Software Engineer 1 – Finance Technology

Choice Hotels International • Scottsdale, AZ

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Choice Hotels is hiring a Software Engineer 1 for its Finance Technology Domain. The team creates solutions to advance financial technologies and provides finance- and billing-related applications. This individual contributor will contribute to enterprise-grade financial applications and work with the Finance Technology team and cross-functional partners. The role is hybrid, with four days onsite at the North Scottsdale office, and is not eligible for sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related STEM field from a four-year college or university, or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle, including design, functional and technical requirements, coding, debugging, testing, release, and operational support.
• Knowledge of the Spring framework and REST.
• Knowledge of Java, Python, or similar programming languages.
• Knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, and CloudFront.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools including Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Knowledge of security practices including IAM, Secrets Manager, and encryption best practices.
• SQL skills including query creation and tuning, and creating tables, views, and indexes.

Nice To Haves

• One to two years of experience as a full-stack software developer.
• Generative AI knowledge.
• Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Experience using AI-powered tools such as Claude or ChatGPT.
• Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven design.
• AWS, Java, or Python certification.
• Uses AI regularly in the development lifecycle and demonstrates action orientation, drive for results, and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to enterprise-grade financial applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and adherence to architectural standards.
• Help build robust, modular software components supporting ERP and EPM integrations, billing, and accounting workflows.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release activities to deliver financial solutions.
• Implement security protocols and maintain compliance with financial regulations and corporate standards.
• Integrate ERP systems with financial applications to support billing cycles and reporting.
• Apply coding standards and collaborate on team best practices.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off and leave for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance.
• Retirement and health savings financial benefits.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level