Software Engineer IV

Description

The Software Engineer IV plays a lead technical role in an Agile/Scrum based software development environment in creating robust platforms and innovative gaming products for current and emerging markets. She/he has a high-level of proficiency in software design producing high quality, robust, and maintainable products. This engineer has strong SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) experience, mentors junior developers and is expected to work under light supervision from his/her Engineering Manager and/or Scrum Master.

• Follows a disciplined Agile/Scrum software development process in task estimation, design, development, code reviews, unit/integration testing and defect fixing of products
• Assists in the overall schedule estimations of product releases
• Assists other Software Engineers in the estimation of design and development tasks
• Authors technical design documents for the products
• Works with senior staff to develop design and code that adheres to the written specifications
• Initiates and/or participates in peer reviews of code design and written code
• Documents new/modified code, and develops/automates unit and integration tests to verify the changes
• Analyzes existing software to debug and troubleshoot field issues that may arise
• Works with other Software Engineers to promote the reuse of code and designs in current projects
• Identifies and proposes software development process improvement initiatives for improving execution speed and quality
• Assists in the technical analysis of potential tools and commercial products.
• Mentors junior Software Engineers in SDLC processes and design/coding patterns