Progress Software Engineer

We specialize in ERP Software for the Building Materials Industry. As a Progress OpenEdge Engineer, you will work within a cross-functional, Agile development team to create and support our catalog of applications. You will be responsible for developing high-quality, customer-centric solutions that enable our customers to modernize and improve their business.

Responsibilities

• Complete development of software features applying pragmatic principles
• Operate as part of a cross-functional Agile team member throughout the life cycle of a project
• Develop test harnesses and evolve code base to increase testability
• Drive large-scale refactors of the code base to increase testability, maintainability, and reusability of core functionality
• Maintain relational database schema to support a growing product
• Apply accepted User Experience principles in development and improvement of the product
• Debug functional and performance issues, while developing long-term resolutions
• Create and maintain integrations to third-party applications
• Perform code reviews and provide feedback
• Provide training and mentorship for team members to expand knowledge and foster growth
• Review test plans and provide feedback on project coverage

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of OpenEdge ABL, JavaScript, and SQL preferred
• Deep experience in extending and evolving large-scale systems
• Analytically minded, with a passion for developing core business logic
• Strong diagnostic, analytic, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities
• Self-motivated individual, with a willingness to learn and take ownership
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented design principles and ability to apply them
• Possess above-average math skills
• Experience in development and integration of web services (e.g. REST, SOAP) is a plus

Education and Experience

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of direct experience in OpenEdge or equivalent preferred
• Exposure to principles of User Experience Design
• Previous experience working in distribution and/or working with ERP solutions is a plus

Additional skills we look for related to Progress:

• Object Oriented
• Progress Datasets
• Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge
• WebHandler
• Progress v11 or v12
• New Progress AppServer for OpenEdge
• Transaction scoping
• Progress GUI
• REST and SOAP Services