Senior Software Engineer Job in New York 10036, New York Us
Senior Software Engineer
At Thomson Reuters, we deliver intelligent information quickly and efficiently, so professionals have knowledge to act. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare, and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
Description:
GUI Application Developer for a web based MultiMedia products. The candidate will work on, but not limited to, the Thomson Reuters Messaging product.
Essential Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
• Works on medium and large complex projects that are enterprise wide and require the highest level of expertise and multiple technical disciplines.
• Work involves working with a team of onshore and offshore developers
• Contribute key technical expertise, potentially global, which may have a direct material impact on Thomson Reuters' reputation, and products.
• Working with on-shore and off-shore development, test and operations staff
• Accountable for a team's results, or for a project, and takes responsibility for the quality of work delivered. Sets timeframes and schedules to meet customer and business needs.
• Defining and developing the project scope of multiple complex projects with assistance from the project team.
• Providing design recommendations, developing and integrating programs per written specifications. Responsible for writing moderate to complex design specifications.
• Translating business and technical requirements into detailed design specifications for the application
• Preparing and presenting status updates for various projects.
• Developing software solutions using disciplined software development processes.
• Provides assistance in researching new and emerging technologies. Works with vendors to understand technology. Evaluating new tools, technologies and platforms to be included.
• Ensuring project process is followed (assignment objectives, post assignment performance reviews, etc.)
• Identifies ways to improve the operation of own area and to achieve efficiencies and results.
• Provides technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to application development teams across the organization.
Required Skills:
• Minimum 5-8 years of application development experience.
• Complex GUI programming primarily in HTML, JSON, JavaScript, CSS, Flash.
• Javascript as an object orientated language
• Understanding of Service Oriented Architecture
• Hands on experience with designing scalability solutions and performance improvements
• Solid knowledge of IIS 6 and 7
• Experience with html/javascript unit testing
• Experience with web application memory leak analysis and fixing
• Engaged in innovative concepts and programming techniques on how to develop high quality software and still maintaining shorter time to market (e.g. Agile and Extreme Programming (XP))
• High awareness of customer service
• Very Focused and Challenged
Desired Skills:
• Ext JS Framework (Sencha)
• social media experience a plus
• Financial markets experience a plus
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 55,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.
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