Senior Engineer

Who We Are Qvest US is the global leader in technology and business consulting for the Media & Entertainment and Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail industries. We strategize, advise, design, develop and implement future-forward business & technology solutions. With expertise in digital media supply chain, data & analytics, IP & rights management, broadcast transformation, Salesforce and applied AI, our exceptionally talented teams partner with Fortune 1,000 companies to revolutionize markets and set new industry standards.   About the IDC The IDC is our Innovation and Development Center. We build custom software using modern technologies to solve complex business problems for our clients. We believe the best products and services are realized by knowledgeable, tight-knit teams aligned to a shared purpose and understanding.  Who we're seeking You are an innovative and thoughtful self-starter who enjoys solving problems and thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments. You are looking for a role where you can shape best practices, mentor team members, work on varied projects, and influence technologies and solutions for both Qvest internal and client external projects. You thrive in environments where you're able to demonstrate technical competency while working individually, closely with team members, or directly with our clients.\ Self driven engineers who love to identify and experiment with new approaches, technologies, or tools that will impact our projects or industry. Examples could include emergent architectural approaches, new cloud provider offerings, or productivity enhancers (new tooling, Chat-GPT, Co-Pilot, or similar) Travel Requirements Employees are responsible for traveling to and from client sites as required by their project or assignment, regardless of location. Travel may include sites outside the employee’s primary office location, state, or region.   Remote & Hybrid Work While remote or hybrid work may be permitted for certain projects, client needs take precedence. Employees are expected to report onsite at the client location when required by the project scope, client request, or management directive.   Life at Qvest We were founded on a culture of collaboration and inclusiveness, and this permeates each of our initiatives, both client-facing and internal. We offer a wide selection of benefits including medical, dental & vision, 401k matching and flexible vacation; we sponsor training to advance our teams’ skill sets and we prioritize our employees’ professional growth paths. Qvest US is currently 300+ people strong and we’ve been recognized as a “Best Place to Work,” a “Great Place to Work,” “Fastest Growing,” and “A Jewel."   Equal Employment Opportunity Qvest is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qvest applies this stance to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including internships, at all levels of employment.   country: US all locations: [Austin, Texas Anywhere in the USA] commitment: Full-time department: Innovation Development Center location: Austin, Texas team: Back End What you'll do: You will provide leadership within software teams; as a mentor, team-lead, trusted client-facing technologist and/or as a hands-on contributorYou will impact all phases of our projects and all phases of the SDLCYou will leverage your existing depth of knowledge to maximize your impactYou will grow into new and/or adjacent technologies and domains to broaden your impact What you'll bring: 5+ years in software development, including working in teamsExperience with agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban or XPDeep knowledge in the language and library/framework ecosystems of Java, JavaScript/Typescript, or PythonExperience in defining and utilizing software development best practices Project Structures, coding practices, testing practices Definition and utilization of CI/CD pipelines Architectural patterns that balance scope and scale of project needs Identification and mediation of technical debt within a code base over timeDeep knowledge building high quality, scalable, and production ready software, such as: Services with well defined APIs utilizing REST, GraphQL, messaging, or similar Data Pipelines to integrate systems, enable analytics, or similar Web Applications utilizing modern technology approaches Mobile Applications that are built with cross platform development in mindExperience constructing systems by composing smaller components.  The breadth could include: Definition of work units that can be implemented in an efficient, additive way SOA, Microservices, or similar architectural patterns Separation of concerns via good OOP and/or FP designExperience managing data.  The breadth could include: Design of database schema, constraints and transaction boundaries Read/Write design trade-off decisions and how it relates to mutable vs. immutable data state Use of Relational vs NoSQL stores for appropriate use casesBachelor's degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, business administration, or other related fields Preferred Experience: Hands-on experience developing with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)Hands-on experience with varied compute technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda, etc.)Hands-on experience with pipeline definitions (Gitlab-ci, Circle, Travis, etc.)Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code technologies (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, etc.)