Fullstack Software Engineer; Remote

Overview

Frontdoor is reimagining how homeowners maintain and repair their most valuable asset – their home. As the parent company of two leading brands, we bring over 50 years of experience in providing our members with comprehensive options to protect their homes from costly and unexpected breakdowns through our extensive network of pre-qualified professional contractors. American Home Shield, the category leader in home service plans with approximately two million members, gives homeowners budget protection and convenience, covering up to 23 essential home systems and appliances.

Frontdoor is a cutting edge, one-stop app for home repair and maintenance. Enabled by our Streem technology, the app empowers homeowners by connecting them in real time through video chat with pre-qualified experts to diagnose and solve their problems. The Frontdoor app also offers homeowners a range of other benefits including DIY tips, discounts and more. For more information about American Home Shield and Frontdoor, please visit

Summary: Our Software Engineers are product focused, giving them the opportunity to work on a product and understand the layers of the software stack. Work includes documentation, automated testing, debugging, working with algorithms and data structures, coding, design, system performance scaling, and problem solving for routine and moderately complex software programs. Responsibilities also include participation in projects.

• Write documentation and automated tests for code to be written.
• Implement functionality for automated tests that will successfully pass and meet coding standards.
• Debug production issues and create subsequent mitigation plans.
• Optimize performance of existing implementations.
• Debug issues, recognize the causes of issues, and tackle reproducible issues using query language and scripting.
• Select optimal data structures using fundamental software algorithms and concepts of space and time complexity.
• Fix easily reproducible bugs, build new and straightforward features, write unit tests for code coverage, and spot bottlenecks through the ability to read and understand others’ code.
• Implement code based on common design patterns.
• Determine correct algorithms based on input size and frequency using basic concepts of algorithms and Big‑O Notation.
• Prioritize tasks with Scrum master that lead the team to be successful.
• Bring forward ideas to experiment and work in teams to transform ideas to reality.
• May include other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Basic understanding of computer science fundamentals, such as data structures, trees, graphs, hash tables;
  Basic understanding of functioning and implementation of basic algorithms, such as sorts, searching, and the capability to explain performance characteristics using Big‑O Notations.
• Capability to debug basic problems and analyze logs in production systems and to read basic existing code.
• Understanding of various data storage options, such as relational, No‑SQL, etc.
• Basic skills in languages, such as C#, .NET Core through .NET 8+, .NET Framework, SQL Server, jQuery, Angular
  
  JS, Angular, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Type Script, HTML, CSS.
• Knowledge of Requirement Management, Agile Development, Test Process, Code Management, and Deployment.
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis for the services owned by the team.

Preferred

Skills:

• Experience in developing products in an Agile development environment.
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment.
• Understanding of Git and development activities such as merge and conflict resolution of code.
• Understanding and experience in Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS cloud services.
• Basic scripting skill in Shell, Python, or Ruby.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field required, Master’s degree preferred.

5+ years of product development experience required.

Be seated at a computer intermittently for up to eight hours a day. Move up to 10 pounds occasionally, by lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise repositioning…