Digital Engineer

Does this position interest you? You should apply - even if you don't match every single requirement! We're known as an auto glass company. That's the focus of what we do. But beyond the glass, we're so much more. We'll help you build a fulfilling career and encourage you to have a life. Let us be the best place you'll ever work.

Digital Engineer

Does this position interest you? You should apply - even if you don't match every single requirement! We're known as an auto glass company. That's the focus of what we do. But beyond the glass, we're so much more. We'll help you build a fulfilling career and encourage you to have a life. Let us be the best place you'll ever work.

A Brief Overview

The Digital Software Engineer at Safelite works on an agile technology team, and is focused on building and operating digital experiences (websites and/or mobile apps) for Safelite clients and consumers. They provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in new or existing systems. They actively participate in project and team planning meetings and collaborates with business and other IT teams.

The Digital Software Engineer is a member of one or two projects at a time, may lead one small project at a time, and occasionally participates in cross-team integrations and projects. With minimal oversight, they maintain a strong and consistent personal velocity, accomplishes nearly all work tasks in a timely manner, escalates early when tasks are off schedule, and estimate work tasks accurately in most cases. They understand, negotiate, and apply work priorities based on roadmap and tactical needs. They thoroughly vet work requirements and helps refine them to fulfill the intent of the requirements.

What you will do

• Reads specifications and writes code and unit tests using patterns and languages approved by Technical Lead and Architect; adhere to best practices and end-user requirements

• Collaborates with Product Owner, UX, analysts, QA, and other software engineers to make changes to an application for defect fixes, enhancements, and new features; demonstrates business knowledge by actively participating and providing relevant suggestions and insight.

• Participates in the design process that generates application functional and technical specifications (JAD, Three Amigos)

• Refactors code related to current work; optimization, restructuring, improved readability, reduced complexity, and improving unit tests

• Performs system analysis for current state application operation and upcoming application enhancements

• Actively participates in Scrum ceremonies, estimation, and team meetings

• Documents application design specifications and implementation procedures to improve application quality and reuse of code

• Reviews other developers' pull requests for approval or suggest improvements

• Performs production support or on-call operations through monitoring, notification and job/service management

• Improves monitoring and alerting for applications to improve support response and operations

• Develops proof of concepts (POC) to evaluate new solutions and technology

• Investigates incidents and defects in current state application to identify fixes

• Participates in root cause analysis (RCA) with other teams after production incidents to determine improvements

• Develops implementation plans, deployment plans, and release/change plans; validates production changes after release

• Implements tooling to report and improve security, unit test coverage, and other factors

• Ensures security guidelines, compliance, and other business standards are followed to support the application

• May assist in training and on boarding of new developers

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience Required

Experience Qualifications

• 1-3 years Years relevant experience Required

• Experience in application coding and in creating computer applications and/or databases Required

• Experience with software development, life-cycle and implementation methodologies  Required

Skills and Abilities

• C#, .NET (Medium proficiency)
• HTML/CSS (Medium proficiency)
• JavaScript (Medium proficiency)
• Experience in web development and responsive design (Medium proficiency)
• Familiarity of Vue.JS/Knockout/Bootstrap or equivalent frameworks (Medium proficiency)
• Familiarity of cloud based platforms and container services (AWS/GCP/Azure) (Medium proficiency)
• Experience with Agile/Scrum practices and has worked within a product team (Medium proficiency)
• Working knowledge of SQL and databases (Medium proficiency)

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Internal Associates: Already a member of the Safelite team? Apply through your Workday account by searching 'Find Open Jobs'.

Diversity: Safelite welcomes everyone. We value our diverse workforce and suppliers, and we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Learn more at Safelite.com/Careers.

Benefit amounts are estimates only. Actual values will depend on benefit elections during enrollment.

This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job's essential duties because of an ADA disability. Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws and regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.