Software Engineer II
Position Summary
As a Software Engineer II, you will be part of an Agile Scrum team and directly contribute to the creation and maintenance of products that support our business operations. You will participate in Sprint activities, such as planning, grooming and daily standups to deliver on commitments, continuously improve process and drive positive change.
You will apply your skills in Software Development to help the team produce quality, on-time deliverables and apply root cause analysis to track down story bugs and production issues. Using an eye for quality and an attention to detail, you will help us build reliable and fault tolerant, extensible applications backed by unit testing and test automation. Additionally, you will work directly with Team Leads, Business Users, Product Owners, Functional Analysts and other Engineers to build new projects and support existing applications.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated and able to multi-task moderately complex issues on their own and when assistance is required, able to provide specific issues and options. This role requires a robust breadth of Software Development concepts allowing you to create scalable, extensible applications with minimal direction. Also necessary is interfacing with existing applications built on REST, an understanding of security implications for system designs and the ability to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment.
About The Team
The Home Building Group software engineering team creates custom application solutions that support our manufacturing, supply, and properties groups. The team has embarked on a multiyear journey to modernize and re-invent our technology offerings. The goal is to provide valuable, scalable, and sustainable solutions that improve quality, increase efficiency, and provide our business partners the ability to make impactful data driven decisions. We are responsible for the maintenance, enhancement and feature development for an internal web application built with Angular, AWS (AppSync, Lamda, EventBridge, RDS) and .NET.
Primary Responsibilities
- Translate acceptance criteria of stories into technical implementations.
- Emphasize working software over gold plated solutions.
- Provide root cause analysis for defects and production issues.
- Participate in peer reviews to ensure implementations align to story goals and conform to standards.
- Strive to produce high quality, on time software by utilizing unit tests and partnering with QA to meet acceptance criteria.
- Engage in design conversations and offer solutions that meet our criteria and architectural goals.
- Actively participate in team retros to highlight successes and discuss potential improvements.
- Help implement and maintain a continuous delivery process focused on zero down time for customers.
- Collaborate to produce code and design standards.
- Participate in the full SDLC from requirements gathering to testing and delivery.
- Collaborate with Functional Analysts, Product Owners, Quality Advocates, Solutions Architects, other development teams and business users.
- Work autonomously to provide technical implementations for defined solutions.
- Provide mentorship to junior team members in product areas and technical skills you are more familiar.
Primary Qualifications
- 2+ years of Software Development experience with Angular
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent work experience
Desired Skills
- Experience with project tracking software, such as Jira and Agile Methodology
- Experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines preferred.
- Experience creating UI Mockups using Figma
- Coding experience with front-end programming languages, such as HTML, Javascript and CSS
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing processes and technologies.
- Can clearly and effectively communicate progress, blockers, and knowledge gaps.
- Effective problem solver with demonstrated ability to develop creative solutions that are both functional and visually appealing.
Behavioral Competencies
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Service Focus
- Strategic Thinking
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Adaptability
- Communicating
- Managing Innovation
- Team Building
- Coaching and Developing Others
- Delegating
Why Clayton Homes?
Founded in 1956, Clayton is a Berkshire Hathaway Company committed to opening doors to a better life and Building Happyness® through homeownership. Through its family of brands, Clayton builds, sells, finances, and ensures traditional site-built homes and off-site built housing – including modular homes, manufactured homes, CrossMod™ homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks, and apartments. Corporate headquarters is located in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, specifically, Maryville, Tennessee. Clayton is the recipient of numerous industry awards including 2019 Builder of the Year and ranks as the #2 builder of homes in the U.S. by units sold . Our site-built division, Clayton Properties Group, is the 8th largest site builder in the U.S . We achieve our results through the strength of our people and have been recognized on the 2021 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity and 2021 Forbes America’s Best Employers Lists. To learn more about Clayton Homes, got to:
Benefits
- Competitive benefits including 401(k) with 100% company match of the first 4%; medical, dental and vision plans; paid time off days and holidays.
- Quarterly bonus program.
- Forbes lists: America’s Best Employers, America’s Employers by State, Best Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women.
- Recognized as one of East Tennessee’s top technology workplaces.
- Wellness programs that focus on emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, physical, and financial well-being.
- Onsite fitness facility with full gym, workout classes, volleyball and basketball, ping-pong, and disc golf course.
- Paid Time Off for Volunteer work.
Why Clayton Homes:
•Consistently striving vertically integrated Berkshire Hathaway company
•One of America’s largest home builders and leader in housing
•Forbes lists: America’s Best Employers, America’s Employers by State, Best
Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women
•Quarterly profit share bonus program
•Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal
development programs and much more!
Clayton is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Business Unit – B00023
Technology
HTML REST CI/CD Amazon Web Services (AWS) Figma JavaScript User Interface (UI) Root Cause Analysis (RCA) automated testing Amazon EventBridge Jira Unit testing Scrum Angular amazon-rds CSS Software Developer Software Engineer