Associate Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Vizient•Irving, TX

4d•$59,600 - $101,200•Hybrid

About The Position

Vizient is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, and delivery of scalable, secure, user-centered software solutions. The role works closely with product managers, business stakeholders, architects, and data scientists to deliver small, independently demonstrable increments while developing engineering skills. The team uses AI-DLC to support software development through structured work items, repository guidance, automated implementation, pull requests, testing, and continuous feedback. The position requires working in Vizient’s Irving, Texas office three days per week and includes an in-person interview. The role emphasizes collaboration, ownership, accountability, attention to detail, a willingness to learn, and continuous improvement. It also involves using AI-assisted development tools responsibly and validating generated code with guidance from experienced engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Zero to two years of professional software engineering experience, including internships, co-ops, or relevant project experience.
Foundational knowledge of software development principles, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
Experience with Java or another object-oriented programming language.
Familiarity with web development concepts and technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, or CSS.
Familiarity with REST APIs, relational databases, and source-control systems such as Git.
Understanding of software testing and the importance of writing maintainable, reliable code.
Familiarity with basic application security and secure coding practices.
Ability to work effectively with product, architecture, data, quality engineering, and business stakeholders.
Strong communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
Ability to deliver work incrementally through small, independently testable units.
Demonstrated ownership, accountability, integrity, and commitment to high-quality work.
Ability to receive feedback, apply it, and continuously improve.
Commitment to collaboration, customer focus, inclusion, and engineering excellence.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, or Kafka through work, internships, academic projects, or personal projects.
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, AKS, GitHub Actions, Helm, or CI/CD practices.
Experience integrating with enterprise systems or third-party services.
Familiarity with cloud-native development or event-driven architecture.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools or participating in an AI-native Software Factory development model.
Familiarity with automated testing frameworks, observability, accessibility, feature flags, or production monitoring.
Exposure to domain-driven design, API-first design, or distributed systems concepts.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain applications, services, APIs, and user interfaces under the guidance of experienced engineers.
Translate defined requirements and designs into clean, maintainable, and testable software.
Contribute to backend services using Java, Spring Boot, or comparable technologies.
Contribute to web applications using React, TypeScript, or comparable frontend technologies.
Develop and consume REST APIs and support event-driven integrations.
Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and apply basic data modeling and query development practices.
Write and maintain unit, integration, API, and end-to-end tests.
Participate in debugging, code reviews, technical discussions, refinement, demonstrations, and continuous improvement.
Contribute to application security, accessibility, observability, performance, and operational readiness.
Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly and validate generated code with support from experienced engineers.
Follow repository guidance, coding standards, testing expectations, technical documentation, and the Software Factory workflow.
Collaborate with teammates, communicate clearly, ask questions, seek feedback and help, share knowledge, and apply guidance to improve technical skills and work quality.