Software Engineer II

Role Overview

Software Engineers play a foundational role in building the software that powers Best Egg's products and platforms. These engineers design, implement, test, and support features in collaboration with cross-functional Agile teams while continuously improving systems, tooling, and engineering practices.

What You Will Do

• Develop and deliver software iteratively and incrementally under guidance
• Implement small features and bug fixes with coaching from senior engineers
• Write unit tests and follow established testing utilities and patterns
• Ask for clarification early, communicate progress, and escalate blockers quickly
• Perform unit, integration, and regression testing and strengthen test coverage
• Interpret, refine, and challenge business requirements; document technical decisions
• Support deployments, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to operational readiness

What Success Looks Like

In the first 90 days:

• Demonstrates steady growth in delivering small, well-defined tasks
• Builds strong relationships with peers and actively participates in Agile rituals
• Learns core system components and follows team conventions with consistency
• Takes ownership of features from refinement through deployment
• Improves test coverage or reduces bugs in a system area
• Demonstrates autonomy in solving medium-complexity technical problems

In 6–12 months:

• Delivers features with increasing independence
• Shows proficiency in debugging and improving system areas
• Demonstrates foundational architectural understanding and good engineering hygiene
• Consistently delivers high-quality features with minimal oversight
• Mentors junior engineers and helps shape team norms
• Contributes meaningful improvements to code quality, performance, or tooling

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of professional development experience with Java and/or Python
• Intermediate experience delivering production-quality features in modern languages
• Solid understanding of relational/NoSQL schema design and query patterns
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and deployment workflows
• Ability to produce technical documentation and participate in design discussions

Pay

$80,000 - $100,000 a year

Benefits

• Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
• Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
• Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
• Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
• Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more

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