Software Engineer II

Hybrid in Milwaukee

Position Overview
A Principal Engineer for software will be responsible for development of products and providing creative solutions associated with the design, development, and sustaining engineering for our new and existing software product portfolio. The successful candidate will possess solid hands-on technical abilities, an excitement and energy for product development, and a passion for their work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for the architecture and design of a module/project, makes architecture and design choices for new product development, maintenance activities, field issue resolution etc.
Responsible for technically leading maintenance activities, field issue resolution working with the local and globally distributed teams and with hands-on approach for solving issues
Reviews and approves the design and code of a module/project/defect fixes
Demonstrates customer focus by ensuring quality of software releases and timely resolution of field reported issues
Responsible for analyzing and understanding the requirements.
Identifies key module/product level technical risks and assists project manager in developing mitigation and recovery plan
Review work products and ensure the quality of deliverables
Provides input to the test strategies at a product level
Provides guidance to development and test teams with respect to overall design and development.
Leads and coaches the team members.
Drives the application of principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and testing techniques.
Owns and drives continuous improvement activities by identifying and appropriately escalating process and product quality gaps.

Qualifications / Experience and/or Background
Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science & Engineering discipline or equivalent is required.
5+ years experience in a software engineering role, with experience in PC based applications
Excellent software architecture, design and implementation skills
Expertise in development and maintenance of Software for PC Based/Embedded systems
Strong Object-Oriented development and design knowledge and experience
Deep understanding of technology & software development principles:
Analysis and Design: Object oriented architecture, Design Patterns
Programming: C++, C#, .NET application development
Knowledge on SQL Data Base, Working knowledge on SQL Server Express or pgSQL relational database.
Development and Continuous Integration: Visual Studio/Eclipse, SVN, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, BitBucket, Jira etc.
OS: Windows,
Experience in technically leading project teams involving SW architects and SW design engineers.
Demonstrated success in delivering results on technical challenges.
Good understanding of Healthcare domain (regulations and standards) and Medical software development process.

Personal Characteristics
Excellent communication, inter-personal and leadership skills
Firm decision maker and shall possess good influencing skills
Openness to collaborate in interest of project/organization.
Proactive and self-driven, possesses due sense of urgency
Shall possess systems mindset and good problem-solving abilities.
Working with multisite teams, Quality conscious and Process & customer Oriented
Coaching capabilities.
A Career That Matters
Client s employees are united in a mission to save and sustain lives. We are passionate about applying scientific innovation to meet the needs of the millions of people worldwide who depend on our medically necessary therapies and technologies. We focus on increasing access to healthcare, innovating in crucial areas of unmet need, and pursuing creative collaborations that bring our mission to life for patients every day.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Client is an equal opportunity employer. Client evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.