Software Engineer II

About the role

The Software Engineer plays a crucial role in developing high-quality software solutions that support business needs and align with enterprise technology standards. This role involves a blend of technical challenge, learning opportunities, and collaborative problem-solving, supported by more senior engineers and technical leads.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex CMS websites, integration, and services for internal partners, from initial discovery through launch, ongoing iteration, and operations.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy software solutions that align with functional specifications and technical standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, and secure code with attention to performance and reusability.
• Translate business requirements and user stories into technical tasks and working features.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to refine solution designs and learn architectural best practices.
• Integrate systems using REST APIs, message queues, or platform-specific tooling.
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback to continuously improve code quality.
• Apply established engineering patterns and architectural standards in day-to-day development work.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and build knowledge of enterprise frameworks and principles of scalable system design.
• Understand and implement accessibility (A11y) standards, including WCAG and WAI-ARIA, in developed code.

Technical Architecture & Standards

• Apply established engineering patterns and architectural standards in day-to-day development work.
• Contribute to design decisions within assigned features or components.
• Build knowledge of enterprise frameworks and principles of scalable system design.
• Understand and implement accessibility (A11y) standards, including WCAG and WAI-ARIA, in developed code.

Project & Agile Execution

• Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives as part of an agile development team.
• Contribute to estimating, scoping, and delivery planning for short-term assignments.
• Track progress and document work in Confluence, Jira, ServiceNow or similar platforms.
• Support QA and release processes by writing test cases, fixing bugs, and participating in deployment reviews.

Collaboration & Growth

• Work closely with product managers, business analysts, and UX designers to understand user needs.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, architects, and support teams to ensure system reliability and maintainability.
• Seek out and apply feedback from senior engineers to grow technical skills and delivery effectiveness.
• Build relationships with other developers and team members across the organization.

Operational Support & Documentation

• Provide support for production issues and assist in troubleshooting technical problems.
• Develop and maintain documentation for code, systems, features, and processes.
• Contribute to ongoing support efforts by improving observability, logging, and incident readiness.
• Learn and apply ITSM and ITIL best practices as part of broader platform support.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in a software engineering or software development role, with a focus on web or enterprise applications.
• Experience with Laravel, WordPress and/or LAMP tech stack with web frameworks, languages, and libraries.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, React, Java, REST, XML, HTML and CSS.
• Strong understanding of development fundamentals including version control, testing, and debugging.
• Able to write maintainable and well-structured code following standard design patterns.
• Familiarity with architectural principles and design tradeoffs in building scalable applications.
• Awareness of security, performance, and accessibility considerations in application development.
• Experience working in Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe practices.
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, Git, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
• Comfortable navigating a fast-paced development cycle with short-term deliverables.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; able to explain technical concepts to peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to take on new challenges and learn from feedback.
• Possess a positive, team-oriented mindset and interest in contributing to a supportive and inclusive engineering culture.
• Basic understanding of IT operations and software support processes.
• Willingness to assist in incident resolution and learn best practices for reliability and support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to accessibility standards such as WCAG and use of assistive testing tools.
• Certifications in agile software development methodologies (PMI-ACP, CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, ICP-ACC, etc.).
• Other advanced product, platform, or agile courses/certifications.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Pay

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, California is $141,900.00 - $190,300.00 per year.

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, Florida is $111,900.00- $150,000.00 per year.