About the Role
The Software Engineer II is a trusted and collaborative member of their POD or development team, capable of implementing medium-complexity features with moderate guidance from senior engineers. They apply core software development principles effectively and follow established architectural guidelines and design patterns.
Software Engineers II are responsible for analyzing user stories and functional requirements, modifying existing software independently, and beginning to contribute to the design and development of new platform components. As they grow in the role, they start to build deeper expertise and take on more ownership of technical solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Develops good understanding of business use cases and user needs for features assigned
- Contributes to story writing and grooming by asking appropriate questions and demonstrating strong grasp of feature functionality
- Is able to communicate technical issues in a way that can be understood by non-technical people.
- Is willing and has the ability to work on with multiple Clients/Projects as needed Independently.
- Able to actively participate in technical conversations
- Proficient in communicating technical principles
- Has Insurance, Life and Annuities domain knowledge, or, is actively learning and developing in this area, if they do not have prior experience in this area.
- Develop a strong understanding of business use cases, user needs, and feature functionality for assigned projects and features.
- Establish, document, and maintain high-quality software modules by following established software development standards and processes.
- Contribute to story writing and grooming by asking insightful questions and demonstrating in-depth knowledge of technical and functional requirements.
- Independently manage work across multiple clients or projects, taking full ownership of assigned tasks and ensuring all necessary information and requirements are obtained to complete them.
- Design, write, comment, and unit test code to ensure modules are performant, bug-free, and maintain the highest standards for modularity, reusability, readability, and configurability.
- Maintain accountability for all assigned work, provide accurate estimates, and deliver clear descriptions and updates of work completed.
- Communicate technical issues and project status effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, internally within the team and externally with clients as appropriate.
- Actively participate in team meetings, technical discussions, troubleshooting, and process improvement activities.
- Plan ahead by identifying potential challenges early, seeking guidance from senior team members, reaching out for help when blocked, and maintaining a backlog of codeable tasks when waiting for decisions or information.
- Continuously seek opportunities to learn and develop new skills, tools, coding frameworks, and maintain proficiency in technical areas and standards relevant to assigned projects.
- Develop and maintain domain expertise in Insurance, Life, and Annuities, or actively work towards acquiring this knowledge if not already possessed.
- Understand Agile and Waterfall development lifecycles and actively contribute to process improvement initiatives.
- Participate in client/product grooming calls as needed to address and triage issues, clarify requirements, and support production deployments and issue resolution in collaboration with senior engineers and technical leads.
- Understand and utilize debugging tools and techniques to identify and resolve errors efficiently.
- Update and maintain defect/change tracking systems for assigned modules to ensure transparency and accountability.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience in software development required.
- Proficiency in C# is essential as it is the primary language used in .NET development here at Hexure.
- In-depth knowledge of the .NET framework, including its core components, class libraries, and APIs, is crucial. Understanding frameworks like ASP.NET, Entity Framework is important.
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is necessary for building user interfaces and client-side interactions. Knowledge of front-end frameworks like Angular or React can be advantageous.
- Experience with database technologies such as SQL Server, MySQL, CosmoDB or other NoSQL DB’s, including writing complex queries, designing efficient database schemas, and understanding database performance optimization.
- Understanding the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies is important. Familiarity with version control systems (ADO), issue tracking tools (JIRA), and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines is beneficial.
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and Design Patterns: Strong understanding of OOP concepts, SOLID principles, and design patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM) for building maintainable and scalable applications.
- Experience working in an Agile scrum team environment.
- Knowledge of unit testing frameworks like NUnit or MSTest, as well as experience with debugging techniques and tools, is essential for ensuring application quality.
- Awareness of common security vulnerabilities and best practices for securing .NET applications, such as input validation, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
- Proficiency in optimizing application performance, including techniques like caching, query optimization, and efficient resource utilization.
We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office four days, with the flexibility to work remotely one day (Friday).
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