Software Engineer 1

Posted Oct 16

The Company 

Serving the People Who Serve the People 

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.  

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe. 

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.  

What You'll Do:

  • Analyze information processing or computational needs for later planning and design.
  • Confer with clients regarding the nature of the information processing to validate data gathering and requirements definitions.
  • Define the goals of the system and devise flow charts and diagrams describing logical operational steps of the product or custom application.
  • Create or review technical design documentation to ensure the accurate development of solutions.
  • Develop products, modules or custom applications according to quality standards.
  • Ensure product/project quality through validation of requirements prior to turn over to customer.
  • Document code internally with appropriate comments. Additionally provide the necessary written documentation including software/object design, database designs and data dictionaries.
  • Maintain and make proper use of library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets.
  • Perform the necessary database design work to meet software development requirements.
  • Fine tune DBMS configuration settings to ensure optimal application performance.
  • Review and understand network topology to identify and troubleshoot system dependencies.
  • Review configuration at the application, database, server and network level to provide a secured application environment.
  • Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure development is consistent with defined needs.
  • Train end users or designated technical support personnel in the proper use of the product or custom solution.
  • Perform and monitor software releases and installations as defined for the project.
  • Provide technical support and responds to customer or internal inquiries regarding errors, performance issues, other problems or questions.
  • Complete project tasks within establish deadlines and communicate delivery status proactively to project team and management on a timely basis.
  • Serve as project or product leaders for particular systems projects.
  • Participation in informative, well-organized presentations to project stakeholders and management for the demonstration of functionality throughout the project lifecycle or sales cycle. May assist in the preparation of tasks estimates.
  • Participate and/or direct code reviews.
  • Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends. Seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and product quality by staying current with Microsoft technologies.
  • Communicate effectively with business representatives at all levels of the organization.
  • Perform other tasks related to project or customer activities, as assigned by Supervisor.

Who You Are:

  • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. Should be able to function equally as well independently or as part of a larger implementation team.
  • Knowledge of problem analysis, structured analysis, and design and programming techniques.
  • Good grounding in development best practice skills, including requirements definition, analysis, design, testing, implementation, documentation and support.
  • Knowledge of programming languages, including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, TSQL (HTML,JS, CSS)  Appropriate use of technologies and tools available for the company based on product, project or solution needs.
  • Ability to perform detailed data analysis (i.e., determine the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples)
  • Applied knowledge of object-oriented design principals and implementation.

Security Requirements:

  • Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.