Associate Software Engineer

• Develop and maintain scalable and robust enterprise (Perl) applications
• Work as part of cross functional, passionate agile (SCRUM/Kanban) project teams ensuring high quality delivery is at the heart of the development process from requirements definition through to delivery
• Participate in scrum ceremonies and participate on development projects and implement solutions in partnership with development managers and teams.  
• Resolution of performance or security issues.  
• Provide relevant, honest and accurate feedback to management.  
• Research, recommend and implement tools as needed with the goal of continually increasing our development productivity
• Demonstrable working knowledge of design patterns
• Proactively bringing issues and problems to the attention of the team; generating, proposing and implementing innovative solutions to solve them
• Be an advocate of automation, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery 
• Maintain exceptionally high standards of design and code quality at all times, including but not limited to adherence to architectural, security and scalability standards and principles 
• Updates job knowledge by researching new internet/intranet technologies and software products; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• To be enthusiastic, fearless and boundary-less with the ability to coach and mentor

• Recent experience of developing Perl applications within an Agile environment
• Test driven / behavior driven (TDD/BDD) software development
• Deep understanding of Modern RDBMS, ability to debug slow queries and improve Table structure and processes.  
• Understanding of the MVC Software Development pattern for Web frameworks (Catalyst)  
• Good knowledge of Database ORM systems, their benefits and limitations (DBIx::Class)  
• Modern Perl Object Oriented system (Moose) - Use SOLID design principles, Design patterns  
• Templating System (TT)  
• NoSQL databases (Redis)  
• Evangelist of modern Perl programming and development practices  
• Best Practices for Perl development, OO Design Patterns and Database structure  
• Working within UNIX/Linux based environments. 
• Working knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery methods and toolsets
• Working with enterprise SQL databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with web based SaaS
• Comfortable with absorbing new technologies quickly; highly self-directed and able to manage and prioritize concurrent and competing/conflicting challenges  
• Innovator; ability to work collaboratively and a demonstrated team player with a results-oriented track record  
• Follow recommended software development methodology standards, championing evolution as appropriate  
• Pro-active customer service attitude  
• A technical mindset with good understanding of algorithms, data structures, design patterns.  
• Solid knowledge of Agile development practices.  
• A willingness and an ability to share best practice and improve processes.  
• Experienced in issues of Scaling and an understanding of optimising web-based applications.  
• Experience working across multiple platforms and technologies  
• Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)
• Strong demonstrable experience of Object Oriented Analysis & Design and accompanying design patterns with a commitment to Software Craftsmanship and Clean Code.
• Ability to work with Distributed Version Control Systems
• Performance tuning  
• Experience of web interfaces and working with databases.  
• Scaling and optimising web-based applications  
• Designing high availability systems  
• Knowledge of Agile development practices and experience working in a cross-functional Scrum team  
• Ability to work collaboratively and a demonstrated team player  
• A willingness and an ability to share best practice and improve processes  

• Experience with NoSQL databases such MySQL / DynamoDB.
• Experience or understanding of enterprise systems deployed as micro-services through code pipelines utilizing containerization (Docker)
• Experience of working with SaaS based software architectures within a multi-tenanted cloud hosted deployment model
• Experience with systems and IT operations operating within an ISO27001 environment

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