Software Engineer

At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate. 

Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow. 

The Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software components that support Cision’s global SaaS platform. This role contributes to the full software development lifecycle and collaborates cross-functionally with teams across regions. The position requires solid technical knowledge, problem-solving skills, and the ability to deliver in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

What You'll Do 

• Build high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software solutions
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and daily stand-up
• Contribute to system and application architecture discussions, ensuring scalable and maintainable design patterns
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and QA to deliver new features
• Develop APIs and services with security, performance, and reliability in mind
• Conduct peer code reviews and contribute to shared coding standards
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing
• Support deployment and operational monitoring of applications
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing systems
• Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing within the team
• As other duties are assigned

What You’ll Do 

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain highquality, scalable, and maintainable software solutions. 
• Contribute to system and application architecture discussions, helping shape designs that meet performance, reliability, and scalability goals. 
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs with security, performance, and resilience as firstclass concerns. 
• Write performant C# and SQL code to support enterprisescale workloads (serving over 800,000 users across our applications). 
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and QA engineers to deliver features end-to-end. 
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, standups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives. 
• Conduct peer code reviews, uphold shared coding standards, and promote software craftsmanship. 
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing systems in production environments. 
• Support deployments, monitoring, and operational improvements as part of a continuous delivery mindset. 
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the team. 
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers where appropriate. 

What You Bring

Core Technical Skills 

• 3+ years of professional experience developing web applications using C# and .NET. 
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and practical experience applying common design patterns.
• 3+ years of experience working with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and writing efficient SQL. 
• Experience building enterprise or SaaS applications, with attention to performance, scalability, and maintainability. 
• Hands-on experience with at least one modern front-end framework such as Angular or React. 

Engineering Practices 

• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable fullstack code. 
• Experience working in a professional engineering environment that values:  
• Git-based source control 
• Code reviews 
• Unit and integration testing 
• Continuous integration and delivery 
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) in short sprint cycles. 

Collaboration & Mindset 

• Proactive, selfstarting, and ownershiporiented approach to problem solving. 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. 
• Comfortable working with globally distributed teams across time zones. 
• Positive, growthoriented attitude with a passion for continuous improvement. 

Bonus / NicetoHave Skills 

• Experience with ORM or data access frameworks such as Entity Framework, Dapper, or NHibernate. 
• Practical experience with unit testing and exposure to TDD or BDD practices. 
• Experience with serviceoriented or microservices architectures. 
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP. 
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and production monitoring. 
• Experience with containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus. 

Working Environment 

• Global, distributed engineering organization with flexibility for remote work. 
• Occasional off-hours collaboration to support cross region teams. 
• Fast paced, product driven SaaS environment focused on continuous delivery and learning. 

Working Conditions

• Global, distributed team environment with flexibility for remote work
• May require occasional off-hours collaboration across time zones
• Fast-paced setting with continuous delivery practices

As a global leader in PR, marketing and social media management technology and intelligence, Cision helps brands and organizations to identify, connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire, a network of over 1.1 billion influencers, in-depth monitoring, analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions, including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud®, visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter.

Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com.

Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses.

Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact hr.support@cision.com

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