Software Engineer II - Craft Education

Western Governors University•Nashville, AR

3d•$116,000 - $174,100

About The Position

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider Craft Education as the next step in your career. Craft Education is on a mission to solve skilled labor shortages by powering work-based learning pathways for all. At Craft, we’re revolutionizing the apprenticeship degree, combining on-the-job learning with accredited instruction to create innovative educational pathways that accommodate working professionals and meet employer needs. Our flagship product - Craft Connect - helps organizations administer apprentice degree programs and address mission-critical data and reporting needs. Through the same platform, Craft is also transforming how on-the-job learning converts into academic credits. Our team of technology, education and workforce professionals also provides technical assistance to organizations looking to launch and manage apprenticeship degree programs. We are working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs along with the data infrastructure that underpins them. If you’re looking to join the work-based learning revolution, we’d love to talk with you. At Craft, you’ll have the opportunity to solve hard problems in a high-growth startup environment and make a lasting impact on the future of education and workforce development. We couldn’t be more excited to advance this work as a team of innovative, collaborative and mission-oriented professionals - we hope you’ll consider joining us. The Software Engineer II is an early- to mid-career contributor that has a combination of formal education and experience in the software engineering field. They are responsible for the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation of software operating or application systems. They communicate project information to client, project manager, or other design personnel working on projects. They maintain good working relationships with clients and staff. They write and maintain complete documentation. They support team members and ensure established goals and deadlines are met. They keep management informed of status and significant problems.

Requirements

Understanding of the processes associated with software development, including Planning, Measurement, Coding, Testing, Reuse, Tools, Abstraction, Algorithms and Complexity, Security, and basic system understanding
Ability to employ the tools and techniques related to an engineering discipline, such as database management, user interface development, inter-process communications, etc.
Ability to create designs that can be realized in code that achieve functional and non-functional requirements for an application or assigned part of the system. Appropriately uses design patterns, system decomposition, security, and fault tolerance. A demonstrated capability in one or more design methodologies, such as Object-oriented design, Function-oriented design, data centered design and the notations appropriate for each.
Ability to understand differences, strengths and weaknesses of various Software Development Life Cycle models, and practical considerations of options
Understands implications of Software as a Service in the creation of software systems. Thinks of and designs for scale, reliability, and cost in a public cloud environment. Uses data and metrics to analyze Key Performance Indicators
Ability to explain the basic value of a system and subsystems to users and how the various subsystems inter-operate to provide features. Able to act as a partner with Operations in solving problems in assigned area
Ability to demonstrate a sense of urgency when looking for solutions to problems
General awareness, even if through personal experience, of higher education landscape particularly with on-line education delivery
Willingness to try new things as directed and adopt innovative ideas when presented
Ability to contribute to a strong and cohesive team through professional interactions
Ability to engage others at the right level and right time. Communicates effectively in group settings by knowing audience, listening effectively, and being responsive. Identifies problems and escalates appropriately
Ability to identify risks and discuss impact with more senior engineers or managers
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
3 years of hands-on experience and a proven track record developing web applications and services including database integration and third-party system interoperability with modern full-stack development.
Experience using TypeScript/Node.js, Next.js/React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS—particularly ECS Fargate, Cognito, and TypeScript CDK—along with Hono, Auth0, and Casbin for authentication and authorization.
Experience in lieu of education Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements. Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agile/Scrum Project Development
Experience with Application Integration with legacy systems
Experience with Cloud-Native Development, and/or Porting/Refactoring of On-Site to Cloud (preferably AWS)
Technical Certifications

Responsibilities

Acts as a contributing member in assigned area within software engineering.
Maintains accountability for quality of services in their assigned area and success of assigned projects for on-time, on-budget, and on-scope delivery.
Demonstrates competence in both general software engineering as well as at least one sub-discipline (databases, middleware, UI development, etc.).
Contributes formally and informally to effectiveness of the team.
Participates in knowledge-transfer activities to increase their expertise and contribution.
Speaks authoritatively and accurately with respect to questions related to their area of ownership.
Contributes directly to rapid identification of system problems minimizing time to restoration of services.
Applies strategies and tools to plan and execute testing strategies to find the ‘sweet spot’ that maximizes quality while minimizing costs. Demonstrates the ‘good enough’ principle that balances quality and time to implement.
Interprets functional, non-functional, and implied requirements into designs and code that meet those specifications. Identifies gaps, risks, and deficiencies in such requirements and proposes solutions.
Writes technical requirements that can be interpreted by others into system realizations.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
health savings account and flexible spending account
basic and voluntary life insurance
disability coverage
accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
legal and identity theft coverage
retirement savings plan
wellbeing program
discounted WGU tuition
flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.