A Senior Software Engineer's role is lead all software design efforts for a given project or set of projects. These responsibilities include: design, code, test, and analyze software programs and applications; work with project management to establish estimates, maintain scope of work, and analyze requirements; and work with software architects to design solutions for business problems. A Senior Software Engineer is also responsible for providing recommendations to improve elements of the software life cycle process and to participate in the ongoing maintenance of production applications. Responsibilities Design and code application functionality using current OO methodologies. Interpret design documents and develop relevant application functionality. Assist in the preparation and documentation of program requirements and specifications. Research and document requirements of program users. Run and monitor software performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging. Administer critical analysis of test results and deliver solutions to problem areas. Assist in the development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines. Conduct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts. Recommend, schedule, and perform software improvements and upgrades. Manage and/or provide guidance to junior developers. The client requires solid experience in at least 3 of the following specialized skills. Note that we will be testing their depth of knowledge in whatever skills they claim to have: Entity Framework NHibernate MVC (Model View Controller) MVP (Model View Presenter) Ajax/JavaScript/JQuery or other Javascript frameworks WCF - REST, SOAP, SOA, etc. IOC (Inversion of Control)/ Dependency injection - Unity, Castle, AutoFac, Ninject, etc. SSRS - SQL Server Reporting Services Big Data - Amazon S3, Hadoop, etc.