Software Engineer - Backend Developer

Software Engineer

Job Purpose and Impact

The Professional, Software Engineering (Backend Developer) job designs, develops and maintains software applications, systems and APIs in Food sustainability applications. With minimal supervision, this job collaborates with cross functional teams to define, design and implement new software features to meet user needs and business goals, and upgrade existing software to improve performance and functionality through writing clean, efficient and scalable code and troubleshooting and debugging complex issues. This job also participates in code reviews to maintain high code quality and share knowledge with software engineering team members.  

Key Accountabilities

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Designs and develops high quality software solutions by writing clean, maintainable and efficient codes. 

AUTOMATION: Leads the application of internal software deployment platform, methodologies and tools to automate the deployment process, ensuring smooth and reliable releases. 

COLLABORATION: Partners with cross functional team of product managers, designers and different engineers to gather complex requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs. 

TESTING & DEBUGGING: Writes and maintains complex unit tests and integration tests and performs debugging to maintain the quality and performance of the software. 

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Suggests options for improving the software development and deployment processes and implements the approved standards to improve efficiency and reliability. 

DOCUMENTATION: Builds and maintains comprehensive documentation for complex software applications, deployment processes and system configurations. 

TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Provides technical support and troubleshooting for complex issues with deployed 

Qualifications

Qualifications 

Minimum requirement of 3-4 years of relevant work experience.  

Java, Spring Boot & Gradle, REST API, Authentication & Authorization, Junit, SQL, GIT, Postman, CI/CD, AWS, Datadog, Docker, OKTA 

Preferred: 
Experience integrating data from ERP systems 

Familiarity with Power Platform technologies - Power BI, Power Apps 

Exposure to AI technologies, including OpenAI LLMs 

Strong communication skills 

Interest in understanding business topics