The Senior Software Developer is responsible for independently designing, developing, and maintaining robust software applications that support Full Sail University’s business needs. They provide mentorship and technical leadership to more junior developers.
- This position is located and worked on campus in Winter Park, Florida ***
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Design and Development
Lead Software Development: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of complex software systems and applications.
Architect, Write and Optimize Code: Define and implement coding standards and best practices, ensuring high-quality, scalable code. Write and optimize clean, efficient, and maintainable code, adhering to industry best practices.
Design Complex Systems: Architect and design robust, scalable software solutions, making high-level decisions on technical direction.
Explore and Adopt Improvements: Continuously explore and evaluate new tools, frameworks, and best practices to enhance the development process and maintain up-to-date technical knowledge
Oversee Troubleshooting: Manage and resolve critical issues and complex bugs, guiding the team through troubleshooting processes.
Collaborate Effectively: Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver software solutions that meet project goals.
Follow Security Best Practices: Ensure that applications appropriately control access to sensitive resources.
Ensure System Performance: Identify and implement performance improvements to ensure optimal user experience and system efficiency
Software Development Lifecycle
Responsible for Documentation: Ensure comprehensive and high-quality documentation is created and maintained for complex systems and processes.
Lead Code Reviews: Drive the code review process, providing in-depth feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices across the team.
Define Testing Strategies: Establish and implement testing frameworks and strategies, overseeing comprehensive validation of software.
Lead Agile Practices: Lead agile development processes, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives. Guide the team in sizing work for better planning.
Strategic User Support: Provide high-level support and strategic guidance for resolving critical user issues.
Growth
Drive Continuous Improvement and Foster Innovation: Lead efforts to adopt and integrate new technologies and methodologies to improve development efficiency and software quality. Explore and implement innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
Mentor and Guide: Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, providing guidance on best practices, technical skills, and career development.
Other Responsibilities
Adheres to the policies and procedures of Full Sail University
Maintains strict confidentiality of company and personnel information
Demonstrates a strong commitment to the mission and values of the organization
Adheres to company attendance standards
Performs other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Competencies
Solid understanding of Ruby fundamentals, modern usage, and tooling. - Solid understanding of relational databases, SQL, and data modeling.
Solid understanding of JavaScript fundamentals, modern usage, and tooling.
Comfortable working across the web stack with modern front-end technologies as need arises.
Comfortable utilizing MacOS/Linux command line tools.
Strong verbal and written communication skills across technical and non-technical subjects
Creative, methodical, and patient approach to troubleshooting
Desire to continuously learn and refine skills, along with helping others to do the same
Participatory approach to teamwork
Excellent organizational and time-management skills
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
Minimum five (5) years relevant work experience in a related field
3+ years of Ruby experience in a professional production environment or in substantial personal projects for which the applicant can share source code.
Professional experience developing highly interactive, medium to large scale web applications is highly beneficial.
Experience integrating with third party APIs is helpful. - Experience working with educational technologies is helpful.
Experience with the following technologies is beneficial: PostgreSQL, Rails, Sequel ORM, RSpec, Modern Java, NodeJS, ReactJS, Redis, AWS technologies (such as S3, RDS, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, etc.)
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: N/A
Computer/Equipment Skills: Please reference above.
Environmental Factors/Physical Demands
Work is performed in an office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active customer and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system; enter alpha-numeric data into a computerized system often while listening on the telephone.
Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
