India - Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Who are Inchcape?

At Inchcape, our vision is to have a connected world in which our customers trade successfully and make better decisions in every port, everywhere. We use technology and our global network to help our partners connect to a smoother, smarter ocean.

Inchcape combines its worldwide infrastructure with local expertise through our global network of over 250 proprietary offices across 70 countries and a team of more than 3,000 committed professionals. Our diverse global customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container and bulk commodity sectors as well as naval, government and intergovernmental organizations.

We have an ambitious growth model, and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.

Contract type: Permanent

Location: India - Chennai, Guindy

Main Purpose of Job :

To analyze business requirements and design, develop, test, and deliver high quality software systems exceeding business expectations. Seeing through requirements from conception to finished product.

Duties and Responsibilities -

• Review and understand business requirements prioritized by product management team
• Review and understand enterprise & solution architectures, design server-side architecture, design implementation of new features end-to-end considering both functional & non-functional requirements and the entire tech stack backend, database, middleware, AWS, and DevOps.
• Effectively contribute to product backlog grooming sessions and provide realistic work break down and effort estimations to build features and applications.
• Develop high quality, secure and maintainable applications by demonstrating growth mindset, fully implementing Agile & DevOps development principles
• Carryout unit testing and automated test scripts (when required) with familiarity of leading testing tools and frameworks to achieve highest possible test coverage
• Coordinate with testing team for efficient integration testing of the developed modules with a clear mandate to follow shift-left testing principles to contain defects at the source
• Develop SoP for technical and business users to ensure a smooth transition from software development to production operations
• Coordinate with production support team for efficient monitoring, issue analysis, and resolution with a clear mandate to enhance end user experience
• Participate in code review and improve the code with current market's best practices
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal system performance and user experience.
• Practice DevOps with automation first mindset, with excellent understanding of branching strategies, best coding and testing practices, build management, CI/CD pipeline management, telemetry and observability requirements to enhance production support experience
• Conduct lessons learned session with team member and spread the knowledge
• Work with data scientists and analytics/BI team to improve data quality of product
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.
  
  

Knowledge -

• C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, Web API, Entity Framework
• Relational databases such as Postgres SQL, SQL Server or Oracle
• Message brokers such as RabbitMQ or similar technologies (e.g.,ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka)
• Front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and experience with Reactor similar frameworks are a plus.
• AWS or other cloud-based platform development using for ex: EC2, Lambda, S3, Simple Queue Service SQS, SNS etc.
• Scripting languages preferably PowerShell
• Unit testing tools & frameworks like NUnit and Mock
• Containerization and deployment: Docker, K8s
• Agile product management tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.
• DevOps tools like Sonar Cloud, Team City/Jenkins
• Git proficiency
• Professional degree with Computer Science / Engineering
  
  

Skills -

• Effective verbal & written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and trouble shooting skills
• Strong collaborative and partner approach
• Software engineering skills with high tech resilience
• Agile development methodologies
• Dev Ops and Data Ops mindset and Live site first approach
  
  

Experience -

• 5+ years of full stack software engineering experience covering backend, middleware, database
• 3+ AWS or other cloud based platform development experience
• 3+ year of master level experience in Agile Development and DevOps tools
• Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering principles is an added advantage.
  
  

Other Requirement -

• Able to work in a hybrid with at least 3 days from office.
• Ability to travel (national and international) and work flexibility.
  
  

Why Inchcape Shipping Services?

We believe in building a diverse and high-performing workforce that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards, we depend on our people, their welfare, training and expertise. We realize the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.

Our values are at the centre of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:

Global Perspective - we connect the world and see the bigger picture.

The Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.

Progress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.

In return, we will offer you:

A diverse range of benefits, depending on your geographical location. Globally, as a minimum, you will receive:

• A retirement savings plan
• Life assurance
• Holiday
• Competitive salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Values Award celebration events
  
  

Plus, much more!

If you think that you have the right skills, knowledge and attitude to join our team, then we invite you to apply by simply clicking at the top of this advert!

#ISSthebiggerpicture

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation depending upon your geographical location.

Inchcape is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and equality, diversity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do. We recognise that our customers, colleagues, contractors and other partners are central to our success and that we work in a diverse society. We acknowledge not only our legal, but also our moral responsibility to ensure all groups have equality of opportunity.