Software Engineer (Java backend)

Blue Yonder•Dallas, TX

2d•$85,788 - $108,212•Hybrid

About The Position

This role focuses on developing quality software according to clean code principles and Blue Yonder standards, writing effective test cases, and participating in team activities such as backlog grooming, planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. The engineer will understand basic functional and technical requirements, contribute to designs, and continuously improve themselves and their code. They will also incorporate information security aspects into their work and understand how their team's deliverables affect other teams and the customer. For service-delivering teams, this includes identifying operational issues, planning and performing routine changes, resolving incidents, handling service requests, and recognizing the impact of resource consumption on SaaS profitability.

Requirements

Java backend development
Clean code principles
Writing effective test cases
Understanding of functional and technical requirements
Contribution to software designs
Information security awareness
Understanding of team deliverables' impact on other teams and customers
Identification of operational issues
Planning and performing routine changes
Incident resolution
Handling service requests
Awareness of resource consumption's effect on SaaS profitability
Performing small refactorings
Awareness of continuous integration pipeline and fixing broken builds
Providing feedback during code reviews
Onboarding new team members
Developing junior engineers
Assisting associates with implementational and operational issues
Communicating impediments and seeking support
Participating in performance benchmark tests
Understanding company and team visions
Understanding the problem domain
Problem solving ability
Innovation ability

Responsibilities

Develops quality software according to clean code principles and Blue Yonder standards and writes effective test cases.
Autonomously pulls issues from the team backlog or supports other team members with their issues as appropriate.
Participates in team activities such as backlog grooming, planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Understands basic functional and technical requirements of software components.
Contributes to designs of individual stories.
Continuously improves themselves and the code they produce.
Incorporates aspects of information security in their own work.
Develops an understanding of how changes in the team’s deliverables affect other teams and the customer.
Identifies operational issues and brings them to the attention of the team.
Autonomously plans and performs routine changes.
Independently resolves incidents around a limited set of service functions.
Independently handles service requests.
Realizes that resource consumption directly affects SaaS profitability.
Autonomously performs small refactorings to improve local software quality.
Is aware of the team's continuous integration pipeline and fixes broken builds as necessary.
Actively provides feedback during code reviews.
Onboards new members to the team and helps develop junior engineers.
Assists associates with implementational and operational issues.
Clearly communicates impediments and actively seeks support by team members to overcome obstacles.
Participates in implementing performance benchmark tests.
Understands company and team visions and the problem domain their team works on.
Demonstrates problem solving and innovation ability.