Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design & Build: Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable .NET and Angular-based web applications, contributing across the full technology stack.

Technical Leadership (Hands-On): Contribute to architectural and design decisions, ensuring maintainability, performance, and reliability.

Code Excellence: Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code; participate in code reviews and uphold engineering standards and best practices.

Documentation: Create and maintain clear technical documentation, including system design, architecture decisions, and code-level documentation to support long-term maintainability.

Migrations & Upgrades: Design and execute application and database migrations, including schema changes, data transformations, and framework/runtime upgrades, ensuring minimal disruption and data integrity.

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product owners, QA, and fellow engineers to deliver robust and scalable solutions.

Agile Development: Participate in all phases of the SDLC using agile methodologies, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.

DevOps Contribution: Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines; support automated build, release, and deployment processes.

Quality Focus: Develop and execute unit tests; contribute to debugging, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.

Mentorship & Influence: Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to peers; contribute to a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.

Required Skills:

Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Professional Experience: 7–10+ years of hands-on software development experience in modern web application development.

Technical Skills

Strong proficiency in C# and ASP.NET Core

Experience building front-end applications using Angular (or similar frameworks)

Strong experience with Oracle databases, including schema design, query optimization, stored procedures, and schema/data migrations

Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and service-based integrations

DevOps & Tooling

Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps or similar)

Familiarity with build automation, release pipelines, and deployment processes

Experience supporting automated deployment of application and database changes, including migration/versioning strategies

Strong experience using Git and modern branching/merging strategies

Engineering Practices

Experience with unit testing frameworks and the ability to write effective unit tests

Strong debugging, problem-solving, and performance tuning skills

Commitment to clean code principles, maintainability, and peer code reviews

Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, including design specs, code documentation, and operational guides

Experience planning and executing safe, repeatable code and database migrations, including rollback strategies

Additional Strengths

Ability to effectively utilize AI coding assistants to enhance productivity and code quality

Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

Demonstrated curiosity and a continuous learning mindset toward new technologies and practices

Management Science Associates, Inc. (MSA) is a diversified, dynamic and growing information management company that for over sixty years has partnered with institutional and commercial customers to identify areas in which innovative analytics, data and technology deliver incremental growth and drive efficiency. We have a rich legacy of being first to market, consultative partners, and serial innovators at heart. We’re proud to say that we even won an Emmy!

Our products and solutions are utilized across dozens of industries including Consumer Packaged Goods, Media, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Metals and Advanced Manufacturing, Casino Gaming, Medical Cannabis, Internet Applications and Data Center/Co-location Services. Our client partners range in size with many being some of the largest, well-known corporations in the world.

MSA has distinguished itself as an employer of choice in the high technology software and information management industry. We actively recruit talented graduates and experienced professionals looking for a rewarding career at a company that recognizes employees as their best asset. MSA continuously seeks talent within our business practices: Business Analysis, Information Management Solutions, Media, Life Sciences, Metals & Advanced Manufacturing, Information Technology Systems and Services, and Corporate Information Systems.

MSA employs more than 500 people, working across the United States and world-wide. We have three offices in the Pittsburgh area along with offices in United Kingdom and Malaysia.

All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits package which includes Health, Dental & Vision Plans, 401(k) Savings Plan, Flexible Benefits Plan, Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Disability Income Plan, Paid Time Off (PTO) including Vacation, Sick and Holiday, and more.

We hope you will consider joining our team and become part of our continued growth and success.