Job Summary - Sr Software Engineer I
CSX Technology is transforming the rail industry through innovative approaches to application development. To maintain the pace of change we are looking for Software Engineers that are passionate about creating applications that enhance their customer’s business. Our Software Engineers are a key member of the development team, serving as technical experts while designing, developing and maintaining high quality software.

Primary Activities and Responsibilities

• Translate functional requirements into working solutions
• Code, debug, test, and support programs, applications, services, mobile apps, utilities, tools and frameworks as part of the application development lifecycle
• Document test cases, expected results, test data requirements, and collaborate with testing teams/business partners to resolve testing problems
• Provide impact analysis for changes to programs and systems
• Follow best practices around developing and maintaining secure systems
• Design and build technical solutions for complex business problems based on standards and prior experience
• Debug and resolve issues with code of significant complexity spanning multiple interfacing applications
• Actively engage with the business to ensure alignment between business needs and technical deliverables
• Lead implementation of best practices and strategies for the team
• Create system designs to facilitate the inter-operability of large-scale business systems
• Serve as technical subject matter expert for one or more areas
• Assist Architecture team in setting enterprise standards
• Mentor team and peers across technology
• Leads the trailblazing efforts in Scrum Teams
• Provide leadership and technical direction to team members
• Provide production support responsibilities for one or more applications as required
• Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree/4-year Degree
• 5 or more years of experience in required in Software Development

Equivalent Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 7 or more years of experience in required in Software Development

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate Degree
• 3 or more years of experience in required in Software Development
  

Knowledge and Skills

• Expert experience with:
  • Object-oriented languages (Java preferred)
  • Backend databases including Oracle, MySQL, and/or MongoDB
  • front-end UI design and implementation using HTML5/HTML, CSS3/CSS, Angular/React
  • DevOps processes and tools such as Jenkins, BitBucket, GitHub, Jira, Confluence
  • Develop, Implement RESTful APIs, web services
• Experience with:
  • Messaging such as JMS, IBM MQ, Active MQ
• Knowledge of:
  • Major Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Elastic Search, Containers (Dockers, Kubernetes)
  • Kafka
  • Container based Microservices
• Skilled with Agile Scrum methodologies and their application
• Debugging and problem-solving skills
• Ability to perform unit and integration testing
• Systems documentation skills (requirements and technical design)
• Knowledge of change management processes
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and groups at all levels of the organization, internally and externally (both written and orally)
• Knowledge of multiple business areas
• Knowledge of a wide range of technical applications or expertise in a more narrow range
  

Current Product Delivery Focus

• PTC
  

Job Requirements

• Hours which include rotating on-call responsibilities which may be outside standard hours
• Work hours may vary in length and schedule (may include a non-standard work week)
• Applicants will be required to engage in ongoing background checks through the duration of this position with continued passing results.

Leadership
The CSX Leadership Model is the foundation of our Talent Strategy and is what drives CSX performance. CSX accordingly selects and develops talent based on each of the following: producing results, creating change, and inspiring excellence.