Sr. Software Engineer

At Echo, we foster a culture that promotes continuous learning, innovation, and personal development. Apply today and grow with Echo!
The Sr. Software Engineer will report to the Manager, Software Engineering in our downtown Chicago IL headquarters. This role contributes to the Engineering of large scale solutions that enable Echo's business while supporting the strategic architectural vision of quality, scalability, performance and function. The Sr. Software Engineer is an active member on a dynamic team looking build Best in Class software. The ideal candidate for this role not only is able to produce high quality work quickly, but also serves as a resource to their peers around them and provides mentoring whenever possible.
Responsibilities:

• Active member of a product team that solves complex challenges and builds working software
• Produces high quality code that's ready to use quickly
• Dependable and highly skilled development resource for peers
• Promotes collective code ownership so that everyone has visibility into the feature codebase

• Supports and is accountable for timely releases and adherence to release activities
• Resolves defects in a timely and effective manner
• Identifies tactical risks and raises/resolves issues effectively.
• Contributes to merge up/down through development process
• Ensures that operational teams are effective during deployment (dry-run or production)
• Carries out root cause analysis on defects to ensure fixes are happening in the right way

• Works hand-in-hand with Product Owner to break down user stories into small functional slices
• Encourages integration and promotes obtaining shared goals with team members
• Always open to new ideas and encourages innovative practices amongst peers
• Willingness to promote and participate in new initiatives (i.e. CoE initiatives)

Requirements:

• 3+ years Software Engineering experience including business application development
• 2+ years of experience working with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Angular and .Net programming languages
• 1+ year of experience developing a commercial-grade business application leveraging data structures, DBMS, SOA Architecture or writing code in OO programming language ideal
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related years of experience and technical skills
• Master's Degree preferred but not required
• Strong time and project management skills in a fast-paced environment
• Good communication skills and strong sense of ownership

Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation management services. As a third-party logistics provider, we simplify transportation management for our clients and carriers so they can focus on what they do best. From coast to coast, dock to dock, and across all major transportation modes, Echo connects businesses that need to ship their products with carriers who transport goods quickly, securely, and cost-effectively.
What's in it for you?

• Help career growth by joining industry leader and established product team with newly integrated and focused User Experience process
• Working with an organization with defined market goals, products, customers, revenue, and development teams
• Experienced mentors to learn and adopt new practices
• Ability to introduce your own views and takes on the products
• See the path from the genesis of a product through idea life-cycle and retirement of a product
• Ability to live with your design and what customers think of the product

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected veteran.