Principal Software Engineer
City of Philadelphia4 months ago
Philadelphia, PA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$115k - $124k/yr
Responsibilities
- Configure and extend FAST/GenTax functionality for City-specific revenue and tax use cases using FAST tools and C#.
- Design, build, and maintain production services, integrations, APIs, and web applications connecting Revenue IT systems with City applications and data sources.
- Write and optimize SQL for reporting, data migration, and application features across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL environments.
- Translate evolving requirements into technical solutions by collaborating with product owners, business analysts, business partners, QA, stakeholders, and FAST engineers.
- Review code, write unit and integration tests, monitor released features, and maintain quality and performance.
- Support production systems by triaging incidents, debugging complex multi-system issues, and implementing fixes and follow-up improvements.
- Document designs, decisions, and runbooks and contribute to shared engineering standards and development workflows.
- Uphold data security, compliance, and City policies applicable to Revenue systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related area, or equivalent practical experience; boot camps and alternative pathways are welcomed.
- Minimum three years of experience in a technical role.
- Experience developing in a .NET environment using C# and building production web applications and services.
- Proficiency with relational databases and SQL, including experience with SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
- Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and work independently and collaboratively.
- Strong ownership, follow-through, source-control habits, modern development workflow knowledge, and ability to clarify incomplete requirements.
- Preferred experience configuring FAST/GenTax in government revenue or tax domains.
- Preferred API design and integration experience, familiarity with eventing, messaging, or ETL patterns, technical documentation, code reviews, and complex debugging.
- Experience providing technical support for a wide variety of applications and working in a government or nonprofit agency, particularly knowledge of the City of Philadelphia, is preferred.
Benefits
- Salary range is $115,000-$123,687, with salary not exceeding $123,687.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer and 25% tuition discount program for City employees, sometimes including spouses and dependents.
- Comprehensive health coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
- Wellness program eligibility for a discounted medical plan.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
- Generous retirement savings options.
- Successful candidate must become a City of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire.
- Applications must include a cover letter.
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