Software Engineer

About the role

You will be responsible for programming a feature or a small feature set. You will contribute to the team and work with direction from Senior Team Members or management, while operating independently. In this role, you will:

Responsibilities

• Have awareness of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques
• Ability to write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project
• Understand performance parameters and can assess application performance
• Understand core data structures and algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice
• Work on a cross-functional (software, firmware, quality, product and program management) SCRUM team ranging in size from 4 to 10 members

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• No professional work experience required but must have experience making software applications (in educational setting or independently)

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise

• Experience using object-oriented languages such as C, C++, C#, and Java (C# preferred)
• Comfortable navigating and updating database tables
• Understanding of architectures such as MVC and MVVM
• Full stack development from front-end to back-end
• Awareness of methods and practices such as Lean/Agile/XP
• Prior work experience in an agile environment or introductory training on Lean/Agile
• Awareness and ability to apply continuous integration (CI)
• Operating with general understanding of the impacts of technology choice to the software development life cycle

Business Acumen

• Ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks
• Understanding of the technology landscape, up to date on current technology trends and new technology, bringing new ideas to the team
• Displays understanding of the project’s value proposition for the customer and commitment to deliver the best value proposition for the targeted customer
• Learning the organization vision statement and decision-making framework and understanding how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision

Leadership

• Voicing opinions and presenting clear rationale, using data or factual evidence to influence
• Completing assigned tasks on time and with high quality
• Taking independent responsibility for assigned deliverables

Personal Attributes

• Ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks
• Seeking to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions and asking questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present
• Implementing clean, concise solutions that address the requirements at hand
• Making transitions to the new and different
• Adapting to new environments and changing requirements while pivoting quickly as needed
• When coached, responding to need and seeking information from other sources
• Identifying opportunities for innovation and offering new ideas and taking initiative to experiment with new software frameworks
• Willingness to seek challenges independent of direction

Pay

The annual pay scale for this position is between $67,690.00 - $125,860.00.