Sr. Software Engineer

 

GoAhead Solutions has an immediate need for a Sr. Software Engineer in Chicago, IL. This would be a Five month contract to hire.

Scope of position:

Participate in Scrums with Development, QA and Product Management staff to design and develop new product features.

Main Responsibilities:

-Come up to speed on product functionality and technology.
-Contribute to story creation and design of new features with other development team members.
-Develop new features.
-Communicate status daily in Scrums.
-Work closely with Development, QA and Product Management to ensure features are implemented per requirements

Required Skills/Education Requirement:

-BS in Computer Science or related field of study (required)
-4 years of development experience minimum
-Excellent communication skills for interaction with both technical staff and business
-Well versed in C# and advanced concepts (lambdas, delegates, LINQ)
-Well versed in HTML, JavaScript, CSS
-Excellent ability to navigate and understand a large pre-existing codebase
-Familiarity with relational database concepts and SQL
-Knows how to write quality maintainable code, not just code that works (i.e. understands refactoring, designing for test, principles such as SOLID or CQRS)

Desired Skill Set:

-SQL Server, SQL
-NUnit and Moq
-Team Foundation Server
-Model, View, Controller
-Ajax
-MSMQ
-Web Services (WCF, WebApi)
-Object oriented design
-NHibernate, Entity Framework, or other ORM