Associate Software Engineer

The Associate Software Engineer supports the design, development, and maintenance of software applications as part of a dynamic cross-functional agile team. In addition, they will collaborate with other staff to design and implement solutions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops software applications and supporting infrastructure using established coding standards and methodologies
• Relentlessly pursues quality through multiple levels of automated tests, including but not limited to unit, API, End to End, and load.
• Develops tooling, test harnesses and innovative solutions to understand and monitor the quality of the product
• Develops infrastructure as code to reliably deploy applications on demand or through automation
• Understands cloud managed services and builds scalable and secure applications using them
• Creates proof of concepts for new ideas that answer key questions of feasibility, desirability, and viability
• Performs thorough code reviews that promote better understanding throughout the team
• Trouble shoot, instrument and debug existing software resolving root causes of defective behavior
• Builds intuitive user interfaces with the end user persona in mind using front end frameworks and styling
• Works with architects, designers, business analysts and others to design and implement solutions
• Work within an agile scrum team, contributing to an atmosphere of continuous improvement
• Understands how to interpret database models and effectively collaborate with Database Engineers
• Assist product owners in backlog grooming, story breakdown and story estimation
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with team members and other stakeholders throughout the organization
• Document software changes for use by other engineers, quality assurance and documentation specialists
• Master the technologies, languages, and practices used by the team and project assigned