Software Engineer 2

About the job
Viewpoint Construction Software has an opening for a Software Engineer to join our team in Seattle WA. This is an exciting time to join as we grow and bring new features to our award-winning construction collaboration products.

The Software Development Engineer contributes to building, maintaining and enhancing Spectrum and related browser-based web applications for construction companies. This position will work on the application at all levels including persistence/database, web API services, and the browser front-end. The successful candidate has a solid knowledge of enterprise software such as Microsoft SQL Server and web technologies including cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.

This is an opportunity to join an energized team that is engaged in building products for construction professionals and helping with the digital transformation of the industry. We are currently striving to improve our existing applications built on multiple web technologies including server-side Java and modern JavaScript front-end frameworks such as AngularJS and the Dojo framework. We are also in the process of designing our next generation of cloud-based application services. Joining this team now provides an opportunity to take part in the design of this new functionality.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Works with software development architect, development and QA teams to perform product design, implementation, defect verification and remedy on application software projects.
Works directly with Product Management team to implement against product requirements and solicit more information as required.
Identifies opportunities for improving software development methods and procedures and communicates recommendations appropriately.
Works within Scrum team environment to deliver on commitments within release cycle.
Refactor existing systems to improve scalability
Support continuous delivery of product teams, by implementing automated processes

Competencies

Studies business domain and actively seeks clarity when specifics of domain will be important in dictating software design approach
Proven record of solving software problems using software engineering best practices.
Expertise in object-oriented programming languages
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
Listens effectively, transmits information accurately and understandably, and actively seeks feedback. Effectively presents and explains information to others with various levels of knowledge.
Well-organized, self-directed team player. Remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things.
Regularly brings new approaches and ideas to the table.
Adapts to changes in the work environment.

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
1-2+ years of proven software application development experience 
Experience developing and deploying multi-tenant applications, particularly with a microservice architecture
Experience with SQL databases, particularly SQL Server
Expertise in Enterprise Java in secure web environments

Preferred

Familiar with cloud based architectures, particularly Microsoft Azure
Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure services and/or AWS highly desired
Familiar with Continuous Deployment best practices