Staff Software Engineer

Your Role as a Staff Software Engineer:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing a solution in conjunction with the Software Architect and implementing the solution accordingly. Your contribution will involve adhering to industry best practices and ensuring the same for other team members. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in designing, developing, and maintaining software code according to requirements and specifications, established quality and performance standards, and delivery timelines. This is achieved through providing technical leadership and guidance, and leading and motivating the team members around you.

A Day in the Life of a Staff Software Engineer:

• Design, develop, and maintain software code:
• According to requirements and specifications.
• Within established quality and performance standards.
• Within agreed-upon delivery timelines.
• Develop unit testable code with corresponding unit tests.
• Master your respective functional areas, including product domain and technology stack.
• Lead the design and implementation of critical software components and features.
• Identify software issues (e.g., technical debts, structural design) and reduce them by analyzing code and enhancing it through code refactoring.
• Perform software architecture and code reviews and communicate findings to team members, ensuring incorporation.
• Consult with Scrum Masters and team members to estimate effort for work assigned to the team.
• Work closely with Software Engineering Leads, Software Engineering Managers, Software Architects, and Engineering leadership to set and implement overall development team strategy and lead initiatives that improve processes contributing to performance effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for projects your team works on, liaising with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, QA Leads, and others to ensure successful delivery.
• Support hiring decisions.
• Communicate work progress and pertinent information accurately and timely to your manager.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
• At least 10 years of working experience in an agile software development environment; experience in a team leader position is an advantage.
• Significant commercial software development experience in C#, .NET Framework, .NET, Web API, NHibernate, Entity Framework, and SQL.
• Significant development experience using the Microsoft middleware stack: Windows Servers, IIS, AD, and SQL Server.
• Experience with open-source technology stack: Kubernetes/Docker, Rabbit MQ, MongoDB, and MySQL; familiarity with Google Cloud Platform is an added advantage.
• Familiarity and experience in implementing design patterns and best practices.
• Familiarity with software architecture patterns (e.g., microservices architecture).
• Familiarity with continuous integration practices and tools.
• Strong people management and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills – ability to handle a dynamic environment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage your own and others’ time.
• Positive and professional approach at all times.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Initiative and ability to demonstrate a proactive approach to tasks.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Ability to empathize with the customer’s viewpoint when designing and developing software.

The Perks of Working for Appspace:

For all our KL-based team members, we offer a variety of benefits including competitive salaries, medical, dental and vision coverage, mental health resources, a 14-week maternity leave program, and transport/parking allowance.

Additional perks include:

• 20 Days PTO
• Flexible work schedules
• Remote work opportunities
• Paid company holidays
• Appspace Quiet Fridays (No non-essential internal meetings scheduled)
• A casual dress work environment