Job Description

Blackbaud's IT Software Development team builds and manages software and services critical to our company's business operations. We are trusted business partners, first-class software engineers, and digital transformation leaders empowering Blackbaud to keep pace with a rapidly changing technology landscape.


We are looking for a dynamic, high-performing Principal Software Engineer to join our IT Software Engineering team. Our software engineers work in multi-disciplinary teams with other back end and front-end engineers, DevOps, product managers, and IT infrastructure teams to build innovative solutions.


As a Principal Software Engineer on the IT Software Engineering team, you will be developing both our Customer-facing web applications and back-end systems that power modern interactions between Blackbaud's Customers and our IT systems. Your success in this area will have a direct impact on our customers' experience working with Blackbaud, and consequently, their ability to succeed in their missions.

What

you'll

do:

Design and build software systems using technologies like .NET Core, C#, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Node, Azure cloud resources, and REST APIs. Develop integrations between core systems, including Salesforce, Workday, and Blackbaud's Engineering System Administer the API Documentation Libraries using 'Swagger / OpenAPI

' (

Swashbuckle)*
Work with a Scrum team to groom, plan, and deliver work while guiding the technical design and implementation Work with business stakeholders to research and define requirements for new features Solve defects within our operational software baseline and ensure technical debt is identified, tracked, and planned as part of the Scrum process Support existing structures and pipelines Improve software quality through techniques like adherence to software standards, static analysis scanning, unit testing, logging, proactive alerting, and monitoring Deliver documented results of improving the operating efficiency and security posture of our software development life cycle environment Work directly with stakeholders to understand their needs and identify areas of opportunity. Participate in an on-call rotation Explore emerging technologies and apply new learning to improve how we build systems through refactoring, modernizing technology, and automation.

What

you'll

bring:

8+ yrs. experience in Software Development Fundamental understanding of the software development lifecycle Understanding of secure coding practices based on OWASP standards Experience with Microsoft C# / .NET Experience building and consuming REST Web Services Experience working with code versioning, GIT preferred Experience with developing applications using Angular Experience designing and building solutions in a microservice ecosystem Understanding and know how to apply agile principles, practices, and patterns Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate complex and technical concepts to non-technical audiences Experience developing code that runs within a cloud environment (preferably Azure) Working knowledge of best-of-breed techniques and architectures Experience with Microsoft Azure PaaS, such as App Services or AKS, Cosmos, SQL, Service bus, and Storage Accounts Able to work flexible hours as required by business priorities

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