Full Stack Software Engineer III

DESCRIPTION

As a Full Stack Software Engineer III you will collaborate with fellow team members to implement committed user stories within iteration to the agreed standard. Primarily responsible for Assessment and planning of development efforts required for new functions/features under development, Architecture, design, coding, code review and unit testing activities, and deployment and continuous delivery pipeline extensions and maintenance.

Essential Functions of this Position

• Coding of user stories in a collaborative fashion with fellow team members to ensure delivery in an incremental fashion and that delay and handoff between Development and QA is minimized
• Contribute to the estimation of user stories as part of release and iteration planning activities
• Collaborate with fellow team members on application architecture and design to ensure that the approaches and technologies applied to current implementation work are sound and fit for purpose
• Analyzing requirements and working with the product owner to ensure that stories exhibit INVEST characteristics
• Fully participate in iteration retrospectives and collaborate with fellow team members to ensure that the team inspect and adapt and continuously improve performance
• Contribute to departmental level efforts to analyze and improve our agreed delivery process and practices
• Meeting the physical requirements
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education and

Work Experience:

High School Diploma or GED required. Graduate Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred. Microsoft Certified Developer preferred.

More than Four (4) years of relevant software engineering experience.

Proven experience working in Agile methodologies, with a solid understanding of planning, estimation techniques, and the principles of Agile. Familiarity with engineering practices that support agile development, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), source branching strategies (e.g., Git Flow), Continuous Integration (CI), experience managing tasks using Jira or similar Application Lifecycle Management tools, and demonstrated ability to write unit tests and develop testable code.

Hands‑on experience building and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure, including architecture, deployment, and lifecycle management.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Positive, proactive attitude with a willingness to tackle challenges beyond core expertise
• Collaborative team player committed to shared success
• Proven experience across the full software development lifecycle
• Advanced debugging techniques
• Strong SQL skills and experience with major relational databases (e.g., SQL Server).
• .NET Development:
  Proficiency in .NET fundamentals and C# (up to version 7.0); experience with .NET Core, Microservices & Cloud Technologies; experience designing and building distributed microservice‑based applications utilizing Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure Cosmos DB (with document models), and Azure Dev Ops Pipelines.
• Web Development:
  Experience in .NET web development with MVC. Competence in front‑end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front‑end frameworks and libraries such as Angular.js, Blazor, Classic ASP, and jQuery.
• Experience with Java is a plus.

Visual acuity sufficient to perform job‑related tasks.

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