Job Description

Company Description

The future. It\'s on you. You & Western Digital.

We\'ve been storing the world\'s data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now we\'re helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we can\'t do it alone. Today\'s exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. It\'s You & Us. Together, we\'re the next big thing in data.

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Global Operations Strategy Organization is to discover the future, set strategies, and help define new standards of excellence to enable WD Global Operations to deliver sustainable competitive advantage. Digital Innovation being one of the pillars of the vision is to drive innovation and game-changer strategy, process, practice, and methodology to accelerate the Global Operations growth and excellence. Digital Innovation Dept is seeking a Full Stack Developer (Software Development Engineering).

In this role, you will be working on Digital Innovation projects and part of the Dev Ops team of full stack developers and testers building and supporting complex applications forming a cohesive platform. You will be collaborating with the team to develop and design front-end application architecture / UI while ensuring the responsiveness of applications from conception to the final product. You are required to constantly learn new front-tier technology and creatively apply/deliver solutions to manufacturing operations to meet goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Conceptualize, design, develop, and implement software applications & products

• Assist in making the best choices of tools and technologies to include in our stack
• Lend your experience to continuously improve our processes and methodologies
• Develop and implement software applications, software components, and unit tests
• Ability to design, code, unit test, integration test, document, deploy and support a solution.
• Working independently, as well as within a team, exhibiting the ability to adapt and communicate are essential to success in this role.
• Develop front-end website architecture. Design user interactions on web pages. Develop back-end website applications. Create servers and databases for functionality. Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.
• Implement new features based on business requirements. Enhance existing software components and add new features
• Develop and maintain quality software product code
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Build a scalable software solution
• Writing technical documentation

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Degree or Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology with a specialization in Software Development or Computer/Software Engineering plus a solid understanding and skill in Object Oriented Programming
• Experience with project/product implementation with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Pair programming and Test Driven Development.
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as .NET, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, and Amber.
• Proficiency with server-side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Hadoop, Oracle, RDBMS, NoSQL, and MongoDB.
• Experience with APIs, integration platforms, CI, CD, automated testing, DevOps, Docker, Git, etc
• Good problem-solving skills.
• At least one popular testing framework
• Experience developing, and implementing APIs
• Maintaining infrastructure as code
• Experience backend microservice technology.
• Exhibits an architectural mindset toward problem-solving
• Proficiency with pipelines, releases, and test plans
• Performance of post-release / implementation testing
• Experience container technology such as Kubernetes
• Knowledge in web crawling, natural language processing, visualization, and dashboard creation
• Good understanding or experience of Agile Scrum Fundamentals
• Passion for modern and emerging technologies
• Experience with Hadoop or other MapReduce paradigms, and associated languages such as Hive, Presto, etc.
• Excellent communications and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences, including executives. A great team player.
• Results-oriented, with growth and imaginative mindset and strong dedication and passion for identifying and implementing improvement opportunities. Strong drive for results.
• Excellent written and verbal English-language communication and presentation skills
• Proven track record to perform in an environment characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)
• Ability to execute requests with strong attention to detail and strong time-management skills

Additional Information

Because Western Digital thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity. Western Digital does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their protected class status and complies with all federal and state laws against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as the laws and regulations set forth in the "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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