Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Data Integration Infrastructure Team

We believe data can change the world. And we believe people can, too.

Come be part of Qlik’s fast-paced, cutting edge, Cloud-focused Data Integration Infrastructure Team! We bring data into the Qlik product set from over 50 sources to enable users to make transformative discoveries in their data and act on them.

Qlik’s R&D is a global organization based in Lund, Boston, Ottawa, Vicenza, London, and Reykjavik, and as part of the Data Integration Infrastructure Team, you …

• Join a small, close-knit team building and supporting Qlik’s Cloud-based Data Integration Infrastructure and Data Connectivity components - including Web Data, File Access, etc.
• Share and gain understanding and appreciation of the purpose and practices of agile software development
• Create innovative solutions to scalability and performance bottlenecks typical in complex, big data environments
• Spend time to learn, work with and apply lots of different technologies to solve challenging problems
• Exercise strong communication, analytical and interpersonal skills working in a cross-functional team

Role & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain components within the Data Integration Infrastructure team
• Research new requirements and propose solutions based on technical options, scope, and risk
• Engage with support engineers to analyze, identify, and fix issues and bottlenecks at customer sites
• Ensure that deliverables meet requirements and recommend alternatives where appropriate
• Employ test-driven development practices including unit tests
• Document specifications and other relevant technical content as necessary
• Communicate with engineering management and team leaders on task prioritization, scheduling, and coordination
• Collaborate and coordinate with other team members on all aspects of the process including API and interface standards, user experience, architectural design, implementation, testing, and documentation

Education Requirement

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistical Analysis, Mathematics or related discipline is required
• Advanced degree preferred

Required Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience working on a commercial software product
• Minimum 8 years of experience as a hands-on developer
• Mastery of C#/.NET Core is necessary, a working knowledge of Java/Go is a plus
• 3 or more years’ experience using Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and/or Microsoft Azure
• Familiarity in producing software components implemented as microservices in a Kubernetes environment
• Domain and technical experience in the area of data access via web APIs to social media and/or web-based data sources such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. is preferred
• Domain and technical experience in the area of databases, data formats and protocols, and data access using data and integration technologies/APIs such as ODBC, JDBC, REST, XML, JSON, etc. is a plus
• Practical platform experience providing ability to consider implementation tradeoffs and make independent decisions to optimize CPU, disk, memory, network utilization
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with Agile development methods and iterative planning

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