Job Description
Our story
At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Our Values:
Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com.
Major Opportunities and Decisions: (Describe the more difficult and/or complex challenges or opportunities and decisions faced in doing work, improving processes or meeting customer needs.)
Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management
Understand the project's Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the low-level technical specifications for a particular platform and/or service solution.
Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting
Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, create (build), and test the code for assigned module(s).
Provide inputs in creating the detailed schedule for the project.
Support the team in project planning activities, in evaluating risks, and shuffle priorities based on unresolved issues.
During development and testing, ensure that assigned parts of the project/modules are on track with respect to schedules and quality.
Note scope changes within the assigned modules and work with the team to shuffle priorities accordingly.
Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status.
Participate in project review meetings.
Tracking and reporting progress for assigned modules
Design:
Create a detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) with possible alternate solutions.
Ensure that LLD design meets business requirements.
Submit the LLD design for review.
Fix the detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) for the comments received from team.
Development & Support
Build the code of high-priority and complex systems according to the functional specifications, detailed design, maintainability, and coding and efficiency standards.
Use code management processes and tools to avoid versioning problems.
Ensure that the code does not affect the functioning of any external or internal systems.
Perform peer reviews of code to ensure it meets coding and efficiency standards.
Act as the primary reviewer to review the application code created by software engineers to ensure compliance to defined standards. Recommend changes to the code as required.
Testing & Debugging
Attend the Test Design walkthroughs to help verify that the plans and conditions will test all functions and features effectively.
Perform impact analysis for issues assigned to self and Software Engineers /Sr Engineers.
Actively assist with project- and code-level problem solving, such as suggesting paths to explore when testing engineers or software engineers encounter a debugging problem, and escalate urgent issues.
Documentation
Review technical documentation for the code for accuracy, completeness, and usability.
Document and maintain the reviews conducted and the unit test results.
Process Management
Adhere to the project and support processes.
Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies, such as the SDLC cycle for different project sizes.
Shows responsibility for corporate funds, materials and resources.
Ensure adherence to SDLC and audits requirements.
Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies.
Coaching and Mentoring
Act as a technical subject matter expert for the internal team on areas such as system functionality and approach including solving systems operations issues, performance initiatives. Leverage existing knowledge and expertise in multiple ways.
Build team skills using formal and/or informal training sessions.
Create and maintain knowledge repositories for lessons learnt and developments in the respective domains.
Principal Accountabilities: (In order of importance, write a brief sentence describing each task which is performed to accomplish the position’s objective. In addition, identify percent of time normally spent and whether the task is an essential or minor function)
Activity
Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management
%Time
10
E/M
E
Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting
5
E
Design
5
E
Development & Support
40
E
Testing & Debugging
25
E
Documentation
5
E
Process Management
5
E
Coaching and Mentoring
The above description includes most significant duties performed. However, other occasional work assignments not mentioned are assumed to be included. Management reserves the right to assign and/or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.
Skills and Knowledge: (Identify core competencies, key specialties, technical, and knowledge areas necessary to accomplish responsibilities and desired end results)
5
E
Competencies/Skills: Individual Contributor Competencies
Proficient in following technology stacks
C#
Asp.Net Core, Web Forms, Web APIs, Asp.Net MVC
Angular 2+
HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript
T-SQL
Strong understanding of OOPS concepts
Experience with
Various common JavaScript libraries
Responsive design
Creating and consuming web services, Web API, or WCF
Secure website design and development
Application architecture and design patterns
MS SQL Server
Writing Stored Procedures, triggers, functions, designing db schema
Proficiency with code versioning tool like Git
Entity Framework
Creating interfaces for communication between different applications
Nice to have
Experience with Visual Studio 2019/2022
Experience with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022
Experience with automated unit testing and integration testing
Experience with graceful degradation and/or progressive enhancement websites.
Strong understanding of XML and JSON
Familiarity with Continuous Integration
Experience with AWS cloud services (SQS, S3, SNS, ECS etc)
Knowledge:
5 - 7 Years of experience in analyzing and understanding application storyboards and\or use cases and develop functional application modules
Identify defects or observations that are potential impacts or risks for the functionality
Come up with approaches for a given problem statement
Design, build and maintain efficient and reusable C#.net core code
Design, build and maintain Microsoft .Net Web based applications
Ensure best possible performance and quality of the application using project and standard best practices
Help maintain code quality using project quality standard (or using tools)
Design and develop web user interfaces (good to know frameworks such as bootstrap)
Debug and Troubleshoot problems in existing code
Develop unit test cases and perform unit testing
Work on designing database tables, stored procedures, functions, performance optimization etc.
Coordinate with AGILE team
Maintain updates to JIRA with the latest changes and appropriate status.
Education and Experience: (Identify types and length of education and experience needed to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to accomplish the desired end results)
Education: B E Computers, IT /MCA / MSc IT, Computer Science
Experience: 6 - 8 Years of experience in analyzing and understanding application storyboards and\or use cases and develop functional application modules.
Other Requirements: (Consider other specific requirements essential to the successful performance of position responsibilities and accountabilities, e.g., travel. Identify the frequency of action and weight involved with the physical demands of essential functions performed by the position, if applicable. Occasional 0-33% of time; Frequent – 34-66% of time; Constant – 67-100% of time)
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Inclusion
We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.