Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Saint Louis, MO. Summary: A generalist in this position provides technical and analytical work to develop, design, and/or support applications for research and clinical functions of scientists and clinicians. Employees participate in the design and development of technical solutions using software engineering expertise to include maintenance, modification, or novel implementation of complex inter-related applications/solutions. Solutions link technical knowledge with research and/or clinical solutions and involve participating in design and development, and implementation of simple single systems or interfaces that inter-connect enterprise applications. Duties include: * Participate in designs * Developing code based on the architecture and technical design finalized and approved by more senior technical staff * Create and perform unit tests * Mentoring junior software engineers and other technical staff and students, and playing a more active role in test case planning for components and functions developed by the employee * Utilizes experience of scientific and mathematical concepts in the design of single software applications or interfaces * Applies scientific and mathematical concepts to ensure sound implementation of software based on design and architecture approved by more senior technical personnel * Applies core computer science concepts in the development, testing and documentation of software units * Identification of and comprehension of new technologies to develop prototypes or working code in existing applications using such novel technologies * Participates as a member of the technical team in the review of new features of an existing application or of requirements and use cases of a novel application or interface