Overview and Summary

We are Automotive Business Scientists. We empower our clients to turn overwhelming industry data into discovery, action and measured success. We are unique market leaders because we find and examine possibilities through the clarity of a scientific lens. To solve the toughest client challenges, we need curious, creative and dedicated people to join our team.

We search out individuals who align with our core values and who adhere to the highest standards of integrity and ethics in everything they do. Our company is filled with the brightest minds and the biggest hearts at every level. We recognize that personal success takes on many different forms of the course of our lives – both professional and personally – so we provide a myriad of benefits and programs focused on Wellbeing, Growth, Community and Recognition. One size does not fit all, so we encourage every Urban Scientist to discover their own formula for success. If this sounds like the kind of company you would like to work with, Apply Now!

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with full-stack development skills to be an important part of building our latest innovative multi-tenant, micro-services solutions. We use the newest technologies mainly developed using the .NET stack with API and AngularJS. Successful candidates will possess a passion for technology, seeking out and learning the best options for solving problems. The Senior Software Engineer will often take a lead role in the design and development of features and capabilities with an eye to improving the process we use to deliver best in class software. Join us to and support the continued development of our RetailPer4mance with TrafficView solution!

Workplace flexibility has taken on a whole new meaning here at Urban Science. The requirements of each team, role and employee can look quite different. Leaders work with their teams to determine the right balance for working in-person and remotely, considering the needs of the business, our clients, cross-functional projects, individual work, and individual preference. This role has current Hybrid Workplace flexibility local to our Detroit, MI office location. Candidate must be available and willing to work in-person approximately once per quarter.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• All team members are expected to actively participate in team technical discussions where design ideas are presented and reviewed resulting in a team decision on the best approach.
• Lead design of complex software applications that will be delivered to customers
• Design and implement innovative and complex software solutions to include solving new and existing technical issues using best practices of full software development life cycle including design reviews, coding standards, code reviews, unit testing, build processes and configuration/release management from development environment to production).
• Adhere to, support, and continuously improve processes.
• Create necessary technical documentation in support of programming and design activities such as release notes, code comments, use cases, and training materials.
• Provide detailed effort estimates to team and project managers.
• May mentor other Software Engineers

Qualifications - Education and Experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND COMPETENCIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to function on an Agile (SCRUM) team utilizing TFS for task management and source control
• Successful candidate will have knowledge of:
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) experience
  • .Net framework & C# (.NET Core experience is a plus)
  • ASP .Net Web development with MVC
  • Web API design and implementation (Swagger, Autorest. REST)
  • Experience with ORMs (Entity Framework, NHibernate)
  • SQL Server, Transact SQL
  • Software patterns (Dependency injection, MVC, etc.)
  • Modern JavaScript web development techniques (Angular 2 or later)
  • Knowledge of ngrx/redux is a plus
  • Experience with OpenId Connect & Identity Server is a plus
  • Experience with one or more unit testing frameworks (MSTest, NUnit, etc.)
  • Knowledge of code management best practices and one or more tools (TFS, Git, etc.)
  • Knowldege of one or more release automation tools (Release Manager, Electric Cloud, Xebia Labs, etc.)
  • Able to independently design features / components using industry standard design patterns.
  • Has experience implementing relational database concepts and general data structures, as well as data warehousing concepts.
  • Understanding of potential performance, security, scalability, and maintainability issues.
  • Experience in software development and testing methodologies (test driven development, unit testing, performance/load testing, scaffolding development, interactive development, configuration management).
• Must possess strong oral and written communication skills
  • Analytical Thinking/Reasoning: Requires the ability to understand a situation by breaking it apart into smaller pieces, and/or tracing the implications of a situation in a step-by-step causal way
  • Customer Service Orientation: Requires the ability to understand and help/assist both internal and external customers and meet their needs
  • Flexibility/Adaptability: Requires the ability to adapt to and work effectively within a variety of situations, individuals or groups, as well as understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives
  • Conceptual Thinking/Critical Thinking: Requires the ability to understand a situation or problem by putting the different pieces together to see the bigger picture

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Must have Baccalaureate degree in an appropriate IT field such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering from an accredited U.S. college or university, equivalent foreign institution, or equivalent experience.
• Must have minimum of five years relevant work experience.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This description is intended to describe the type and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this position. It is NOT an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required by a person so classified. The job may require additional hours beyond the normal 40-hour workweek.