Lead Programmer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

The Senior Software Developer role is for a full stack .NET developer with Python, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS experience. The role will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving applications built upon the Microsoft .NET framework on the Microsoft Azure platform to support innovative solutions created for a nuclear manufacturing facility. The ideal candidate will have a solid working knowledge of C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Angular, React, and Vue, building RESTful API's and employing SOLID design principles.

Your Day to Day:

• Design, develop, implement, support, and maintain applications based on business requirements, using approved technologies and coding standards.
• Design, develop, implement, support, and maintain software components and systems to adhere to and satisfy engineering, scientific, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements.
• Act as a high-level technical expert in design development, coding, testing, and debugging new and legacy applications.
• Apply secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities in code and apply object-oriented principles when implementing solutions.
• Maintain code quality through unit testing and self-documentation.
• Communicate with business analysts to gather accurate specifications for new enhancements and applications.
• Maintain knowledge of application security best practices and modern vulnerabilities, mentor team members on coding best practices, and perform code reviews.

Education and qualifications:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in software development
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (Preferred)
• Ability to develop, implement and deliver enterprise-grade systems, products, and services.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Understanding and knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholders.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to take principled bets to reach a desired end state.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholders.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to take principled bets to reach a desired end state.

Desired Background:

• Experience in software and modern web application design and development.
• Experience in contributing to application architecture and design.
• Experience coding in the .NET family of languages as required by project with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with UI/UX development frameworks such as Angular, React, JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Experience in requirements analysis and consulting on solution architecture.
• Experience in common object-oriented design patterns for web applications and services.
• Experience in data modeling, domain-driven design, and test-driven development.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and Azure CI/CD automation.

Desired characteristics:

• Strategic: You always ask "why" and "how" and "is this best for the customer and Westinghouse?"
• Leadership oriented: you realize you are part of a larger team and success is based off direct and indirect influence
• Relationship oriented: you enjoy building long term relationships with coworkers, customers, partners
• Driven: you want to win and have a "get stuff done" attitude in everything you do
• Fun: sense of humor is a requirement
• Flexibility: you are comfortable working on a diverse team for a global company and in a fast-paced environment; you are adaptive and flexible and can work with other cultures; you are willing to accommodate other time zones as needed
• Strategic: you are a quick thinker and problem solver
• Highly collaborative: strong communication skills - you succeed or fail as a team

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

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