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WM Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack in Houston, Texas

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

WM, a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

I. Job Summary

Under minimal supervision, this position is responsible for designing, developing, coding, testing, and debugging new software and producing significant enhancements to existing software. Conducts complex business process analysis, needs assessments, and participates in design sessions with Architects in order to align information technology solutions with business initiatives. Undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge in software design and testing.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.

  • Develops enterprise-level information technology solutions by analyzing, coding, testing, and implementing new software and by modifying/enhancing existing software applications.

  • Leads design/coding sessions, develops solutions, and implements solutions as part of a team. Performs complex analyses of system requirements and of existing business processes and information systems.

  • Articulates design and resolves technical/design conflicts as they occur.

  • Coordinates with business analysts and users to determine requirements.

  • Reviews systems under development and related documentation.

  • Resolves customers’ issues and responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements. Participates in the development of software.

  • Contributes in advanced systems planning, scheduling and implementation.

  • Mentors and fosters growth of peers and team members.

  • May work on-call shifts on a rotation basis.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

May coach and mentor less-experienced analysts and act as team leader on systems projects.

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant experience.

  • Experience: Five (5) years of previous experience (in addition to education requirement).

  • Preferred Experience:

  • Eight (8) years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.

  • Four (4) years overall experience in NodeJS-based applications

  • Three (3) years of building middleware using NodeJS

  • Two (2) years of using NodeJS in an AWS Serverless environment.

  • REST-based API design and development

  • AWS Serverless technologies like Lambda, ECS Fargate, API Gateway etc.

  • Git, writing unit tests, continuous deployment, and code documentation.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

  • None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

Advanced knowledge or skills in one or more of the following is required:

  • Knowledge of project management/change management in regards to acquisition/development life cycles.

  • Systems development, implementation, upgrades and analyses.

  • QA testing, catalyst or unified business modeling, system design and analysis.

  • Knowledge of enterprise coding standards.

  • Hands on experience in writing more complex code.

  • Ability to perform code reviews.

  • Knowledge of software methodologies.

  • Ability to learn new and emerging technologies.

  • Ability to lead a group to consensus, solve problems, and accomplish tasks.

  • Ability to mentor and train less knowledgeable peers and individuals.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).

  • Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to adapt to change.

  • General business knowledge and concepts.

D. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities that Contribute to Success

May require advanced skills in one or more of the following:

  • Web application development, imaging technology.

  • Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.

  • Demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to undertake a wide variety of challenging tasks.

V. Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

  • Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day;

  • Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely;

  • Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;

  • Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;

  • Normal setting for this job is an office setting.

Benefits

At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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