Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join MeridianLink as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of our software systems and applications. You will participate in the full software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to deployment and monitoring. This role involves mentoring junior engineers, creating architectural approaches, and ensuring the quality and security of our software. A Bachelor's degree and 6-8 years of relevant experience are required, along with expertise in Java, J2EE, and front-end technologies. MeridianLink offers a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package, including flexible paid time off and remote work options.

Requirements

• Have complete knowledge and a full understanding of the area of specialization, principles, and practices within a professional discipline
• Ability to assess unusual circumstances and uses sophisticated analytical and problem-solving techniques to identify the cause
• Ability to resolve and assess a wide range of issues in creative ways and suggest variations in approach
• Ability to devise solutions based on limited information and precedent and adapts existing approaches to resolve issues
• Ability to enhance relationships and networks with senior internal/external partners who are not familiar with the subject matter often requires persuasion
• Bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years of related experience or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years’ experience coding in Java and J2EE
• 4+ years of Front-End engineering experience coding with web-based frameworks and languages including Angular, Angular JS/CSS
• Demonstrated mastery of HTML, CSS, and ES6
• Experience in front-end tooling workflows like NPM
• Extensive knowledge in developing SPAs
• Good understanding of DOM
• Working knowledge of Cross Browser Compatibility issues
• Strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design and complexity analysis
• Proven ability in implementing best/excellent practices and design patterns like observables, application flow control, event/error/AJAX handling
• Knowledge of SQL and experience using one or more RDBMS
• Functional knowledge or hands-on design experience with Web Services (REST, SOAP, etc.)
• Understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, CI / CD Pipelines
• Experience working in a fast-paced agile environment
• Demonstrated creative problem-solving and strong analytical skills
• Experience in automated frontend testing (e.g., Jasmine)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Experience in Azure / AWS cloud development

Responsibilities

• Work on frameworks or algorithms used across product lines
• Mentor lower-level peers and act as an informal lead
• Create and execute processes and procedures for the technical quality of products
• Create "big picture" architectural approaches for software design and implementation to guide the development team
• Ensure security, performance, manageability, quality, and consistency of the software architecture across the system and provide technical guidance to development teams
• Conduct research, gather information, interpret data, identify requirements, and create a solution
• Design, develop, document, test, deploy, monitor, and debug new and existing software systems and/or applications
• Participate in the full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with non-relational data stores like Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch
• Familiarity with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, best practices and tools such as Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Terraform, Terragrunt etc
• Prior Experience in designing and developing distributed systems and multi-threaded applications
• Working experience with Spring Boot, Spring JPA / Hibernate and Spring Security
• Knowledge of Microservice architecture, design patterns
• Scripting languages – Python, JavaScript, Shell scripting
• Experience mentoring junior software engineers in best practices within the team

Benefits

• Potential For Equity-Based Awards
• Insurance coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability)
• Flexible paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Remote work