Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer Job Description Minimum required

About Philips

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Responsibilities

• Job Responsibilities: • Acts as the technical coach for a team or domain, being recognized and approached by team members for expertise and guidance, ensures consistent application of best practices and high standards across projects. • Sets quality goals and development practices with the team, driving continuous improvement and excellence in software development through rigorous standards and methodologies. • Integrates software components and third-party libraries into existing systems, ensuring seamless functionality and interoperability with minimal disruption. • Conducts and participates in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices to maintain code quality. • Analyzes and optimizes application performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to enhance user experience and system efficiency, ensuring the software meets performance benchmarks. • Stays current with emerging technologies and industry trends, incorporating new tools and methodologies to improve development processes and product quality. • Develops software to log and store performance data, usage, errors, etc., enabling continuous monitoring of solutions and products for improved reliability and performance. • Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and QA engineers, to define, design, and ship new features, ensuring alignment with project goals and user needs. • Resolves a wide range of moderate complexity requests in creative ways, demonstrating good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with Bachelor's in areas such as Software Development, Software Design and Architecture, Testing and Quality Assurance or equivalent OR no prior experience required with Master's Degree.

Preferred

• Master's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Software Test Automation • Agile Methodology • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) • DevOps • Business Acumen • Continuous Improvement • Version Control System • Quality Specifications • Software Design • Code Reviews • Programming Languages • Debugging • API Design • API Integration • Test Driven Development (TDD) How we work together We believe that we are better together than apart.
• For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
• Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
• Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.