Software Engineer II

Job Summary:

Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future:
Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact.

You Mission:

You work on a team building and maintaining the custom software which runs Little Caesars. Whether remote or on-site, you will be part of all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle, including technical design, development, testing, and support. 

Focus on deepening expertise in one area of software development technology.  This position will operate with guidance, when needed, from more experienced levels of Engineers.  This position may support LCE or other Ilitch companies.

What You'll Do:

• Participate in the design, development, and support of technical projects through to completion according to project and corporate standards and methodologies. 

• Responsible for the individual delivery of specific tasks as well as for the delivery of components of large projects as part of a team with minimal oversight and mentoring from more senior developers.

• Translate user stories into clear code

• Craft code which is free of obvious or glaring errors as well as reliably free of more subtle edge-case errors

• Analyze, navigate, and understand large code bases and effectively debug others’ code

• Understand the existing designs and technology choices within your area, and make appropriate adjustments to existing designs when necessary

• Create and maintaining unit tests

• Participate in all aspects of agile software development including sprint-planning, story review and demos. Play an active role in estimation and sprint planning.

• Regularly pair with both more junior and more senior developers while completing development assignments. Provide guidance to engineers and analysts with less experience.

• Support Quality Assurance (QA) in the development of integration test plans, test conditions, and expected test results.

• Work collaboratively with Product Owners on the development of user stories to ensure they include appropriate details.

• Resolve system issues and respond to suggestions for improvements.

• Provide support for production applications including on-call afterhours support on a rotational basis.  Develop and maintain support documentation.

• Perform research and technical analysis on existing systems. Identify deficiencies or alternatives and present proposals to more senior engineers.

• Take part in the research and proof-of-concepts of new technologies.  Present findings to senior technologists in the organization.

• Establish one or more areas of technology in which to strive to become a SME.

• Take responsibility of and perform technical tasks which support the overall software development team such as:

• Performing builds and releases

• Working on software pipelines

• Performing pull-request reviews of others’ work

• Assisting with the on-boarding of new colleagues

• Understand the design and architectural direction of software projects.

• Decompose a simple problem or business scenario into a solution.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.  Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a formal education.

• Minimum of three (3) years of programming experience in a professional environment.

• Evidence of strong analytical skills and evidence of ability to develop solutions and alternatives that meet business goals.

• Strong relationship building skills and ability to collaborate with other IT staff and business units.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to listen and communicate technical information.                            

• Evidence of a self-motivated, curious and creative approach to technology with a passionate embrace of technology.

• Experience in the technologies required for the role. In general, a Software Engineer II is expected to have strong knowledge in one of the following technologies:

  • HTML / JavaScript / CSS/ React / TypeScript

  • C# / .Net Core

  • Node.js

  • Open-source JavaScript libraries

  • Data storage technologies including RDMSs, No-SQL databases and unstructured storag