Junior Software Engineer 1

About the Role

The Junior Software Engineer Analyst is an early-career role within an Agile product or application engineering team. The role develops, tests, debugs, documents, and maintains software by completing assigned stories, tasks, defects, and technical activities under experienced engineering leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software features based on assigned user stories and technical specifications.
• Write readable, reusable, secure, maintainable, and appropriately documented code.
• Apply object-oriented programming, coding standards, design principles, and approved patterns.
• Develop backend services, APIs, user interfaces, automation components, or data-processing functions based on project needs.
• Write and execute unit tests and support integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Investigate and resolve defects with guidance from senior team members.
• Use debugging, logging, and monitoring tools to understand application behavior.
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate review feedback.
• Use Git-based workflows for source control and team collaboration.
• Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Maintain technical documentation, code comments, test evidence, and work-item updates.
• Follow secure development, data protection, accessibility, and performance practices.
• Understand the broader impact of code changes on modules, interfaces, data, and users.
• Seek assistance promptly when blocked and communicate progress, dependencies, and risks clearly.

Essential Job Functions

• Software Development:
• Complete small development tasks, defects, and user stories.
• Develop basic backend, frontend, API, database, or automation components.
• Follow coding, naming, documentation, repository, and definition-of-done standards.
• Quality Engineering:
• Write unit tests and participate in integration and regression testing.
• Reproduce and remediate defects.
• Validate functionality against acceptance criteria.
• Collaboration and Delivery:
• Estimate assigned tasks with guidance.
• Maintain accurate work-item status.
• Participate in peer reviews, demonstrations, and knowledge sharing.
• Security and Operations:
• Apply secure coding and responsible data-handling practices.
• Use logging and monitoring to support troubleshooting.
• Assist with build, deployment, release, and production-support activities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Programming knowledge in Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or a similar language.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming fundamentals.
• Basic knowledge of data structures, algorithms, databases, web technologies, testing, debugging, and version control.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and an application-development framework.
• Strong communication, teamwork, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and learning agility.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to .NET, Python, React, Angular, Node.js, or another modern development stack.
• Familiarity with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or another relational database.
• Exposure to Microsoft Azure and cloud application development.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, authentication, and authorization.
• Exposure to GitHub, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Understanding of design patterns, SOLID principles, clean code, and layered architecture.
• Exposure to Generative AI coding assistants and responsible AI-assisted development practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 0 to 2 years of relevant experience, including internships, academic projects, hackathons, or personal software projects.