Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Essential functions

• Be a part of an application development IT shop through the requirement, design, development, QA SDLC cycles with a focus on C#, ASP.NET, associated web technologies, and relational database technologies
• Lead aspects of our services-based solutions and internal applications to ensure consistency, quality, architectural integrity, scalability, and availability
• Hands-on engineer who will support implementation during design, development, and maintenance of Evolent’s core platforms. This includes web applications, services, and data management routines.
• Investigate and integrate advances in software engineering technology and practices into the overall development process; these areas should include, but are not limited to programming languages, relational database systems, application frameworks, software processes, software automation, and system optimization / scaling
• Help to resolve questions of program intent, software requirements, and inclusion of internal checks and controls
• Develop software solutions using industry best practices and in the area of security and performance in a web and SOA architecture environment
• Collaborates with team and business owners in the development and/or execution of all types of software development considering the objectives of the organization
• Participate in the full systems life cycle with solution design, development, implementation, and product support using scrum and other agile methodologies.
• Maintain source-code repository and participate in deployment of code into production.
• Help explore and implement modern technologies.
• Develop software using known best practices such as Unit Testing, Continuous Integration
• Communicates the status and forecasting of these projects to the internal clients through a variety of methods including project status reports.
• Research competitive online marketing presence/campaigns and maintains a pulse on industry trends and systems; bringing forth ideas that embrace emerging technology/executions and innovative ideas.
• Develops metrics for gauging success of enhancements using TFS and other issue tracking software in an agile/SCRUM SDLC environment
• Identifies modern technologies that will benefit short- and long-term department goals.
• Provides thought leadership in the areas of strategy and technology.
• Produces and implements visual enhancements to existing designs as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Academic Qualification

• BE (B. Tech) or equivalent degree in Computer Science or related field

Mandatory Skills:

Strong candidates will be comfortable working across the complete technology stack implemented using Microsoft technologies (.NET, SQL Server, Azure).

• Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and outstanding problem-solving skills
• Ability to work both independently, and as part of a globally distributed team of technical and non-technical colleagues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience operating, monitoring, and maintaining software / application in production
• 10+ years of experience with:
• Software and application development
• Microsoft & .NET Technologies - specifically .NET Core, .NET6/8, C#, T-SQL, Blazor, Azure, WCF, MVC
• Knowledge of VB.Net
• Building scalable and performant RESTful/Web APIs using ASP.NET
• Relational database development (preferably using SQL Server
• Testing - XUnit, NUnit, MSTest
• Logging - NLog, log4net
• ORMs - Dapper, Entity Framework, NHibernate
• Design patterns & SOLID Principals
• Dependency Injection
• SDLC in an Agile Scrum environment
• Azure

Preferred Skills:

• Healthcare industry experience
• Experience breaking down legacy monolithic platforms
• Experience with microservices oriented development and methodologies
• Experience in configuring and using Azure PaaS offerings (e.g. App Services, Azure SQL Database, Azure Service Bus, Azure Config, etc.)
• Understanding ANSI X12, HL7, and other data formats
• Experience with Caching technologies - specifically Redis