Associate Software Engineer in United States (# 3622)

Job Description

Associate Software Engineers are responsible for technical execution within Product Engineering teams. This role requires implementation of product capabilities with a strong focus on API driven services and event-driven architecture. Collaborating closely with Product Management, and Product Engineering to deliver customer and product-centric capabilities while leveraging lean development practices. You’ll bring a proactive attitude about risk, working to identify and resolve performance and scalability issues. Our Engineering teams cultivate a healthy and respectful environment with a passion for driving innovation and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product Engineering teamfor the development and deployment of services, APIs, and integrations with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Develop high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code while ensuring strategies to safely and reliably make changes to production systems frequently are followed.
• Collaborate within Engineering teams to understand business requirements to deliver efficient and compelling products and tools.
• Assist in the design and implementation of full-stack product capabilities, with a primary focus on backend systems, while supporting frontend needs when necessary.
• Mentor and support the growth of junior Engineers through knowledge sharing, pairing  and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Participate in technical discussions under the guidance of senior team members.
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends and emerging technologies, bringing innovative solutions to the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience in backend development with programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go..
• Strong knowledge of Spring Framework (e.g., Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security) and building RESTful APIs.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture and event-driven systems
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience with modern Lean Software development, pair programing, TDD and Trunk Based Development
• Good awareness of CI and CD approaches and tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote team environment.

EEOC

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted.