Software Engineer (Backend) - AI-Assisted Development

What will you do?

Technical Proficiency and Execution

• Development: Develop, test, & maintain high-quality, scalable, and secure applications.

• Cloud Services: Knowledge of AWS services for building & deploying cloud-native applications.

• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code adhering to industry best practices and internal coding standards.

• AI-Assisted Development: Effectively leverage AI-assisted development tools, applying prompt engineering and context management techniques to improve productivity and code quality, while critically reviewing and validating AI-generated outputs.

• Unit Testing and CI/CD: Create comprehensive unit and integration tests using JUnit and participate in CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS Code-Pipeline.

• Debugging and Optimization: Troubleshoot, profile, and optimize existing code for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Security, Compliance, and Best Practices

• Secure Coding: Follow secure coding practices and comply with organizational and client-specific security policies and standards.

• Compliance Awareness: Understand and adhere to applicable data privacy, compliance, and governance regulations while building cloud-native solutions.

• Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date system and process documentation, especially for production-critical services.

Ownership and Delivery

• End-to-End Ownership: Take responsibility for assigned features or modules from design through deployment and monitoring.

• Customer-Centric Mindset: Build features with a deep understanding of user needs and business impact.

• Incident Response: Participate in production support activities, including bug fixes, incident resolution, and root cause analysis, when required.

Agile Development and SAFe Practices

• Quarterly Planning Participation: Actively participate in Planning sessions, contributing to estimation, capacity planning, and defining objectives.

• Iteration Execution: Work in short iterations/sprints, delivering committed stories, and attending regular ceremonies (daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives).

• Team Collaboration: Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects, & fellow developers to align development efforts with business goals.

Communication and Collaboration

• Asynchronous and Synchronous Communication: Maintain clear, timely, and effective communication using tools like Microsoft Teams, Jira, and Confluence.

• Cross-Time zone Coordination: Coordinate effectively with global and cross-functional teams, spread across multiple time zones.