Milestone Technologies, Inc. is hiring: Software Engineer in Issaquah

PLEASE - No C2C support needed at this time. Please do not call/email for this role.

This is a w2 project. Onsite in Issaquah, Washington. LOCAL candidates that are willing to go onsite.

- Must have skills: Full stack C# .NET, Azure, current/recent Payment's experience

- First 6 weeks of project will need to be onsite 5 days/week. Role will then become hybrid 3x onsite/week. Free parking.

Software Engineers perform development work across the technology stack (both front-end/back-end expertise). They are versatile in how they can add value, demonstrating the ability to manage the completion of projects that involve databases, backend services, or the development of front-end applications. They should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions. Software Engineers understand the full technology stack and underlying applications, services, and databases in order to ensure optimal performance.

• Tasks And Responsibilities: Develops the conceptual systems architecture design and the supporting technologies needed to enable new and / or enhanced functionality within a given product / application, applying principles that promote availability, reusability, interoperability and security into the design framework.
• Supports release planning activities in conjunction with Product Owners and teams.
• Identifies high level requirements to support the definition and refinement of a robust testing strategy.
• Supports the Product Owner with the identification and definition of enablers / work items to support the architectural runway of a given product / application.
• Defines the non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, security, resiliency, etc.) which support the development of epics and user stories aligned to a value stream.
• Identifies technical dependencies across several product / application teams to support the implementation of new or enhanced functionality.
• Performs development, optimization, and automation activities to support the implementation of a product/application.
• Develops and implements front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Increases proficiency and understanding of relational and non-relational databases, distributed application architectures, user interfaces and user experience, quality assurance, security concerns, and business value creation.
• Drives engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.
• Provides the team with the development strategy, solution recommendations, and estimates for a given product/application.
• Participates in scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospective, showcases/demos, stand-ups, backlog refinement, etc.).
• Creates and executes unit tests which validate the code changes made to support the implementation of a user story.
• Uses test driven development (TDD) practices to assist with the detection/recognition of software defects early in the development process.
• Estimates, plans, and manages all implementation tasks and reports on development progress.
• Designs, builds, debugs, optimizes and implements solutions in approved tool sets and databases.
• Develops of high quality, efficient and fault tolerant software.
• Supports, extends and builds automated CI and CD pipelines.
• Designs and delivers DevSecOps automation for app deployment and testing.
• Uses APM/monitoring tools such as Dynatrace/Splunk and browser tools to perform request purepath/waterfall analysis to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements.
• Participates in the development and documentation of department standards and best practices, and mentors junior engineers.
• Provides the team with solution recommendations and estimates for a given product/application.
• Identifies deficiencies within a product/application’s code base and identifies opportunities to improve overall code quality.
• Collaborates with team members (e.g., Systems Architects, Systems Analysts) to define project specifications and release documentation for all phases of the product development cycle from product definition to design, through implementation.
• Conducts peer code reviews for the software changes made by other engineers within a team.
• Assists in other areas of the department and company as necessary.

• Required: 8+ years' functional design and technical design experience with large-scale applications preferably in large enterprise level payment applications.
• Hands-on experience using industry standard software QA tools.
• Mastery of scaling applications from threading implementations to infrastructure scaling and topology planning.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices.
• Experience with developing and running applications in a public cloud environment (Azure preferred).
• Experience working with a major relational database (SQL Server etc.) and/or NoSQL (Cosmos DB, etc.).
• Experience designing, building, and delivering C#, .NET solutions.
• Specifically in developing C# based APIs using DevOps and Continuous delivery principles.
• Understanding of integration patterns, concepts, and best practices.
• Proven ability to work effectively and produce consistent results with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

• Recommended: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Understanding of REST, web services and SOAP concepts and technologies.
• Experience with programming languages other than C# such as Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
• Knowledge and experience with JSON and XML web-based services.
• History of delivering quality software solutions; ability to apply experience to new areas.