Sr Software Engineer - ReactJS & Redux

Job description

3363563
Additional Cities

Schenectady
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

Yes
Business

GE Corporate
Business Segment

Corporate CoreTech & Cyber
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

New York
Postal Code

12345-6000
Role Summary/Purpose

The Digital Workplace Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for working closely with the Digital Workplace Solutions team to drive development of enabling tools that allow employees to self-serve across their technologies, including the provisioning and management of their core technology platforms.
Essential Responsibilities

They will be part of a broader software engineering community, working on various platforms and ecosystems to improve the overall experience and deliver additional capability across existing tools to our end user community. The projects they will be working on will be globally impactful, touching every employee across GE.

Essential Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

·  Be responsible for providing technical leadership to an agile team of 5-7 software engineers and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast-paced development environment using the latest software technologies and infrastructure.

·  Closely work with Product Line Leaders to understand product requirements & vision.

·  Translate requirements / vision into prioritized list of user stories and deliver to required timelines and quality standards.

·  Drive increased efficiency across teams by implementing and evangelizing software engineering best practices, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse.

·  Support process improvements which guide the development, sustaining & support activities

·  Work cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables.

·  Drive world-class quality in the development of new products and support to existing ones.

·  Communicate effectively both within immediate team and also across SSG leadership team and with product line leaders.

·  Ensure team receives consistent messages and has clear understanding of business direction, strategy and results.

·  Engage subject matter experts in successful transfer of complex domain knowledge

·  Apply principles of SDLC and agile methodologies as well as Software Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques.

·  Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

·  Understand performance parameters and assess application performance

·  Work on core data structures and algorithms and implement them using technology chosen

·  Proactively share information across the team, to the right audience with the appropriate level of detail and timeliness
Qualifications/Requirements

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) plus 4 years of relevant professional work experience in software engineering, OR Associates Degree plus 6 years of relevant professional work experience in software engineering OR High School Diploma plus 8 years of relevant professional work experience in software engineering.

·  GE Leadership Program Graduates will get credit towards relevant work experience, commensurate to the program they have completed
Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

·  Mastery of core JavaScript paradigms and concepts as well as its shortcomings and strengths

·  4+ years of experience developing and maintaining frontend web applications

·  Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable frontend applications

·  Proven experience working with and integrating open standard APIs into frontend applications

·  Strong skill set with an eye for pixel perfect design using CSS and ensuring accessibility best practices

·  Proven experience optimizing frontend applications for speed and scalability

·  Proven understanding of how different deployment strategies impact frontend application development

·  Proven understanding of core computer science fundamentals

·  Deep understanding of how the web works, including but not limited to the network layer, browser-specific implementations, and DNS services

·  Proven experience working with code version systems and different branching strategies

·  Strongly advocates and drives coding best practices and craftmanship to deliver high quality code

·  Experience with ReactJS, Redux, GraphQL or TypeScript is a plus

·  Experience working within a design system or component library is a plus

Business Acumen:

·  Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems

·  Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts

·  Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends

·  Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices

Leadership:

·  Ability to takes ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members

·  Ensures understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results

·  Identifies misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Makes suggestions to course correct

·  Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives

Personal Attributes:

·  Strong oral and written communication skills

·  Strong interpersonal skills

·  Effective team building and problem solving abilities

·  Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit

About Us

GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers. www.ge.com
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Primary Country

United States
Primary State/Province

New York
Primary City

Schenectady