H&R Block is a leader in tax preparation and financial services, seeking a seasonal Associate Software Engineer to support their business applications. In this role, you will collaborate with senior engineers to design, develop, and maintain software components while ensuring quality and functionality of products.
Responsibilities:
- Use tools, languages, coding standards, and best practices to develop new product features and maintain year over year product functionality and enhancements
- Create and execute unit tests and addresses bugs
- Work closely with the Quality Assurance, User Experience, and other related teams to ensure consistent understanding of requirements and approach
- Design, develop, and maintain software components
- Create and maintain documentation of design approaches
- Create and maintain documentation on internal architecture of the system
- Participate in technical design and code reviews for all new enhancements and maintenance work delivered
- Use business and functional requirements to produce technical specifications and product requirements
- Create, maintain, and execute Unit and Component Testing
- Maintain and improve current knowledge on the latest technologies relevant to the role regarding algorithms, language, design methodology, third-party development tools, application platforms, hardware compatibility, and operating systems
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent through a combination of education and related work experience
- Ability to work in a team environment with limited supervision
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to develop creative solutions in assigned projects
- Demonstrated effective time management, organizational, prioritization, and planning skills
- Initiative and curiosity to continuously learn and improve
- Knowledge of all phases of the software development life cycle
- Knowledge of software development concepts and practices
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Technical aptitude and the ability to adapt to new technologies
- Experience with Azure