Senior Software Engineer

CGI

$79K — $176K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Node.js
  • Experience with AWS services like RDS, Lambda, and ECS
  • Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
  • Working knowledge of data analytics tools like Databricks and Power BI

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement application features using modern web technologies
  • Own the code quality and maintainability of the applications
  • Refactor existing functionalities for better performance and security
  • Define and maintain automated test strategies for services
  • Design and build automated deployment pipelines with DevSecOps practices
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
  • Mentor and support less experienced engineers

Benefits

  • Comprehensive insurance options
  • 401(k) matching contributions
  • Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick leave
  • Paid parental leave
  • Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
  • Wellness and wellbeing programs
Full Job Description
Senior Software Engineer

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: United States, South Carolina, Greenville

Position ID:J0826-1376

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

CGI is seeking an experienced Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in designing and developing scalable enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands on experience in frontend and backend development using modern technologies, along with exposure to AWS cloud services and DevOps practices.This role involves designing, building, deploying, and maintaining high quality applications across the full stack to deliver real business value. The candidate should be capable of ensuring applications are stable, scalable, performant, and secure across environments.
Hands on experience with AI assisted development tools is required, with the ability to leverage these tools to improve development productivity, code quality, and testing efficiency.
Candidates will take ownership of application components from design through production and provide support. This role requires strong technical execution, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently while collaborating closely with product owners/managers, UX/UI designers, data partners, and other engineers. Candidate will help ensure applications are reliable, secure, scalable, and maintainable while enabling data driven decisions across the organization.
Exposure to data and BI tools (such as Databricks, Power BI, or similar) is considered a plus, with the ability to support analytic driven insights where needed.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Software Design, Development & Maintenance
. Design and implement application features using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and related technologies on our AWS framework
. Own the quality and maintainability of code within assigned applications or services
. Refactor existing functionality to improve performance, security, and scalability
. Review code contributed by other engineers and provide actionable feedback
. Commit, branch, merge, and review code using Git.
. Troubleshoot and resolve complex defects across front end, backend, and data layers
. Maintain clear technical documentation covering architecture, APIs, and operational behavior
. Collaborate to resolve production issues, meeting SLA targets and minimizing business impact.
. Use AI assisted development tools to improve productivity while retaining accountability for design and outcomes

Testing & Quality Engineering
. Define and maintain test strategies and test automation for assigned components or services
. Build and optimize unit, integration, and end to end tests using tools such as Playwright
. Use AI assisted testing platforms to identify regressions, generate test cases, and reduce manual testing effort
. Lead analysis and resolution of defects, incidents, and quality trends

Deployment, Operations & Production Support
. Design, build, and maintain automated deployment pipelines using DevSecOps practices
. Support applications in production, including incident response and root cause analysis
. Analyze logs, metrics, and alerts using monitoring and observability tools
. Apply AI assisted tools to improve logging, monitoring, and operational insights
. Participate in on call rotations and support deployments outside normal work hours when required
. Contribute to change management activities, release readiness, and technical training

BI & Data Enablement
. Design and maintain data pipelines and models using Databricks and SQL
. Create and evolve dashboards in Power BI and Grafana to support operational and business decision making
. Monitor data quality and implement automated validation and anomaly detection
. Partner with stakeholders to define analytics requirements and translate them into technical solutions
. Maintain documentation and support users in understanding data outputs and limitations

Requirements & Cross Functional Collaboration
. Collaborate with business stakeholders and UX/UI teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
. Provide technical input on feasibility, trade offs, and implementation approaches
. Use data, user behavior insights, and AI assisted analysis tools to refine functionality and user experience
. Mentor less experienced engineers through guidance, reviews, and shared problem solving

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Experience & Technical Skills
. 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
. Strong hands on experience with: JavaScript / TypeScript React and Material UI Node.js Git Agile delivery practices
. Experience building, deploying, and supporting applications on AWS, including: AWS RDS (PostgreSQL), MongoDB Atlas Lambda, S3, EC2, CloudWatch, and Step Functions AWS CLI, CloudFront, Security Groups, and Elastic Container Service (ECS) CI/CD pipelines using AWS Code Pipeline and cloud based deployments via CloudFormation
. Practical experience with testing and quality practices, including Automated testing frameworks such as Playwright CI/testing and test management tools (Jenkins, Zephyr) Performance and reliability testing tools (JMeter) Comfort working in Linux CLI environments
. Working knowledge of data, BI, and analytics tools, including Python and SQL Databricks, Power BI, and Grafana
. Strong application design skills, with attention to scalability, reliability, and maintainability
. Ability to responsibly leverage AI tools to improve development efficiency, testing, troubleshooting, and data analysis

Ways of Working & Mindset
. Ownership mentality for design decisions, code quality, and production stability
. Ability to work independently on complex problems while collaborating effectively with others
. Strong problem solving and analytical skills
. Clear communication with both technical and non technical partners
. Commitment to continuous learning and improving engineering practices

4. What Success Looks Like
. You independently deliver high quality features and improvements with minimal rework
. Your designs scale, perform reliably, and are well understood by the team
. Production issues are quickly diagnosed and resolved with clear root cause analysis
. Dashboards and data outputs are trusted and actively used by stakeholders
. Junior engineers benefit from your guidance and technical leadership
. Stakeholders view you as a dependable technical partner who balances speed, quality, and long term sustainability

Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $79,600.00 $176,300.00.

#LI-SK8
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
.Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Wellbeing programs

Skills:
  • Agile
  • Java
  • Node.Js
  • Postgre SQL
  • GIT


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