Software Engineer, CIP Platform (Content, Insights & Policy)
The Software Engineer will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team comprising of developers, designers and product owners to create products and services to solve problems that help to create meaningful impact for the people our applications serve, one line of code at a time.
What the Software Engineer will be working on:
The Software Engineer must be cross-functional and particularly skilled in Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Deployment and Deployment Testing. This individual should also be able to work in Typescript. We use the following frameworks: NextJS, VueJS.
The ideal candidate is also fluent in GitLab Pipelines, Terraform, AWS and Azure and ready to support ad-hoc deployment and production incidents as we scale across multiple tenants and products. The individual should be comfortable working with frontend libraries and creating React and web components, and any experience with Rust would be considered a valuable asset.
Design scalable architectures;
Write code that is clean and maintainable;
Practice pair programming or code reviews (depending on team);
Write tests.
Work with a range of technologies. We choose languages and frameworks that best fit the product were building. Technologies we use include NextJS, Node.js, TypeScript, React, React Native;
Tackle a wide variety of challenges across the technical stack;
Participate in regular tech-sharing sessions and team retrospectives;
Work with the Scrum Master to build a positive team culture.
What we are looking for
Strong understanding of programming fundamentals;
Good analytical and problem-solving skills;
Keen sense of learning & self-discovery;
Team players with good communication skills;
Have the desire to serve the public through the use of technology;
A healthy discontent with the status quo, and an itch to improve things; and
The following are added advantages: Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related disciplines
Experience in modern web application technology stacks
Familiarity with software engineering best practices
Experience in automated testing, and database management
About Virtusa
Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.
Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.
Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
