How to apply for Senior Software Engineer

About Trek Bicycle Corp (Australia)

Trek Bicycle Corp builds and sells bicycles and related products, with a stated goal of a more sustainable future for cycling. The Australia arm of this global company supports independent bike dealers, which means the software you build directly affects retail operations. If you want your code to have a clear line to a physical product and its sellers, this is a place to consider.

About the role

This senior software engineer role focuses on a complex, multi-tier retail management application used by independent bike dealers. You will architect, design, and deliver software with attention to availability, reliability, scalability, latency, security, resiliency, and efficiency. The position also involves configuring and maintaining continuous deployment to cloud systems, with performance, security, logging, and monitoring treated as features.

A typical day

A typical day might involve writing and reviewing .NET and C# code for a retail management application, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing SQL queries. You could also spend time configuring deployments to cloud systems and checking logs or monitoring dashboards. Because the role requires overlap with US hours, some days may start earlier or end later to collaborate with colleagues in other time zones.

Who Trek Bicycle Corp (Australia) is looking for

• 5-8 years of related experience, with at least 5 years in .NET, C#, OOPs, design patterns, source control, and unit testing.
• 4+ years with SQL Server 2016 and/or Azure SQL Database, including SQL queries and stored procedures.
• 2+ years with ASP.NET MVC or Core and ORM tools, plus experience with cloud deployment and monitoring.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, and able to overlap with US morning and/or evening business hours.

Tips for this application

• Highlight your experience with .NET, C#, and SQL Server in the first few lines of your resume, since these are the top requirements.
• Quantify your work on multi-tier applications or retail management systems if you have it, because this role specifically supports independent bike dealers.
• Mention any experience with continuous deployment to cloud systems, especially if you treated logging, monitoring, or security as features.
• State your availability for overlap with US morning and/or evening business hours clearly in your application.
• If you have worked with ASP.NET MVC or Core and ORM tools, give a concrete example of a feature or fix you delivered.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your hands-on experience with .NET, C#, and SQL Server, with years of use and specific projects.', 'How you have improved availability, reliability, scalability, latency, security, resiliency, or efficiency in a previous application.', 'Your experience with continuous deployment to cloud systems and how you handled performance, security, logging, and monitoring.', 'Your ability to work within Agile best practices and resolve issues, defects, and performance inefficiencies.']

Research before applying

• Look up Trek Bicycle Corp's retail management software or dealer tools to understand the product you would support.
• Read about Trek's sustainability goals and how they relate to cycling and retail operations.
• Check the company's presence in Australia and how the Haryana, IN location fits into the global team.
• Find any public information on Trek's technology stack or engineering blog, if available, to see how they use .NET and cloud systems.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk through a time you architected or redesigned a multi-tier application. What trade-offs did you make?
• How do you approach unit testing and design patterns in .NET and C#? Give a specific example.
• Describe your experience with SQL Server 2016 or Azure SQL Database, including stored procedures and query optimization.
• How have you configured or maintained continuous deployment to cloud systems? What did you monitor?
• Tell us about a time you resolved a performance or design inefficiency in an Agile team. What was the outcome?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without showing 5+ years of .NET and C# experience, since that is a hard requirement.
• Ignoring the need to overlap with US morning and/or evening business hours in your application.
• Submitting a generic resume that does not mention SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC or Core, or ORM tools.