Consultant Software Engineer

Data Innov - HQ 463 Mountain View Dr Colchester, VT 05446, USA

The Data Innovations Consultant Software Engineer’s primary responsibilities are to provide technical leadership and direction to a team to deliver high quality technology solutions in a fast‑paced growth environment. The Consultant Software Engineer is expected to work collaboratively as part of a project team providing overall guidance and leadership on the technical aspects of the team’s work. This role is expected to demonstrate expertise in a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

The Consultant Software Engineer is expected to rely on extensive experience and judgment to accomplish goals and perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the job. Consultant Software Engineers are expected to take ownership of initiatives, master new technologies, create innovative solutions and help shape the future of our company.

• Provide design and development leadership to a project team as an established Technical Lead
• Guide the project team to construct world‑class new and advanced middleware solutions and re‑evaluate and refine existing solutions
• Build relationships with stakeholders to understand business context and requirements for the solutions the project team is working to deliver
• Regularly review and evaluate processes and procedures and execute upon necessary modifications for an efficiently run department
• Investigate and make recommendations on new technologies and approaches
• Review existing programs by identifying and analyzing areas for modification, including performance improvement and inefficient aspects, and work with the team to address them in a timely fashion
• Develop coding language recommendations consistent with product needs and quality standards and lead the team to build standards on implementation
• Design, code, and debug applications in various software languages
• Actively participate in the software release cycle in a technical leadership role
• Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis
• Ensure internal documentation is complete, accurate, and up to date, including documenting code consistently throughout the development process
• Train, mentor, and serve as a resource to other team members and cross‑departmental colleagues regarding software questions
• Aid testers and support personnel as needed
• Deliver presentations to customer or client audiences and professional peers
• Provide feedback to management on staff performance considerations

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• At least 10 years of experience with professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Ability to keep current in constantly evolving technical advances
• Able to conceptualize business and/or user requirements
• Proven ability to lead a team through delegation, guidance, and direction, including an effective ability to teach and instruct peers
• Strong analytical skills, problem‑solving skills, and ability to provide recommendations to the team on resolution of problems
• Knowledge of computing and technical environments, such as operating systems, communication protocols, software applications, hardware platforms, etc
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) including presentation skills
• Ability to organize and manage multiple competing priorities
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment, including participation in a team using one of the more commonly used process frameworks:
  Scrum, Kanban, XP, or Lean
• Engineers must be available in a scheduled rotation for after‑hours support of escalations of Instrument Manager and/or other DI products for critical issues with customers
• Must comply with and pass initial background check and drug screening, as well as subsequent background checks, drug screenings, and vaccine requirements as required by customer contracts
• Ability to follow DI’s policies and procedures and system usage practices
• Must comply with Company vaccination policy