Software Engineer II, Originations

Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award-winning company with local and national workplace recognition in multiple categories! Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated Team Members who share a drive to succeed as professionals and together as a company. A great product, amazing people and our stable financial history have made us one of the largest used car finance companies nationally.

Our Engineering and Analytics Team Members utilize the latest technology to develop, monitor, and maintain complex practices that help optimize our success.  Our Team Members value being challenged, are encouraged to express their ideas, and have the flexibility to enjoy work life balance.  We build intrinsic value by partnering with all functions of our business to support their success and make strategic business decisions.  We focus on professional development and continuous improvement while enjoying a casual work environment and Great Place to Work culture!

Outcomes and Activities:

• This position will work from home; occasional planned travel to an assigned Southfield, Michigan office location may be required.  However, this position is permitted to work at a Southfield, Michigan office location if requested by the team member

• Design and develop software and improve existing code

• Write unit-tests and validate your software against acceptance criteria

• Apply team coding, documenting and testing standards

• Conduct impact analysis to proactively identify impact of a change within an application

• Participate in code reviews and communicate application changes

• Document code and projects so others can easily understand, maintain and support

• Debug the problems which arise in production and propose effective solutions

• Read and write design documents

• Learn the business process domain to better support the business

• Contribute to team's sprint commitments and actively participate in our Agile practices

• Contribute to continuous learning activities to improve design and code quality as well as to increase application domain knowledge

• Guide and aid less experienced software engineers

Competencies: The following items detail how you will be successful in this role.

• Customer Empathy: Customer Empathy is the ability to understand the perspectives, pain points, and experiences of customers. It involves actively putting oneself in the customer’s shoes, comprehending their needs and challenges, and using that understanding to provide a better, more customer-centric experience.

• Engineering Excellence: Engineering Excellence is about bringing great craftsmanship and thought leadership to deliver an outstanding product that delights customers and solves for the business. This involves the pursuit and achievement of high standards, best practices, innovation, and superior solutions.

• One Team: A One Team mindset refers to a collaborative approach across the organization, where individuals work together seamlessly, without boundaries, as a single, cohesive team. Shared goals, open communication and mutual support create a sense of collective purpose. This enables teams to navigate challenges and pursue shared objectives more effectively.

• Owner’s Mindset: Owner’s Mindset involves adopting a set of behaviors that reflect a sense of responsibility, accountability, strategic thinking, and a proactive approach to managing your domain. As an owner, you understand the business and your domain(s) deeply and solve for the right outcome for the domain(s) and the business.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field of study; or equivalent work experience

• Minimum 2 years of software engineering experience or comparable depth of experience

• Use of one or more object-oriented programming languages and design patterns

• Practical experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile/SCRUM and Waterfall

• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation

Preferred:

• Advanced understanding of IDEs and have the ability to navigate through them quickly.

• In-depth understanding of application programming interfaces (API) and frameworks in their particular field: JSON, Rest/SOAP based Web Services, JUnit, Jenkins and Bitbucket preferred

• Experience in API security, analytics, throttling, cachi