Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Location: West Des Moines, Iowa (Partial Remote)

Role Overview

This organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong automation mindset to join the engineering team. This position is designed for a software engineer who naturally identifies manual, repetitive processes and designs software solutions to eliminate them. Initially, the role involves partnering with the existing engineering team to hands-on functional and exploratory testing, transitioning regression suites to automated frameworks. The long-term focus of this position entails driving business process automation by designing and building APIs, integrations, deterministic workflows, and modern software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering leadership to design and establish robust automation architectures.

• Develop and maintain production-grade software using Node.js and TypeScript.

• Build and integrate REST APIs, managing complex data flows and integrations.

• Perform hands-on functional and exploratory testing to thoroughly understand business operations during the initial phase.

• Collaborate with existing team members to automate a comprehensive regression testing suite.

• Transition from test automation to broader business process automation, including straight-through processing.

• Deploy and manage services within Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines.

• Evaluate and implement technical solutions, choosing appropriately between automated test frameworks, APIs, integrations, or workflow automations.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred, or equivalent professional experience.

• Experience: Candidates must possess extensive experience in production software engineering, demonstrating a strong career progression that emphasizes core software development over pure script-writing or manual testing. Proven experience in automating processes and workflows is required.

• Technical

Skills

• Proficiencies must include Node.js, TypeScript, REST APIs, and system integrations. Candidates must have a solid understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD environments. Experience with automation frameworks such as Playwright is highly valued.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Practical experience developing and integrating AI-enabled solutions within production software.

• Demonstrated ability to influence development practices and mentor team members on automation best practices.

• Everforth Apex overview

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

• Apply process

• Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process.

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.