Software Developer III

SCCU Career•Melbourne, FL

About The Position

At Space Coast Credit Union (SCCU), the Software Developer III designs, codes, and develops new financial applications and web-based systems, and modifies existing core financial and web-based systems. The role designs, develops, tests, integrates, maintains, upgrades, and troubleshoots moderately complex internal and external applications, services, and sites to fulfill business needs. It also provides tier III technical support, helps resolve application issues, and contributes to secure and reliable software delivery through the software development lifecycle. The developer collaborates with vendors, IT team members, users, and department managers to establish requirements for new or modified software and hardware. The position uses AI tools to support requirements analysis, implementation, testing, documentation, code review, and troubleshooting, while validating generated output and remaining responsible for its correctness, security, maintainability, testing, and alignment with organizational standards. This is a six-month contract-to-hire position. The stated work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Compensation is $113,900 to $120,628.

Requirements

5 to 8 years of prior experience in software analysis, design, development, testing, debugging, integration, deployment, support, and documentation of core and web-based systems following the software development lifecycle, or a combination of applicable experience, education, and training that provides the needed knowledge and skills.
Front-end web development skills, including React, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, SASS, Bootstrap, and WCMS platforms.
Familiarity with .NET, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps Server, C#, SQL Server and/or other relational databases, and Node.js.
Experience with client-server concepts, object-oriented programming, web services, and Waterfall/Agile development methodologies.

Responsibilities

Respond to end-user trouble calls, resolve routine application software problems, and assist with hardware issues remotely when possible; route non-routine questions as needed.
Track incidents in an incident management system, document problems and resolutions for a shared knowledge base, and escalate or assign tickets as appropriate.
Design, develop, test, and integrate moderately complex internal and external core and web applications, services, and sites, including maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
Assist in estimating the cost and schedule of software projects using current and proven software engineering practices.
Provide tier III technical support for staff using internal and external core and web applications and systems.
Consult with vendors, IT team members, users, and department managers to determine requirements for new or modified software and hardware.
Test hardware and software configurations for usability and proper function, including cross-browser functionality.
Develop web security safeguards and technologies.
Meet assigned project deadlines and goals.
Review, analyze, and modify application systems, including encoding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
Analyze and resolve application system problems; detect, diagnose, and report related issues.
Use AI to analyze requirements, identify questions and gaps, explore implementation approaches, generate or refactor code, explain existing code, and assist with troubleshooting.
Create clear AI prompts and context that convey objectives, business and application context, technical requirements, constraints, coding standards, acceptance criteria, existing patterns, examples, and expected output formats; refine prompts and context iteratively.
Use AI where appropriate to create or improve tests, documentation, code-review summaries, implementation checklists, deployment instructions, release notes, troubleshooting guidance, and knowledge articles.
Use AI to help identify security concerns, inappropriate dependencies, error-handling gaps, maintainability issues, missing tests, technical debt, and potential performance concerns.
Validate AI-generated code and content before use, ensuring it is correct, secure, maintainable, properly tested, and aligned with organizational standards.