LA - Engineer

The Studios Engineer understands the LiminalArc Point of View (PoV) for Engineering principles and practices and leads small billable client engagements. The candidate will use the engineering practices daily and will advocate for them to LiminalArc employees and clients. 

Candidate Characteristics

Candidates must have a strong background in Agile engineering and teamwork methodologies. They should be charismatic, highly motivated by end results, and have a high tolerance for ambiguity. They should focus on achieving success through people, be engaged with evolving practices, and understand the broader strategy for Agile engineering.

Desired Traits

• Ability to contribute as part of a high-performing team
• Ability to operate autonomously as needed
• Ability to lead and mentor team members (for Senior, Lead, and Principle level roles)
• A strong focus on enabling other people’s success
• High emotional intelligence
• High tolerance for ambiguity; unflappable
• High integrity
• Self-confidence
• Driven by continuous learning
• Technical ingenuity and experience
• Uses business value and outcomes to guide technical decisions
  

Core Competencies

• Pragmatic polyglot programmer
• Committed clean coder
• Strong test-first/test-driven approach
• Full-stack development capability
• Skilled in story writing with clear acceptance criteria and business value focus
• Experience in eXtreme Programming and Domain-Driven Design
• Competence in value assessment to prioritize and deliver work based on business impact
• Leverages Release Planning practices to break down complex work into deliverable increments
• Skilled in collaborative development, including paired/ensemble programming and code reviews
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for clearly conveying ideas
• Constructive conflict resolution and facilitation skills
• Stakeholder management, including aligning multiple stakeholders needs
• Legacy rescue and modernization techniques
• Continuous build/ continuous integration/ continuous delivery
• Agile testing and DevOps automation
• Object-oriented design (OOD) and design patterns
• Software craftsperson with a broad range of techniques
• Exploring and applying new programming paradigms
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification a plus