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Staff Software Engineer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
posted 2mon ago
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Job Description
Take end-to-end responsibility for the design and efficient high-quality delivery of one or more major components.
Apply engineering skills to identify and solve problems across multiple major components.
Plan your own work and assist or direct others, including in other functions, in planning their work.
Work in a multi-disciplinary role to plan and lead product development.
Plan your own work and assist or direct others, including in other functions, in planning their work.
Work in a multi-disciplinary role to plan and lead product development.
Master effective problem solving, design, development, and testing in multiple areas.
Design solutions that anticipate and easily accommodate future needs.
Be accountable for the quality of one or more major components.
Design solutions that anticipate and easily accommodate future needs.
Be accountable for the quality of one or more major components.
Apply quality standards and practices to improve in all aspects of the job and suggest improvements to cross-functional teams.
Regularly practice new or innovative development methodologies to focus efforts to improve results.
Regularly practice new or innovative development methodologies to focus efforts to improve results.
Be proficient in working in all parts of a major product with significant awareness of potential cross-product impact.
Be willing to take on work and able to manage your and other teams commitments.
Translate department vision and strategy into action for the cross-functional team.
Be willing to take on work and able to manage your and other teams commitments.
Translate department vision and strategy into action for the cross-functional team.
Foster a culture that stimulates innovative and creative approaches to solving problems.
Regularly find innovative solutions to problems encountered on the job and help co-workers do the same.
Receive general direction and then act independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments.
Regularly find innovative solutions to problems encountered on the job and help co-workers do the same.
Receive general direction and then act independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments.
Exercise good judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Demonstrate effective communication across the department and across functions.
Network with key contacts across the department to solve complex business issues within your functional area.
Demonstrate effective communication across the department and across functions.
Network with key contacts across the department to solve complex business issues within your functional area.
Be proficient in one or more major products and technology areas.
Use understanding of industry, customer, and technology trends to build new products or services leading to new business opportunities.
Consistently deliver on customer expectations by producing high-quality products quickly and efficiently, with a design that stands the test of time.
Use understanding of industry, customer, and technology trends to build new products or services leading to new business opportunities.
Consistently deliver on customer expectations by producing high-quality products quickly and efficiently, with a design that stands the test of time.
Be results-driven and action-focused, skilled at smart risk-taking and removing impediments and inefficiencies.
Demonstrate effective coaching and performance management of team members throughout the year.
Attract talent by actively sharing open positions, sourcing candidates, and advocating for the company.
Demonstrate effective coaching and performance management of team members throughout the year.
Attract talent by actively sharing open positions, sourcing candidates, and advocating for the company.
Skills Experience:
10+ years experience in a relevant software development role.
Excellent object-oriented design programming skills, including the application of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns.
Strong Cloud platform skills: AWS Lambda, Terraform, SNS, SQS, RDS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, etc.
Excellent object-oriented design programming skills, including the application of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns.
Strong Cloud platform skills: AWS Lambda, Terraform, SNS, SQS, RDS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, etc.
Experience building large-scale, enterprise applications with ReactJS/AngularJS.
Proficient with front-end technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript preferred.
Experience working in a collaborative team of application developers and source code repositories.
Proficient with front-end technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript preferred.
Experience working in a collaborative team of application developers and source code repositories.
Deep knowledge of more than one programming language like Node.js/Java.
Proficient in writing/debugging complex queries with PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
Demonstrable knowledge of AWS and Data Platform experience: Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Kinesis, Snowflake.
Proficient in writing/debugging complex queries with PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
Demonstrable knowledge of AWS and Data Platform experience: Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Kinesis, Snowflake.
Demonstrated ability to follow through with all tasks, promises, and commitments.
Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities.
Ability to advocate ideas and to objectively participate in design critiques.
Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities.
Ability to advocate ideas and to objectively participate in design critiques.
Ability to work under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced understanding of software design concepts.
Understanding software development methodologies and principles.
Advanced understanding of software design concepts.
Understanding software development methodologies and principles.
Ability to solve large-scale complex problems.
Ability to architect, design, implement, and maintain large-scale systems.
Strong technical leadership and mentorship ability.
Ability to architect, design, implement, and maintain large-scale systems.
Strong technical leadership and mentorship ability.
Working experience of modern Agile software development methodologies (i.e., Kanban, Scrum, Test Driven Development).
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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Anonymous · IT & Information Security
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Great place to work
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Need to improve work life balance
Staff Software Engineer salary at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Flexible timing
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No travel
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