[Hiring] Software Engineer I @Fullbay

Role Description

The Software Engineer I will design, code, and test software functions and modules, under the guidance of senior engineers. This junior role involves understanding problems, developing solutions, and engaging with key stakeholders to refine approaches. The successful candidate will write complete, efficient, and well-commented code that meets customer experience needs and project requirements. They will also create unit and feature tests to ensure compliance with performance, scalability, and security standards. Additionally, the engineer will address bugs within the product, continuously learn, and explore in-depth project requirements.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop a design (including system architecture, layout of services, APIs, backend and frontend changes) for your project and area.
• Consider possible options to solve the problem and contribute to estimations while considering cost and long-term impact of the design with support from senior engineers.
• Address currently planned use cases as well as required extensibility to support future applicable use cases.
• Review your design with peers and collect feedback, incorporating it.
• Write software that consistently meets horizontal quality standards — scalability, performance, security, accessibility, and localizability.
• Build a working understanding of the cloud infrastructure your work runs on.
• Apply the company's design principles, frameworks, and third-party tooling to your solutions with guidance.
• Identify cross-system dependencies early, ensuring services and integrations your code relies on are in place before shipping.
• Develop high-quality code that is efficient, modular, and follows coding guidelines.
• Learn from past mistakes and reflect improvement in the quality of your code based on feedback.
• Solve problems that have ambiguity in requirements, risks, and conflicting constraints.
• Make good tradeoffs between short-term delivery and long-term maintainability of your organization’s architecture with guidance.
• Recognize & identify risks that are not readily apparent and proactively take action to prevent problems.
• Drive bug fixing and resolution throughout the Product life cycle.
• Test your work by creating unit and feature tests needed to complete the work.
• Ensure your code is reviewed and incorporate feedback appropriately with guidance from the senior engineer.
• Adhere to all confidentiality and compliance regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• B.S in Computer Science or equivalent with 1-3 years of experience in developing design, code, and testing software in modern systems and languages.

Requirements

• Growing proficiency in modern software design and programming paradigms, including Java, React, Dynamo, and AWS.
• Proficient using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor).
• Awareness and knowledge of Software Design and Coding methodologies.
• Familiarity with development and design best practices, with a commitment to continuous learning.
• Exposure to third-party technologies and a developing ability to evaluate tradeoffs when making software decisions.
• Knowledge and experience with Development and Test methodologies and tools.
• Contribute to the process and frameworks for how development will happen in Engineering.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with peers & others throughout the company.
• Foundational understanding of Performance, Scale, and Availability of software.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly required to sit at a desk in front of a computer and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently requires the use of hands and arms for reaching, as well as the ability to walk and communicate effectively.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Type on a computer keyboard and look at a computer monitor, and operate a cell phone or a computer-based phone.