Software Engineer, DevOps, Java Developer

This role is not eligible for sponsorship AND is four days onsite hybrid at our N. Scottsdale office

Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Software Engineer 1 in the Data and analytics platform. The data and analytics platform provides access to data for use in reporting and analytics that enables business solutions. As a key member of our data and analytics platform you will contribute to a limited number of system components while building technical expertise and practical software engineering experience under the guidance of senior engineering staff.

The engineer writes secure, stable, and maintainable code, participates in code reviews, develops and executes unit tests, and assists with production releases and issue resolution. The position works collaboratively with engineering, quality assurance, and business partners and is an individual contributor with no direct reports. Do you have a growth mindset, strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, and a passion for data?

• Develop, test, and debug secure, maintainable code under the guidance of senior engineers, following established standards, source control, and CI/CD practices.
• Write and run automated and manual unit tests, and partner with Test Engineering on defect resolution.
• Support production releases and help resolve post-production issues.
• Analyze user stories and requirements and work with business partners to clarify the underlying needs.
• Collaborate in an agile team, participate in code reviews, and keep building technical skills to take on more complex work.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Relevant technical training or certifications may be considered based on the needs of the position. Experience or academic exposure across the software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, coding, debugging, testing, release, and operational support.

Familiarity with agile software development methodologies and object-oriented programming concepts.

• Java 8 or later
• Python
• Jenkins/Harness/CI CD tools
• AWS or related cloud technologies
• Git/Bitbucket
• SQL and relational databases
• Nice to have Spring Framework, including Spring REST, Spring Security, Spring MVC, and Spring AOP Unix/Linux REST web services

This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Director of Software Engineering. You will have 3 peer teammates and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
• Employee recognition programs
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We’re the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves - the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur - because that’s who we are, too.

At Choice, we are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today - for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate…