Software Engineer II - DevSecOps & Application Engineering

The Software Engineer II - Dev Sec Ops  & Application Engineering role is focused on strengthening the team's Dev Sec Ops  and CI/CD practices while continuing to contribute directly to application development. This position plays a key role in improving the reliability, security, and automation of build and deployment pipelines, while also supporting the team through hands-on development in Angular-based applications.

This role bridges platform engineering and application development, ensuring that Dev Sec Ops  best practices are embedded into day-to-day development without losing momentum on feature delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Dev Sec Ops  & CI/CD Enablement

• Lead and contribute to improving the team's CI/CD practices, focusing on pipeline reliability, security controls, and deployment automation.

• Embed Dev Sec Ops  principles into the development lifecycle, including secure build processes, dependency management, and deployment safeguards.

• Partner with application developers to reduce friction between development and delivery by improving tooling, standards, and automation.

• Support containerized deployments and cloud infrastructure to ensure secure and repeatable releases.

Application Development Support

• Contribute directly to application development, including Angular-based web applications, to help the team deliver features and reduce bottlenecks.

• Work alongside frontend and backend engineers to ensure applications are designed with deployability, observability, and security in mind.

• Assist in debugging, enhancing, and maintaining existing applications while applying Dev Sec Ops  best practices.

• Balance platform-level improvements with hands-on development work to meet team priorities.

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Provide analysis and direction on system architecture, platforms, and tooling.
• Evaluate new products and technologies; contribute to technical and ROI assessments.
• Help define and enforce engineering standards, Dev Sec Ops  best practices, and architectural patterns.
• Optimize atabases and system interactions for efficiency and scalability.
• Balance input from multiple functional areas when designing systems and selecting tools.

Planning, Estimation & Execution

• Produce feature estimates and delivery timelines in collaboration with the team.
• Plan and execute work across multiple initiatives requiring cross-team coordination.
• Allocate effort appropriately based on business priorities and technical risk.
• Deliver features on time and within established guidelines.

Collaboration, Quality & Compliance

• Communicate effectively with engineering, QA, product, and stakeholders.
• Participate in code reviews with attention to security, quality, and performance.
• Assist in defining testing strategies, test data, and validation processes.
• Maintain and follow ISO standards and internal engineering processes.
• Document systems, pipelines, and operational procedures.

Mentorship & Growth

• Mentor software developers on secure development practices and Dev Sec Ops  concepts.
• Support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the engineering organization.
• Pursue ongoing training, development, and research to stay current with evolving technologies.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of software development experience in enterprise systems.
• 3+ years designing and contributing to system or platform architecture.
• 2+ years optimizing databases or system performance.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and modern application architecture.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Node.js, PHP, or Java).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Git Lab CI/CD, Jenkins, Argo CD).
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing web applications using Angular.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks and responsive design principles.
• Understanding of UI/UX best practices.
• Experience with mobile or hybrid application development.
• Working knowledge of PHP, Zend Framework, Java, C/C++, or Delphi.
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.