Senior Software Engineer

Company: VT iDirect
Location: Herndon
Posted on: May 27, 2025

Job Description:

OverviewST Engineering iDirect continues to fuel its engineering growth and seeks an innovative, creative software engineer who is ready for the challenges, responsibilities, and rewards that come with working in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. ST Engineering iDirect is dedicated to providing next-generation solutions for broadband IP networking via satellite networks. As a leading innovator in this space, our diverse and talented team of Internet, satellite, and telecommunications professionals continues to break new ground and create significant opportunities for network operators, service providers, resellers, and corporate networking professionals. A software engineer at ST Engineering iDirect works within the engineering department in a multi-disciplinary Scrum team using the Agile framework.The innovative and creative Senior Software Engineer is a team player ready for the challenges, responsibilities, and rewards that come with working in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. Candidates must have a strong technical background and be capable of quickly adapting to new technologies. Good communication skills, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both individually and collaboratively in a team environment are required.Responsibilities

• Develop full-stack web applications and microservices for satellite earth station network management systems in a Test Driven Development environment, with a focus on high performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Design, develop, and test model-driven object applications, RESTful APIs, middleware logic, and database systems.
• Collaborate closely with other full-stack developers, embedded application engineers, systems engineers, and test engineers throughout the design, development, integration, and release processes to ensure correct implementation of software.
• Employ efficient development and testing/debugging techniques to integrate features and troubleshoot issues.
  • Contribute to improving the overall user experience through the adoption of new tools and languages or by finding better ways to meet requirements.
  • Assist in developing and extending the existing system-test framework and simulators for front-end tools, unit testing, code coverage analysis, and our extensive CI/CD build pipeline.Qualifications
    • BSc/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
    • At least 5 years of industry experience in programming and software engineering.
    • Technical Requirements
    • Experience in building scalable web applications in virtual environments.
    • Proficiency in object-oriented design and microservice architecture.
    • Strong skills in shell scripting, NodeJS, Python, C++, or Java.
    • Understanding of REST, GraphQL, and RPC API design.
    • Experience with PostgreSQL, S3-compatible storage, and time series databases.
    • Skilled in developing unit, integration, and functional tests, and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
    • Experience with Jira, GitLab, and Jenkins is highly desirable.
    • Familiarity with Helm, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS, and other cloud technologies is preferred.
    • Additional experience with CortexDB and OpenTelemetry is a plus.
      • Other qualities include the ability to translate complex requirements into working products, strong analytical skills, a commitment to high-quality code, adaptability to fast-paced development, quick learning ability, effective communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation, and a sense of urgency in task completion.
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