Software Engineer

Job Title: Software Engineer

Reports To: Team Lead – Software Development

Department: Technology – Software Development

Location: Ireland (Remote)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Prometric (www.prometric.com) is the recognized global leader in technology-enabled assessment services, providing Remotely Proctored, Internet, computer-based testing solutions, and paper-and-pencil. It offers a fully integrated next generation testing systems that include candidate scheduling, test development, test delivery, and data management capabilities. On behalf of 600 current clients in the academic, professional, government, corporate and information technology markets, Prometric develops and/or delivers assessments through a global network of testing centers in 132 countries as well as direct to candidates via the Web.

Software Engineerwill work collaboratively as part of an agile development team and will provide software engineering expertise and technical leadership to deliver incremental features to a wide range of products.

The Prometric agile development primarily leverages C#, .Net, .Net Core, ASP.Net, MVC, HTML5, Angular, Bootstrap, React, NodeJS, Typescript, Electron, CSS3, RESTful WebAPI, WCF Web Services, Entity Framework, SQL Server, Azure, and Hadoop (Java)

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop robust, scalable, well-designed software that delivers great value to the business, focusing on security, quality, and maintainability
• Advocate and evangelize best software engineering practices (e.g. unit testing, automated testing, code reviews, design patterns, and writing simple, pragmatic code)Develop robust, scalable, well-designed enterprise cloud systems that deliver great value to the business, focusing on security, quality, and maintainability
• Design, develop and implement unit and scenario testing for existing code base and for new functionality under development
• Integration testing and interaction with quality control and deployment teams
• Liaise with Architecture teams to evaluate and introduce new technologies into system designs
• Stay current on technology trends and identify ways to innovate our products in the education space

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent in work experience2+ years’ experience with full-stack enterprise software development (UI, back end, database etc.)
• Experience working with large scale enterprise technology platforms
• Solid understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, SOAP and API design for extensibility and portability
• Solid understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) modelExperience with version control and branching (e.g. Git, GitFlow)Experience with Automated Testing frameworks and scripting (i.e. Selenium, ReadyAPI)
• Communicates effectively with non-technical audiences, able to explain complex technical concepts to peersA flexible, open-minded developer who is able and eager to learn new domains quicklyAbility to demonstrate strong problem-solving ability and analytical skills
• Experienced in Agile development and Continuous Delivery

DESIRED SKILLS

• Working experience in cloud ecosystem (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS), Docker, Kubernetes is a plus 
• Experience working with Azure DevOps
• Understanding and experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Familiarity with PCI and/or FISMA (or similar) compliance standards preferred
• Experience working with CMMI