Senior Software Developer - Backend

Job Description

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you’ll be doing...

You will be responsible for engineering and maintaining features and components across our backend systems and web / mobile application stack, in support of our award winning SAAS Fleet Management products, Reveal & Fleet. You will have a particular focus on the Enterprise Fleet suite of backend services that are responsible for processing and serving large volumes of data. You’ll work as part of a cross-functional squad using agile methodologies to own and improve our applications to support customers at larger scale with less cost.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, both independently and in cooperation with your team
• Deliver high quality software that customers can rely on for mission critical applications
• Focus on services that control the business logic required for our Enterprise Fleet product, especially the caching and ingress areas
• Support and advise users and consumers of these services
• Liaise with product stakeholders and other teams in the organization to complete the projects on time and to the highest quality standards
• Troubleshoot and solve complex technical problems during the full development lifecycle, including production
• Provide level of effort estimations for individual and team assignments
• Coach and mentor less experienced members of the team

This hybrid role will have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days as set by the manager.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Six or more years of relevant work experience in software development, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar discipline, or further relevant experience
• Passion about technology and willingness to learn and share knowledge
• The ability to approach complex problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm, and innovation, and the drive to get stuck into solving them until the solution can be delivered to the customer
• The willingness to take ownership of projects and own them from inception to completion
• Knowledge and experience in sound design principles, engineering best practices, and Agile development methodologies
• Experience in C# and the .NET ecosystem
• Experience with GIT or other revision control system
• Experience writing automated unit and end-to-end tests
• The ability to mentor and help junior team members with improving their engineering skills and Agile development methodologies
• A strong customer focus and drive to create best-of-class products with an outstanding user experience

Even better if you have:

• The ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action, giving regard to the impact on other project teams, development partners and stakeholders
• Experience in Typescript/Javascript
• Demonstrated delivery of major projects with a focus on quality and productivity in a continuous integration/delivery environment
• Good verbal and written communication skills working within a geographically distributed development team
• Experience developing scalable microservice architectures
• Exposure to distributed caching frameworks and messaging frameworks (e.g. RabbitMQ and Redis)
• Experience working with relational (SQL Server, Postgres etc) databases
• Experience developing and deploying serverless and non serverless applications to AWS
• Experience with low level data structure and algorithm design
• Enthusiasm for the revolution that’s happening in transportation, can see the opportunities that exist as vehicles

Keyword: VZConnect, Verizon Connect, SaaS, Software as a Service

Why Verizon?

Verizon is committed to maintaining a Total Rewards package which is competitive, valued by our employees, and differentiates us as an Employer of Choice.

• We are a ‘pay for performance’ company and your contribution is rewarded through competitive salaries, performance-based incentives and an employee Stock Program. We create an opportunity for us all to share in the success of Verizon and the value we help to create through this broad-based discretionary equity award program.
• Your benefits are market competitive and delivered by some of the best providers.
• You are provided with a full spectrum of health and wellbeing resources, including a first in-class Employee Assistance Program, to empower you to make positive health decisions.
• We offer generous paid time off benefits to help you manage your work life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements*.
• Verizon provides training and development for all levels, to help you enhance your skills and develop your career, from funding towards education assistance, award-winning training, online development tools and access to industry research.
• You will be able to take part in volunteering opportunities as part of our environmental, community and sustainability commitment.
• Your benefits package will vary depending on the country in which you work.