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- Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
- Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.
- With minimal guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.
- Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs)
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Scala or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ years' experience with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and large language models (LLMs) such as GPT or Claude Sonnet.
- Demonstrable experience shipping software, internet scale services using GraphQL/REST APIs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud & Microsoft Azure
- Solid CS fundamentals and exceptional coding skills.
- Good communication and cross-group collaboration skills.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
- Experience delivering highly secure, reliable and maintainable code
- Ability to learn and grasp concepts quickly in a fast-paced environment is critical to success
- Hands-on experience with modern AI-powered code editors such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor (or similar tools), with the ability to validate and refine AI-generated code
- 2+ years experience designing and building data pipelines using Spark-based technologies (e.g., Synapse, Databricks, or similar), with strong SQL fundamentals.
- Experience building backend systems in Java/.NET for customer-facing web applications, including API design and implementation
- Experience developing full stack applications using Web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, React, CSS, Typescript on the front end.
- 1+ years experience with Delta Lake (batch or streaming), including schema evolution, partitioning, and performance optimization is a plus.
- Familiarity with event streaming platforms (e.g., Event Hubs, Kafka) is a plus.
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