Senior Software Engineer

Company:  Alcon
Location: Lake Forest
Closing Date: 08/11/2024
Salary: £125 - £150 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work across the full stack for several web services. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team and have a significant impact across multiple healthcare platforms and products. The Senior Software Engineer will demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the industry’s best practices and evidence a professional track record of effective management, analysis, and a thorough understanding of software engineering and modern tech stacks.

In this role, a typical day will include:

  • Be an integral part of an experienced team of engineers to build cutting edge medical device software in the Ophthalmology.
  • Build detailed architectural diagrams and specifications to help define solutions and align technical stakeholders.
  • Help to develop design specifications and proof-of-concept solutions in response to business needs.
  • Collaborate with your team, Product Managers, and Data Scientists on changes, enhancements, and features.
  • Participate in design and requirement reviews to shape the trajectory of our products and improve patient outcomes.
  • Review code and define and promote coding quality standards and best practices.
  • Develop solutions that have high performance in a cloud environment.
  • Work with partners in managing work priorities.
  • Write technical documentation and effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and ideas.
  • Commit to quality and place patient safety at the forefront of your work.

Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications

  • Associate degree or equivalent years of directly related experience.
  • The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
  • 2 Years of Relevant Experience
  • Work hours: 40
  • Travel Requirements: up to 10% Domestic
  • Relocation assistance: No
  • Sponsorship available: Yes

Preferred Experiences:

  • Programming experience in Java / JEE / Spring or other modern general-purpose technology stacks.
  • Experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile Development, DevOps, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies.
  • Java application frameworks (Spring/SpringBoot).
  • Cloud platforms (AWS).
  • Deep understanding of software engineering concepts including multi-threading and concurrency, data structures, memory management as well as client-server and microservices architectures.

How you can thrive at Alcon:

  • See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities.
  • Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
  • Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!

Total Rewards

Alcon’s Total Rewards programs are designed to align to incentives with business goals, encourage the right values and behaviors, and deliver long-term value. The first layer of our rewards program is compensation. We offer a combination of fixed pay and variable pay, which includes short-term incentives, and long-term incentives for eligible population. Our benefits program provides security for life events through life and disability insurance, supports savings for retirement, promotes good health and well-being and supports associates and their families during times of illness.

Pay Range

$98,720.00 - $148,080.00

Pay Frequency

Annual

Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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