Senior Product Software Engineer | C# |.NET | SQL

Provides custom software solutions to customers and to in house departments, and provides custom conversions from 3rd party products to Pfx PM and to our Axcess Practice products.

Role:

• Works independently with little to no supervision.
• Advises on best practices and technology selection.
• Mentors junior developers.
• Maintains expert knowledge of current Microsoft programming languages and frameworks such as .NET Framework, .NET Core, C#, XML, Python, JSON.
• Basic knowledge of VB.Net is a plus.
• Exposure to AI Tooling such as Co Pilot is a plus.
• Maintains expert knowledge of current Microsoft database technologies such as SQL Server.
• Maintains expert knowledge of current Windows development technologies such as WPF, Windows Forms, and Console Applications.
• Maintains basic knowledge of current web development technologies such as ASP.NET MVC, web services, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS.
• Maintains basic knowledge of relevant Wolters Kluwer software products and relevant third party software products.
• APIs: The ability to utilize, and manage Application Programming Interfaces, which constitute the set of protocols and tools used for building application software. This skill includes the capacity to create and maintain high-quality API documentation, implement API security practices, and understand API testing techniques. Additionally, having this ability means understanding how APIs enable interaction between different software systems, allowing them to communicate with each other.
• Design: The ability to create, conceptualize, sketch, and implement layouts, structures, and plans either for aesthetic or functional purposes. This could be used in various contexts such as architecture, fashion, graphics, interior and more. It involves creativity, problem-solving and strategic thinking.
• Framework: The ability to understand, utilize, design and develop complex structures and systems in various contexts such as programming, project management or business strategy. This ability requires critical thinking, problem-solving skills and attention to details.
• Uses maintained technical knowledge (above) to provide cutting edge custom software solutions and to act as a technical advisor, both to customers and to in house departments.
• Works with customers and in house departments to identify and document requirements for custom software solutions.
• Drafts statements of work based on agreed upon custom software solution requirements.
• Designs, builds, and maintains custom software solutions, such as but not limited to:
• Utilities and jobs to be used with our Axcess family of products, by customers who need additional data import, data export, mass data manipulation, or other integration functionality.
• Utilities and jobs to be used with our Practice Management product, by customers who need additional data import, data export, mass data manipulation, or other integration functionality.
• Utilities and jobs providing conversion functionality, to be used by in house departments who assist customers converting to one of our products and desiring to transfer data from the old system to the new system.
• Tests custom software solutions and assists with user testing.
• Creates documentation of custom software solutions.
• Assists with the deployment of customer software solutions.
• Provides ongoing support of custom software solutions.

Other Duties

• Communicates professionally and effectively with manager, teammates, other in house departments, customers, and third party vendors.
• Demonstrates ability to actively listen to others.
• Adjusts communication of technical information based on the knowledge and experience level of the audience.
• Assists manager and teammates as needed.
• Works with manager and teammates effectively to accomplish team and company goals.

Job Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technically oriented field such as Computer Science or Computer Information Systems; or equivalent related work experience.

*Ability to work hybrid onsite in WK office*

Experience:

• 4+ years of experience developing Windows applications with .NET Framework, C#, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), and Console Applications.
• 5+ years of experience developing Windows applications with Windows Forms, VB6, VB.NET.
• 4+ years of experience with SQL Server, SQL, and stored procedures.
• 4+ years of experience developing customer facing applications.
• Proficient in object-oriented design and development using software development design patterns and best practices.
• Experience with quality up-front initiatives such as TDD, CI, and automated unit test frameworks.
• Able to adhere to technical standards and design standards defined by multiple teams.
• Ability to mentor junior developers in best practices for software design & development.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

• Experience developing with Entity Framework, Prism, and Unity (dependency injection) is a plus.
• Experience developing web services with WCF or ASP.NET Web API is a plus.
• Experience developing web applications with ASP.NET MVC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, and Bootstrap is a plus.
• Experience developing with Power BI is a plus.
• Experience developing Accounting applications, especially time and billing/tax/document storage systems, is a plus.