Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary

Staff Software Engineer – Salt Lake City, Utah – Job

We are HID, a high‑tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. HID Global Identity and Access Management (IAM) products protect more than 85 million user identities. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will implement architectural designs, create applications, evaluate and implement new technologies, redesign existing applications, mentor teammates, solve problems, and resolve defects in an Agile environment.

• Develop architecture and design features, build prototypes, participate in design and code reviews, work with product owners and stakeholders, review user stories, and facilitate code reviews.
• Provide enterprise architecture guidance.
• Help define and evolve the technical vision for the company with a focus on microservices and replaceability.
• Evaluate and recommend technology choices to proactively meet business strategy with a perspective toward future adaptation.
• Maintain an ongoing awareness of industry standards and emerging technologies and how these relate to existing needs, potential product needs, technical needs and opportunities.
• Take the initiative to find software architecture education opportunities and share learnings with peer group and leaders.
• Develop new applications, maintain existing applications, and identify and deprecate obsolete code.
• Preserve and automate the deployment of developer source code and software assets via CI/CD.
• Work collaboratively with other developers and provide input, direction, and vision for product implementation.
• Act as a technical mentor for Software Engineering and QA team members.
• Facilitate team member opportunities to design, while steering them clear of problematic practices.
• Create, publish, and evangelize development and data model standards and guidelines.
• Participate in code reviews through pull/merge requests.
• Work closely with engineering and product owners to understand functional requirements as part of a product vision.
• Maintain consistency with the company’s technical vision.
• Provide third‑tier support when needed.
• Guide and consult with other engineering teams on critical design or performance issues.
• Evaluate technologies, evangelize standards and define long‑term strategies.
• Develop and modernize code and systems, automate using pipelines, support critical issues.
• Guide peer engineers, steer software design, review engineering output.
• Translate business requirements and educate the organization.

• Minimum 7years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, information systems, or a related field. Candidates with equivalent education and relevant work experience may also be considered.
• Sound working knowledge of application architecture principles, design patterns and their implementation.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring, JBoss, Oracle Tomcat containers; HTTP, JSON, XML, and Web Service protocols.
• Proficiency in Java, JSP, Java Servlets, React and/or Angular, SQL, No
  
  SQL, and web development concepts.
• Experience with microservices, GraphQL or REST, version control systems, Gitflow branch/release management.
• Experience in decomposing monolith applications.
• Good knowledge of containerized application deployment.
• Understanding of dependency management (Maven, Jenkins, or Gradle).
• Understanding of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery and the tools that support it (Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo, Git Lab, etc.).
• Experience working in Agile development methodology (Scrum, XP, SAFe, etc.).
• Understanding of cloud application architecture in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with event‑driven integrations.
• Preferred: PKI, certificate lifecycle management, and hardware secure modules.

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work‑life balance.
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture.
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential.
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware,…