Software Engineer – Java

Software Engineer – Java

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience and passion for writing distributed, highly scalable and available backend systems & API, using Java or similar programming languages.
• A fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and software best practices.
• Experience with testing concepts, test tools, integrating testing and best practices in the SDLC, and overall quality engineering practices.
• Desire to learn and develop your skills through a growth mindset.
• Passion for working within a fast-paced environment and can adapt to change.

Responsibilities

• Your work is consistently of high quality.
• You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices.
• You work with your team to invent, design, and build software that is stable and performant.
• You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not.
• Your solutions are pragmatic.
• You consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an Engineer unfamiliar with the system can understand.
• You limit the use of short-term workarounds.
• You do things with the proper level of complexity the first time (or at least minimize incidental complexity).
• You create flexible software without over-engineering.
• You make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
• You are efficient with resource usage (e.g., system hardware, database, memory/CPU, etc.).
• You own parts of product and technology & strive to become a subject matter expert.
• You write simple and extendable code following standards and best practices.
• You test your code thoroughly.
• You help balance customer requirements with the team requirements.
• You help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and support ticket reviews.
• You are organized and structured.
• You hold your peers accountable for our established Agile practices.
• You take on projects and make software enhancements that improve the team software and processes.
• You work to resolve the root cause of complex problems, leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it.
• You estimate stories/tasks accurately and deliver them in time.
• You keep yourself up to date with industry tools, utilities, and open-source frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.