Senior Software Engineer

Fort Worth, TX, United States

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will act as the Full Stack (MEAN) Software Engineer for a key strategic initiative(s) within Alcon Digital Health, leveraging significant enterprise experience in architecture and hands-on delivery of solutions to achieve business outcomes. This includes having the strong ability to look around the corner at emerging technologies and advise senior leadership around the strategic technical vision for the tower. You will play a key role in furthering the modernization journey for Alcon Digital team to achieve new heights.

The role will be in Fort Worth, Texas and a typical day will include:

Cradle to Grave Solution Leadership: Ultimate accountability and oversight for driving solutions from cradle to grave for a given domain by providing expertise and oversight to solution engineers and architects who are intimately familiar with the application architectures within their specific domain

Buy vs Build Analysis: In depth experience in performing Buy vs Build analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis across the available options to provide a final recommendation based on the rationale

Architecture and design reviews: Play a key role in architecture design reviews and identify gaps and recommend design changes. Actively lead and participate in the Architecture community to drive modernization opportunities for the advancement of Digital technology while keeping in mind the complexities of our IT landscape

Develop reference architecture and implementation: Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to domain architectures for cloud-native applications to be applied

Application profile identification: Leverage significant technical expertise and domain knowledge to identify Alcon apps targeted for refactor and optimization for cloud

Proof of concept technology support: Lead and drive proofs-of-concept and technology deep-dives specific to partner technologies

“Roll up your sleeves and help clear technical roadblocks”: Advise and assist App development teams with technical roadblocks such as performance challenges within a solution

Cost optimization identification: Engage with appropriate stakeholders to recommend or assess opportunities to drive cost efficiencies aimed at simplicity, configurable and eventual elimination of technical debt associated with PSS applications.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +13 yrs; Assoc.+9 yrs; M.S.+2 yrs; PhD+0 yrs)

The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

5 Years of Relevant Experience

Have experience in enterprise development tools and methodologies (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket and Git) including DevSecOps and DataOps

Are hands-on technologists with coding skills and proficient in modern technology stacks (Cloud, DevOps, MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node, Java and Springboot, REST APIs, Ruby-on-Rails, GitHub)

Understand both SQL and NoSQL database technologies

Demonstrate hands-on experience.

Facilitate adoption of cloud-native/cloud-first architectures.

Have experienced in code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous deployment, highly scalable applications, and application security

Have experience integrating with enterprise software (SAP, MuleSoft) including developing roadmaps for modernization of the applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

Able to teach and upskill talent within the organization.

Have leadership and mentoring skills

Have excellent communication skills

Have, deep collaboration skills. Ability to work as a team player seeking alignment and able to influence outcomes through hands-on demonstration of innovative capabilities.

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON :

Benefit from working in a highly collaborative environment.

Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!

Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!

Travel Requirements: 10%

Relocation assistance: Yes

Sponsorship available: Yes

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.