Software Development Specialist Engineer III

What you'll be doing...

The work you'll be doing is to support mission and business-critical applications within Verizon. You will enhance the customer experience and build world-class solutions using conversational AI and Generative AI. You will also work as a team member on various projects and mentor junior resources. You will help develop, implement, and maintain the Emerging Tech platform.

• Designing, developing, and maintaining Gen AI applications by evaluating the product owner's roadmap, analyzing requirements, and developing software systems.
• Testing and coordinating all user interface changes of Responsive Web Design.
• Executing full software development life cycle (SDLC) concept, design, build, deploy, test, release and support.
• Ensuring the application development sprint cycle is on track and adjusting the plan to meet release timelines.
• Acting independently, at the same time displaying excellent collaboration within and between various teams.
• Understanding the domain knowledge and adapting to an agile environment.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use in front-end and back-end technologies.
• Mentoring junior developers in the team and leading them to deliver on projects.

Where you'll be working...
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we're looking for...

You are curious about new technologies and the possibilities they create. You enjoy the challenge of supporting applications while exploring ways to improve upon the technology. You are driven and motivated, with good communication and analytical skills. You're a sought-after team member who thrives in a dynamic work environment. You have a thirst for working on cutting-edge technology with the drive to change the status quo.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Four or more years of relevant work experience.
• Four or more years of Experience in Full Stack Developer (Java, Spring boot, Microservices, React JS, Redux).
• Experience in building solutions using some of the emerging technologies - Generative AI, Conversational AI, Micro Front Ends.
• Experience in designing and implementing Microservices and IaaS infrastructure based on AWS Code Deploy, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, etc.
• Have exposure to emerging technologies and tools; Generative AI, Chat Bots, AI, and ML.
• Knowledge of SDLC and Agile Development.
• Knowledge of cloud-native application development.
• Effective code review, quality, and performance tuning experience.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience with a high-performance, high-availability environment.
• Strong analytical, debugging skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Relevant certifications.
• Experience with UI framework.
• Experience with OWASP rules and mitigating security vulnerabilities using security tools like Fortify, Sonarcube, Blackduck etc.
• Experience with Unit testing frameworks like JUnit, and Mokito.
• Experience monitoring tools like NewRelic.
• Ability to understand Agile and DevOps tools and technologies.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.