Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Position Description
CGI is seeking a hands-on Senior Back End Engineer with a proven technical expertise to join our dynamic team.

You will be involved in a mission critical project, working with a team of smart, dedicated people like yourself who build quality solutions for our customers. Take your talents to a company that inspires growth and values your ideas.

As a senior back-end engineer for our IP Development scrum team, you will work closely with the architects to evaluate and design the solutions to assigned features. Once the solution is defined, you will implement the solution by designing, developing, testing, and deploying both custom and off-the-shelf software. You will also partner with multiple teams across technology - including architecture, infrastructure and operations, vendors, and consultants - to implement the roadmap.

You will help align solutions to the Product's priorities. You will be a part of the team that plans the solution to ensure capacity and scalability as demand and usage evolves. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality products are important.

This role must be located in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA or Lebanon, VA

The successful candidate will be a member of a high-performing agile team. The senior back-end engineer must be self-motivated with a strong work ethic, time-management, and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate must have demonstrated software engineering and effective communication skills.
Responsibilities:
- Engage with architects/product team/leads to comprehend functional challenges, prototype new ideas, and new technologies, and help to create innovative solutions
- Collaborate with the architects, and product owners to design, develop, test, and document frameworks, toolkits, and applications
- Develop new services by writing their own code as well as by utilizing existing Microservices and APIs
- Deliver robust technical designs, code, and documentation
- Apply software development best practices, concepts, and principles throughout software development life cycle
- Ensure that software meets or exceed specified standards and end-user requirements
- Ensure adherence to secure coding standards and best practices
Maintain high standards of software quality by engaging in code review process.

Required Qualifications :
8-10 years of Software Engineering experience with the design, development, coding, testing, deployment, documenting, and debugging of software.
- 6 years of experience in Java technology stack. Back-end development capabilities supporting database, server-side development, and CI/CD integration
- 6 years of experience with Spring framework (Spring MVC, Spring boot, Spring security)
- 6 years of relational database, including PostgreSQL DB
- Experience developing and utilizing Microservices and APIs
- Strong knowledge of REST services
- 2 years of experience on Microsoft Azure or AWS tools and environments
- Knowledge on DevOps tools and Continue Integration (CI) process using Docker, Kubernetes
- Experience with Github, Bitbucket, etc. versioning systems.
- Ability to work with automated unit test frameworks like Junit and Mockito.
- Self-directed and self-motivated with the ability to take charge or play a supporting role
- Excellent communication, and documentation skills and ability to communicate with senior architects
Desired:
Experience with web client-side development using JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React.js, Node.js, Typescript
Experience with technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
Knowledge of Cloud, security, infrastructure, databases, and networking

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $77,000 - $190,000."
Benefits
At CGI we call our professionals "members" to reinforce that all who join our team are, as owners, empowered to participate in the challenges and rewards that come from building a world-class company. CGI's benefits include:
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive insurance options
Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
Paid parental leave
Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
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While technology is at the heart of our clients' digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.

When you join CGI, you become a trusted advisor, collaborating with colleagues and clients to bring forward actionable insights that deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We call our employees "members" because they are CGI shareholders and owners and owners who enjoy working and growing together to build a company we are proud of. This has been our Dream since 1976, and it has brought us to where we are today - one of the world's largest independent providers of IT and business consulting services.

At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

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