Principal Software Engineer I - SPECTRUM

Spectrum’s Product and Technology team creates, develops, and operates the nation’s fastest mobile service, most reliable internet service, most viewed live TV app, and the most advanced WiFi, serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We are transforming the next era of connectivity and entertainment experiences. The diversity of experience available within Spectrum’s Product and Technology team is unmatched and there are opportunities to grow your career as a designer, architect, engineer, developer, operator, or data scientist.  We are creative, disciplined, hard-working, complex-problem solvers that believe in collaborating to deliver the highest quality customer experience.

 

The Principal Software Engineer I role on the Architecture team will architect, document, prove out and build complex products and features that directly impact the consumer experience. The role will create innovative solutions by developing, implementing and recommending solutions for applications.

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As a Principal Software Engineer I o­­n the Front End Application Architecture Team, will help lead a high performing front-end architecture team which build innovative customer experiences on the Charter’s My Spectrum App, the Spectrum.net, SpectrumBusiness.net websites, Charter’s next generation products and/or other software systems. This role will work to help the team prioritize, build, and ship the most impactful features to Charter’s customers and serve as a mentor to help guide and train other engineers on the team. This position will evaluate the needs, time limitations, and system limitations when developing software. This position must remain up to date on new technologies and software development practices, and is able to translate these skills to their team’s deliverables.

 

WHAT OUR PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ENJOY MOST

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Contribute to the technical direction, execution and final decisions for all software solutions created (includes information architecture, software architecture, software design, testing, automation, analytics and instrumentation).
• Design, implement, monitor, enhance and troubleshoot systems in assigned areas.
• Analyze, revise and document difficulties in existing system logic.
• Lead projects with multiple teams spanning various technical disciplines including but not limited to web and app development and testing.
• Manage high performing teams by leading, developing, training, hiring, and providing effective coaching to attract and foster talent.
• Regularly attending team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to issues.
• Take ownership and make technical decisions on software development projects.
• Develop and implement software according to proposals.
• Estimate scope of work and implement software proposals.
• Create project documentation.
• Keep current with trends and technological innovations in the industry in order to contribute to the execution of proofs-of-concept for new approaches.
• Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders to define and develop technology strategy, technology standards, roadmaps, and practices.
• Participate in collaborations with business and technical teams to review conflicts/gaps between functional goals and existing capabilities.
• Adhere to best practices for code development, version control, continuous integration/delivery, and test/build automation.
• Comfortable defining and evangelizing mobile app and web technologies across the organization.

 

 

• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  Skills/Abilities and Knowledge 

  • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
  • Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms and functional programming
  • Strong, demonstrated understanding of front-end web application development, including Angular/NG, vanilla JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and associated technologies (build systems, cloud-based environments, full-stack architectures, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of best practices in front-end web application architecture and development
  • Strong knowledge of Agile development methodologies
  • Ability to deliver against several initiatives simultaneously 
  • Ability to prioritize and organize effectively 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting abilities 
  • Ability to manage complex and diverse projects
  • Experience leading working-level teams through the full software development lifecycle

   

  Education

  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent professional experience)

• Preferred Qualifications

   

   

  Related Work Experience - Number of Years

  • Modern Front-End Web Application Development   5+                                    
  • Software development experience    7+                                 
  • Version control systems experience (Git and Atlassian suite)   7+                                

   

  Preferred Tech Stack

  Experience with any of the following:

  • Angular
  • Typescript
  • HTML
  • SASS/SCSS
  • GraphQL (Apollo)
  • Micro Front Ends
  • Capacitor
  • NgRx
  • RxJS

   

  Bonus Tech Stack Qualifications

  • Swift/Java/Kotlin
  • Node
  • Gitlab CI/CD

   

  WORKING CONDITIONS 

  Ideally in the Denver, CO office 3 days a week and remote for 2 days. However, exceptions can be made and it is possible to be remote 100% of the time if outside the Denver area.

  
   

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This job posting will remain open until 2025-01-22 05:00 PM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.

The base pay for this position generally is between $110,800.00 and $196,400.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.



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