling, JSON, OpenAPI/SwaggerUI, REST Verbs
• Ability to learn and troubleshoot React 15.6 t
• Experience in an Agile Environment, preferably using JIRA

Preferred Skills

• Experience with: FastAPI/Starlette, Parquet, MongoDB, Uvicorn, NGINX, pytest, AWS (EKS, S3, EC2, ECR, MSK, Aurora, EBS, Lambda), Kubernetes, , Helm, Gitlab-CI
• Familiarity with Analytics, Streaming ETL, and/or Member Data Management Concepts
• A high level of judgment, leadership, and commitment to the goals of SEIU and its leaders
• Knowledge of labor unions and their operations is helpful

Physical Requirements:

Work is generally performed in an office setting. Occasional extended hours and travel required.

Probationary Period: Twelve (12) months.

Application Requirements

A resume is required for all applications and a cover letter is highly suggested. Your cover letter should explain your reason for wanting to work for SEIU, an example of how you demonstrated success in a similar position and a description of how this position fits into your long-term career plan.

Benefits

SEIU staff enjoy top notch benefits including comprehensive health benefits, major medical, dental and vision for employee and eligible dependents, domestic partner benefits, competitive salaries, generous holidays and vacation policies, and both a pension plan and a 401(K) Plan.

This position is part of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and as such the incumbent is bound by the language of said agreement and party to all benefits, dues and requirements associated with being a member of a union and the (CBA).