Staff Software Engineer

About Business Unit:

The Automotive Practice at Epsilon is a rapidly growing team, driving growth for major players in the automotive industry - from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to dealerships across North America. Part of a 1,600-member global team, the practice provides the automotive world’s largest service reminder platform, alongside agency services and digital media solutions. A leader in the automotive space, the team supports over 50% of auto dealerships in North America and manages relationships with over 280 million customers. Home to innovation and cutting-edge technology, our Auto team leads the game in developing best-in-class software and solutions for hyper-personalized digital marketing.

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This position is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of .net based applications and components for the automotive marketing platform.  This includes designing, developing, testing, analyzing and maintaining new software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements. 

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable web applications using technologies such as .NET Core, C#, SQL Server, Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, VueJS, HTML5, and Bootstrap.
• Collaborate multi-functionally with engineers, product managers, and end-users to conceptualize and deliver robust software solutions and enhancements.
• Contribute to and review technical design documents, system specifications, architecture diagrams, and solution strategies.
• Implement high-quality, secure, and performant solutions in compliance with engineering standards and organizational policies.
• Facilitate technical decisions and execution strategies for new products and initiatives, presenting solution trade-offs to senior leadership.
• Translate user requirements into well-architected, testable, and efficient code through close collaboration with partners.
• Serve as a technical SME, offering guidance and hands-on expertise in designing and developing microservices and component-based architectures.
• Create and maintain unit/integration tests, ensuring code quality and maintainability across services.
• Proactively mentor and coach team members on engineering standard processes, performance optimization, and software design principles.
• Act as a critical responder during incidents, leading cross-team efforts to resolve complex technical issues and root-cause analysis.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, identifying and addressing gaps in current processes, tooling, or support models.

• Developer with 8+ years of experience required.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Recent and relevant experience leading software development initiatives.
• Proficiency with Software Architecture Design and Solutioning Experience.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft technologies, including C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core.
• Excellent skills in Microservices, JavaScript, jQuery, Vue.js, Angular, Ajax, Bootstrap, CSS, CSS3,  HTML5, XML, REST API, SOAP, Web Services, Redis Caching
• Strong skills in database technologies (Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle) including database development (T-SQL or PL/SQL)
• Excellent knowledge of web architectural and design patterns.
• Experience in cloud services and automation technologies using AWS, Google or Azure
• Solid working knowledge of current technologies including Object Oriented analysis and design practices (Object modeling, use cases, activity diagrams, and UML).
• Familiar with various forms of SSO and an understanding of security standard methodologies such as OAUTH/OWASP/SAML
• Experience with Agile and Software Creation Process, various development methodologies, and able to independently participate in each phase.
• Ability to design and implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and perform at a high-level to meet the service levels associated with critically important solutions.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with ability to anticipate and avoid problems.
• Ability to define and implement migration strategies from legacy systems to new architecture and technologies.
• Ability to work well within a team environment that includes geographically distributed team members.
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and effectively prioritize and complete tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and an ability to communicate with internal and external customers and all levels of management, including communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to design and build flexible and extensible systems and services with focus on code reuse and generation.
• Experience with writing detailed technical specifications for developers; design, validate and implement software test plans

Preferred qualifications

• Technical
• Development experience with Microsoft Visual Studio 2019+
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Git
• Familiarity with NoSQL solutions such as Redis
• Familiarity with Service Bus architecture
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM process
• Non-Technical:
• Experience in automotive marketing
• Excellent Analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly
• Motivated to learn new applications and domains
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to take full ownership of tasks and projects
• Behavioral Attributes:
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Possess Can-Do attitude to overcome challenges
• Self-motivated and directed

Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we’ve provided marketers from the world’s leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels.

Epsilon’s comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Epsilon is a global company with more than 9,000 employees around the world.

Epsilon has a core set of 5 values that define our culture and guide us to create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We are seeking candidates that align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:

• Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
• Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
• Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
• Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
• Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.

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