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IT Software Engineer

Employer
National Heritage Academies
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, US
Salary
Competitive
Join National Heritage Academies (NHA) School Applications Team as a software engineer. The software engineer will report directly to the application development manager and will be responsible for participation in development efforts for NHA's proprietary student information system and other custom software components. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience with Microsoft .NET development technologies, front-end Javascript frameworks (e.g. - Angular, React, Vue), and experience with HTML and CSS (or related preprocessors).

About Us

NHA is a charter school management company that operates 80 schools in 9 states. We are committed to our mission of "challenging each child to achieve..." and we pride ourselves on our students' ability to achieve high results in later education based on the foundations gained in grades K-8 at NHA.

In this role you will work out of our corporate headquarters (Service Center) located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The NHA Service Center is where all the behind-the-scenes magic happens. Our 400 brilliant team members are brag-worthy. With a diverse group of departments like admissions, talent acquisition, facilities, legal services, and many more working together to provide top level back-office support. The Service Center is a place of bright colors, smiling faces, and opportunity. We like to gather for events such as the fall crocktoberfest cook-off, the sparkling holiday party full of fun and unexplainable excitement, and our annual 5K Service Center fun run.

Your Role

  • Assists in completing projects of lower complexity
  • Assists in maintaining and improving NHA's existing software suite with a focus on support
  • Works with manager and team to ensure execution of tasks and deliverables
  • Solution-oriented and manages work independently
  • Able to complete well-defined work with a minimal amount of oversight and guidance


Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or equivalent
  • 3 years of .NET development experience
  • 3 years of Javascript development experience (preferably a Javascript framework)
  • 3 years of HTML/CSS (or related preprocessor) development experience
  • Experience working on long-running projects with medium to large project teams preferred
  • Agile-based software development team experience using SCRUM or similar methodologies
  • Experience working with Enterprise Systems preferred
  • Familiarity with Service Based Architectures & Related Technologies (WebAPI, WCF, oData, Claims Authorization, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Object Relational Mapping Tools (Entity Framework, nHibernate, etc.)
  • Experience developing web services for enterprise applications (SOAP, REST, XML & JSON)
  • Experience with Client Development Tools (Angular/AngularJS, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, SignalR, etc.)
  • Working knowledge of Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps, and/or Git
  • Excellent multitasking and prioritization abilities
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical people

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National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.

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