Software Engineer III

Job Description

Job Description

Summary of Position: (Provide a brief narrative, one or two sentences, that highlights the primary purpose to the organization and key responsibilities of the job).

Designs and develops software applications, application interfaces (APIs) and/or embedded software (firmware) to meet specified requirements and standards. Performs coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the software development process.

Collaborates with other Software Engineers on moderately complex aspects of projects.  Work is generally independent.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:  (State the essential functions of the job, organized from most to least essential. Include normal day-to-day duties as well as duties that occur at irregular intervals but that are of a recurring and essential nature. Include leadership and managerial responsibilities, if applicable).

• Collaborate with other Software Engineers to develop new or enhanced applications, application interfaces (APIs) and/or embedded software (firmware).
  1. Follow Engineering Department Processes.
  2. Design software components to meet specified requirements.
  3. Utilize Git for software version control
  4. Utilize DevOps to manage the software development life cycle
  5. Create test plans and tools to verify new designs.
  6. Thoroughly test new designs to verify requirements are met.
• Collaborate with other Software Engineers to analyze and troubleshoot software issues reported by QA and/or customers to identify root causes and develop solutions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:  (List the minimum required education, prior experience, certifications, licenses, and specialized areas of knowledge required to adequately perform the essential functions of the job).

• Requires a bachelor's degree in software engineering.
• Requires 4-7 years of related experience.
• Proficient with Git and DevOps for version control and software development
• Proficient with Basic, C, C++, C#, Javascript and HTML high level programming languages and development environments.
• Proficient with software development for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.
• May be proficient with embedded software (firmware) development.
• Proficient with desktop computers and MS Windows desktop applications

Personal Skills and Competencies:  (Identify any behavioral characteristics and attributes that would contribute to superior performance for this position, i.e. organization skills, communication skills, detail-orientation, analytical skills).

• Strong attention to detail, highly organized.
• Excellent collaboration and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Highly independent worker

Customer Base:  (Identify who the primary and secondary customers are for the position. This includes any person or group of people, internal or external, who rely on the work product or output of the position).

• Engineering Department Manager
• Engineering Project Managers

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements of the Job:  (Indicate what the physical requirements are to complete the essential functions of the job, i.e. lifting, standing, etc. Also indicate any working conditions that may be out of the ordinary, i.e. travel, on call or unusual hours, exposure to noise, etc.).

• No special requirements
• The primary work location is the Digital Check Corp. office in Novi with possibility for some amount of work from home.
• Very minimal travel

The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor is it intended to be an exhaustive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, it is intended only to describe the general nature of the job.  Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.