U22-005 Sr. Developer, SW

Want to join a team of Software Professionals with a growing, global company? Look no further! Our Product Development team at Kofax is looking for a Sr. Software Developer to help build and improve new and existing software products and their applications that we sell to our customers.  The position of Developer is a core role and will make an immediate impact on our company!

Benefits of Joining our Team:

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible work hours
• Comprehensive Health and Dental Benefits Package with and EAP program
• Matching Retirement Savings Plan to help save for your future
• Working from home for the foreseeable future, with the option of working from our Waterloo, ON office
• Corporate discounted gym membership
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Cell phone discount plan

We need our Sr. Software Developers to be able to make sound technical decisions to make our products outstanding! You might be a fit for this role, if you can perform the Key Responsibilities of this position:

• Contributing to product ideas and innovation
• Evaluating product roadmaps (working with Product Management, among other internal partners) to determine design and programming development requirements to meet customer needs (includes evaluating existing products and applications to enhance these and/or designing new products and applications)
• Conducting research, where appropriate and needed, to solve specific design problems
• Creating product and/or applications’ architecture and design documentation to specify engineering development requirements
• Writing/developing code for new, existing or enhanced software products and applications
• Working with various internal partners (such as Quality Assurance) to test new or enhanced products and their applications
• Participating in cross-functional build/configuration activities to ensure overall effective and efficient new or enhanced engineering design
• Contributing to downstream business activities such as technical publications and other technical communications’ tool development to ensure streamlined and effective end-user use of Kofax software products and their applications
• Ensuring new or updated releases are completed on-time, on-target, on-budget and without compromise to quality
• Supporting other internal and external partners/stakeholders/customers, as and when appropriate, in responding to technical inquiries
• Staying abreast of industry and field developments; remaining current in the latest technologies and functionalities, as well as ever-evolving needs of customers and their customers

Does it sounds like you can perform the key responsibilities of this job? If so, have a look at the preferred and required skills of the position:

Required Skills:

• Expertise in Object Oriented Design and Development, and modern design patterns and anti-patterns.
• 5+ years of real-world experience with C++ 11 programming standards or C# and higher language features.
• Experience in multi-threaded design and development.
• Self-motivated with strong ability to work independently and take ownership of development targets.
• Able to collaborate and work well in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and debug skills.

Preferred skills:

• Bachelors Degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred
• 5-7 years’ relevant technical experience
• Has a minimum of 1 or more years’ previous experience with similar product lines or subject areas as Kofax
• Experience with Visual Studio for C++ development.
• Experience developing using SOLID programming principles.
• Experience developing network applications, TCP/IP communications, HTTP, REST, SOAP.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks and mocking frameworks considered an asset.
• Knowledge of CI tools such as Jenkins.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, etc.

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.

Kofax, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vets