Senior Software Engineer

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Waste Management (WM), a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

I. Job Summary
Under minimal supervision, this position is responsible for designing, developing, coding, testing, and debugging new software and producing significant enhancements to existing software. Conducts complex business process analysis, needs assessments, and participates in design sessions with Architects in order to align information technology solutions with business initiatives. Undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge in software design and testing.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.  

• Undertakes the complex applications development projects involving multiple disciplines and technologies
• Develops enterprise-level information technology solutions by analyzing, designing, coding, testing, and implementing new and by modifying existing software applications with full competency.
• Coordinates with business analysts and architects in business and technical requirement analysis, effort estimation.
• Articulates design and resolves technical/design conflicts as they occur
• Delivers solution on time, ensuring quality and completeness of the deliverables
• Identifies opportunities to improve and implements best practices, learnings and improvements
• Takes ownership, mentors and fosters growth of peers and team members.
• Proficiency in Python and Java
• Cloud Technologies: AWS Services such as Lambda, IAM, S3, EFS, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, CLI,  Kinesis, Glue,  Elasticache, CloudWatch, CloudFormation
• Experience working with Databases like Oracle, SQL, Server, PostgreSQLand NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and Dynamo DB
• Experience with Big Data Technologies like Hadoop, Spark, EMR,
• Experience working on complex cloud-based software projects, web application development, security and open-source technologies.
• Full Stack Development is preferred including Front end technologies such as Front End – Angular, JavaScript, HTML5
• Experience AI / ML / Data Science is preferred
• Excellent Communication skills and ability to understand Functional / domain Requirements and business vision
• Passionate about new technologies and willing to explore new technologies, Proof of concepts
• Knowledge of Service Oriented, Microservices, and Event-driven design patterns
• Systems development, implementation, upgrades and analyses QA testing, catalyst or unified business modeling, system design and analysis.
• Knowledge of enterprise coding standards.
• Hands on experience in writing highly complex code.
• Ability to perform code reviews.
• Knowledge of software methodologies and agile development methodologies.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
May coach and mentor less-experienced analysts and act as team leader on systems projects. 

IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.  
  
A. Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant experience.  
• Experience: Five (5) years of previous experience (in addition to education requirement).

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

• None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

Advanced knowledge or skills in one or more of the following is required:

• Knowledge of project management/change management in regards to acquisition/development life cycles.    
• Systems development, implementation, upgrades and analyses    
• QA testing, catalyst or unified business modeling, system design and analysis    
• Knowledge of enterprise coding standards.    
• Hands on experience in writing more complex code.    
• Ability to perform code reviews.    
• Knowledge of software methodologies.    
• Ability to learn new and emerging technologies.    
• Ability to lead a group to consensus, solve problems, and accomplish tasks.    
• Ability to mentor and train less knowledgeable peers and individuals.    
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).    
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.    
• Ability to adapt to change.    
• General business knowledge and concepts.    
• Web application development, imaging technology.    
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.    
• Demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to undertake a wide variety of challenging tasks.

D. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities that Contribute to Success

May require advanced skills in one or more of the following:

• Web application development, imaging technology.
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to undertake a wide variety of challenging tasks.

V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day;
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;
• Normal setting for this job is an office setting.

Benefits
At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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ABOUT WM WM (WM.com) is North America’s largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation.

Real ID

In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative.  This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons, or service federal property.  Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID, or TSA approved alternative.