What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Software Engineer (IDP) - ELS position at Blackhawk Network?
About Blackhawk Network
Today, through BHN’s single global platform, businesses of all kinds can tap into the world’s largest network of branded payment solutions. BHN helps businesses grow revenue, increase loyalty, motivate and reward their teams, disburse funds and engage consumers. Branded payment solutions include the issuance and distribution of gift cards, egifts, corporate payouts and rewards, along with the technology to deliver these products in seamless, integrated ways. BHN’s network spans the globe with more than 400,000 consumer touchpoints. Learn more at BHN.com.
Overview
Lead software design focused on an IDP environment to serve the larger developer community within BHN.
Responsibilities
- Perform all phases of software engineering including design, development, testing, and deployment in an Agile software development environment
- Design and develop new features using various languages, we primarily use Python and JavaScript
- Collaborate with other teams and conduct new technology research for product development and recommend product enhancements
- Actively participate in code reviews, analyze results and choose the best solution
- Manage deadlines and prioritize tasks
- Continuously focus on improving the software quality and performance
- Participate in Information Security analysis and remediation
- Troubleshoot customer issues and communicate effectively to internal and external stakeholders
- Mentor and inspire others and drive for results
- Onboard new scrum team members
- Work with product owners to define features and clarify requirements
- Provide timely advice and solutions including estimations. Communicate tradeoffs including hidden problems
- Able to lead the team to come up with leading edge solutions with a can-do attitude
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, Master’s preferred
- A full stack developer with 12 years hands‑on professional experience with object oriented and functional software engineering such as Python or Java
- Experience working in AWS environment
- Experience working with containers and orchestration
- Expert level at designing and building REST services
- Solid understanding of Microservice architectures
- Comfortable with relational database design and SQL
- Experience working with web user interface technologies
- Experience with Scrum framework, SM certification is a plus
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to learn new coding languages and develop creatively
- Professional experiencing in building and deploying a scalable web apps
- Solid understanding of securing coding practice such as OWASP
