Job Summary
Join our innovation team as a Software Engineer II, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping innovative software solutions that drive our company forward. The Software Engineer II is responsible for the development and maintenance of the company’s software products. This role involves designing, developing, documenting, testing, deploying, monitoring, and debugging both new and existing software systems and applications. The engineer will act as a technical expert on development projects and participate in the full software development life cycle, including requirements analysis and design.
Responsibilities
Design and develop the overall structure of software systems and applications to meet business needs, both in the cloud and on-premises.
Provide ongoing guidance on business domain knowledge and product architecture.
Utilize tools and methodologies to create functional representations and user interfaces for desired products.
Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform, presenting insights to senior team members.
Ensure the security, performance, manageability, quality, and consistency of the software architecture across the system, offering technical guidance to development teams.
Conduct research, gather information, interpret data, identify requirements, and develop effective solutions.
Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 2-4 years of relevant experience, or equivalent work experience.
Ability to determine a course of action based on established guidelines, modifying processes and methods as necessary.
Genuine passion for software development and curiosity to keep learning
Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to identify appropriate actions.
Strong interpersonal skills to build productive internal and external working relationships, collaboratively resolving mutual problems.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and ask good questions
Exposure to version control (Git)
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum concepts
Familiarity with AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, etc.) is a plus
Finance or fintech background is a plus but not required
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