Senior Software Developer (Data)

Savvas Learning Company • Full-time • Hybrid in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States • 1m ago

Fast Facts

Seeking a Senior Software Developer (Data) with extensive experience in database architecture and design to build scalable solutions and mentor team members in New Orleans, LA.

Responsibilities: Collaborate with product management, ensure technical requirements align with business needs, mentor developers, evaluate new technologies, and support system migrations.

Skills: Strong knowledge in database services, Cloud Architecture (AWS), Git, Object Oriented Programming, and ELT design and testing.

Qualifications: Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with 6+ years of relevant experience, including 4+ years with transactional and NoSQL platforms.

Location: New Orleans, LA, USA

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $120,000 - $150,000.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the product management team to ensure we're building the best products.
Ability to comprehend business requirements and be able to map them to technical data requirements.
Perform research, analysis, design and implementation and provide effective solutions for short term and long term needs
Support and migrate existing systems to new platforms
Mentor other team members and developers.
Work in a team environment and share knowledge.
Evaluate new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities into the platform.
Contributes as a hands-on software developer.

Minimum qualifications

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, with strong fundamentals and problem solving skills.
6+ years of experience in architecture, design, analysis, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of highly scalable database services and components.
4+ years experience with transactional and NOSQL platforms including Redshift, Big Query, mySQL, PostGres, Mongo and DocumentDB.
At least 2 years of experience in Senior role mentoring developers
Understanding of Object Oriented Programming / Analysis and Design concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Development Life Cycle
Experience in a continuous integration process, employing a CI server, automated unit testing and deployment
Strong experience with Git and knowledge on using Github CoPilot
Understanding of Cloud Architecture - AWS is mandatory
Design, develop, and test ELT processes per business requirements, following the development standards and best practices as well as participate in code peer reviews to ensure ELT applications and code process comply with industry best practices
Strong knowledge and experience in data modeling & design with relational and NoSQL DBs
Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning in various DB environments
Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems in cloud env (AWS)
Establishes database management systems, standards, guidelines and quality assurance for database deliverables, such as conceptual design, logical database, capacity planning, external data interface specification, data loading plan, data maintenance plan and security policy.