Lead software development within a Scrum team by designing and implementing complex C#/.NET solutions, troubleshooting applications, guiding architecture, and maintaining engineering standards. Responsibilities include microservices and event-driven design, testing, CI/CD automation, code reviews, technical research, documentation, mentoring developers, and collaborating with Product Owners on roadmaps and execution.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be working in a high-energy team, writing beautiful code using the best engineering practices in the industry today. Passion for problem solving and all aspects of software development is critical. We are building teams that are empowered to solve the business needs by having a rapid development and deployment pipeline with a focus on automation and continuously releasing software. As a key contributor to the Scrum team, you will be responsible for leading the team to deliver solutions that adhere to the software architecture strategy, coding standards, and established organizational policies and procedures and providing technical and architecture guidance to others in your areas of expertise.
Location: Remote, working hours are based on the US Eastern / Central Timezone.
About the Company:
Abstra is a fast-growing, Nearshore Tech Talent services company, providing top Latin American tech talent to U.S. companies and beyond. Founded by U.S.-bred engineers with over 15 years of experience, Abstra specializes in sourcing skilled professionals across a wide range of technologies to meet our clients’ needs, driving innovation and efficiency.
Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze software requirements to determine best solution to deliver business goals including estimating and planning throughout an agile software development lifecycle
- Modify codebase to implement complex software modifications following appropriate standards for coding and design patterns, source code control, unit testing, and continuous integration and deployment
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex errors in software application to determine root cause and resolution
- Assist with testing and written description of application software changes
- Collaborate with team members, actively participate in all Scrum ceremonies and activities including pair programming and peer code review with a constant focus on continuous improvement
- Establishes alignment with Product Owner to understand, influence, and deliver on road maps with a sense of responsibility for application architecture and technical execution
- Be a driver for innovation on the scrum team by leading or assisting in technical research initiatives, working with other teams, participating in technical architecture discussions to influence decisions and maintain consistency across the organization.
- Lead by example, act as a role model, coach, mentor and provide continuous feedback to other team members, especially in the areas of technical and architecture expertise or when production issues arise
- Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by the client to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to the client or our clients
Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements
- Strong expertise with C# / .NET framework
- Advanced experience with use of agentic AI for coding workflow
- Strong technical leadership skills for effective participation in design discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences creating technical documentation and diagrams
- Experience mainly with microservices architecture, as well as event-driven design
- Experience mentoring and technical coaching less experienced developers
- Extensive understanding of good object oriented design principles (patterns, cohesion/coupling, S.O.L.I.D., data structures and algorithms)
- Strong experience writing clean and maintainable code using engineering best practices such as unit testing, TDD, continuous integration and deployment, automation, design patterns, refactoring, etc
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills
What We Offer:
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- The chance to work on impactful projects with a talented team.
- Excellent compensation in USD.
- Hardware and software setup.
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