Lead Software Engineer

Together we are powering the future of Higher Education:
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission ~ the power of education to transform lives and change the world. We are the global market leader in EdTech for Higher Education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 26 million students in 50+ countries. We are dedicated to helping Higher Ed thrive by transforming their institutions to agile, digitally connected campuses that enable student success.

Overview:
Ellucian is seeking a talented Lead Software Engineer looking to contribute to a collaborative, foundational, SaaS-based, Agile team. We are looking for a motivated lead with strong development skills in multiple programming languages such as Java, and C# in Oracle and Postgres to support the delivery of world-class, customer-focused solutions with a continuous delivery cycle as part of a leading cloud software company for higher education. You will actively participate in the design, development and delivery of new solutions for the next generation of Higher Education products.

**Where you will make an impact**
- As a member of a creative and agile development team, design, develop, and test high quality solutions without compromising quality, time and customer expectations.
- Solve functional and performance issues, design solutions, research, exercise proof of concept and perform impact analysis
- Ability to work in a fast-paced delivery-focused challenging environment.
- Engaging with the team in software requirements, designs, and reviews.
- Set direction for our development practices and provide technical guidance to developers.
- Engage in continuous learning and adoption of new concepts, technologies, and functionality.
- Demonstrate ownership from requirements to final testing.
- Ability to work independently, as well as on teams, in an agile, global environment.
- Involved in high-level Estimation and detailed estimation of roadmap tasks and other Initiatives.
- Ability to create technical user stories to define and describe needed tasks and to translate functional requirements into technical requirements, creatively identifying any missing steps or considerations.

**What you will bring**
- 6+ years of experience in software development.
- At least 5 years of experience in technologies like Java, J2EE, C#, Groovy and possess strong OOPS knowledge.
- At least 2 years of hands-on experience with web tier programming / UI Layer - React, Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, jQuery.
- Strong experience in Spring Framework
- Knowledge and experience in developing microservices.
- Hands on experience in PL/SQL, Oracle and Postgres.
- Ability to understand and write complex SQL queries.
- Experience with Git/GitHub, DevOps Tools, Liquibase and Docker.
- Implementation of best practices, performance improvements and perform code reviews.
- Solid understanding of modern software development and design.
- A great team player and ready to take on initiatives in unknown areas.
- Strong organizational skills, interpersonal skills, written and oral communications.

What makes #Ellucianlife:

- Comprehensive health coverage: family major medical expenses, dental and life insurance.
- Christmas bonus 30 days
- Saving fund
- Monthly food coupon
- 15 workdays vacation
- Thrive Flex Program that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Women in Technology, Pride and Go Green to name a few.
- Parental leave
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:

- Tuition Reimbursement Assistance
- Professional development opportunities

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