Software Engineer II

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The Software Engineer II takes on a broad scope of responsibility to deliver key solutions for customers and the company. They demonstrate technical leadership by mentoring peers, demonstrating design skills, conducting thoughtful code reviews, and successfully delivering key customer-impacting features with successful outcomes.

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while continually improving engineering standards, tooling, and processes. Elevate the team's technical output by conducting high-quality code reviews that provide constructive feedback and reinforce best practices. Apply design patterns and architectural principles to build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions. Additionally, identify opportunities for refactoring, reducing technical debt, and enhancing processes to drive long-term efficiency and quality.

Drive medium-sized projects from design to deployment with limited guidance, applying strong technical judgment to deliver solutions that are both efficient and reliable. Contribute to the team's technical direction by breaking down complex problems into manageable components and collaborating on clear, effective solutions. Act as a mentor by sharing best practices, offering constructive feedback, and fostering a culture of learning that helps grow the team's collective skills and capabilities.

Consistently balance the need for timely delivery with maintaining high standards of code quality and long-term system health.

Partner with stakeholders - including product managers, designers, account managers, and support teams - to translate needs into well-scoped, impactful engineering solutions. Anticipate the downstream effects of technical decisions to ensure solutions align with business goals and overall product direction. Additionally, contribute to defining technical roadmaps while identifying potential risks and opportunities for innovation that strengthen long-term success.

• ASP.NET MVC, .NET, C#, MSSQL, React, Java script, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Azure, Dev Ops. Leverage AI as a productivity multiplier to solve business problems and improve internal processes.
• Solid problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to tackle more complex and ambiguous issues.
• Proficiency in software development best practices, including SOLID principles, design patterns, and testing strategies.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining end-to-end features or services of moderate complexity.
• Familiarity with system architecture concepts and ability to articulate trade-offs. Prior experience mentoring peers and sharing knowledge and best practices to strengthen team capabilities.

• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to work independently on larger scopes.
• Proactive communicator who ensures alignment across team members and stakeholders.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities, including empathy, patience, and clarity when mentoring or reviewing code.
• Curious and forward-looking - consistently seeking ways to improve systems, processes, and team practices.

This role pays a market-competitive base salary and is eligible to participate in the company's annual bonus plan. You may also be eligible for our equity incentive program that awards high-performing employees on an annual basis. These option grants are awarded at the CEO's discretion to acknowledge employees who have made significant contributions to achieving our goals.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off: You know yourself best, so we trust you to take the time you need to maintain a rewarding work/life balance.
• Group Health, Dental, and Vision Plan: Public Input offers a company-subsidized healthcare plan for employees, covering up to 100% of your premiums or up to $800 monthly for you and your dependents. We also have options to add Dental, Vision, Life, and other benefit coverages for the employee and their family.
• $1,000 HSA Contribution: Public Input will…