Junior Software Engineer 1

Overview

An early-career Junior Software Engineer role within an Agile product or application engineering team, developing, testing, debugging, documenting and maintaining software under experienced engineering leadership.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain software features based on assigned user stories and technical specifications.
• Write readable, reusable, secure, maintainable, and appropriately documented code.
• Apply object-oriented programming, coding standards, design principles, and approved patterns.
• Develop backend services, APIs, user interfaces, automation components, or data-processing functions based on project needs.
• Write and execute unit tests and support integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Investigate and resolve defects with guidance from senior team members.
• Use debugging, logging, and monitoring tools to understand application behavior.
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate review feedback.
• Use Git-based workflows for source control and team collaboration.
• Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Maintain technical documentation, code comments, test evidence, and work-item updates.
• Follow secure development, data protection, accessibility, and performance practices.
• Understand the broader impact of code changes on modules, interfaces, data, and users.
• Seek assistance promptly when blocked and communicate progress, dependencies, and risks clearly.
• Complete small development tasks, defects, and user stories.
• Develop basic backend, frontend, API, database, or automation components.
• Follow coding, naming, documentation, repository, and definition-of-done standards.
• Reproduce and remediate defects.
• Validate functionality against acceptance criteria.
• Estimate assigned tasks with guidance.
• Maintain accurate work-item status.
• Participate in peer reviews, demonstrations, and knowledge sharing.
• Apply secure coding and responsible data-handling practices.
• Use logging and monitoring to support troubleshooting.
• Assist with build, deployment, release, and production-support activities.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 0 to 2 years of relevant experience, including internships, academic projects, hackathons, or personal software projects.
• Programming knowledge in Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or a similar language.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming fundamentals.
• Basic knowledge of data structures, algorithms, databases, web technologies, testing, debugging, and version control.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and an application-development framework.
• Strong communication, teamwork, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and learning agility.

Nice to have

• Exposure to .NET, Python, React, Angular, Node.js, or another modern development stack.
• Familiarity with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or another relational database.
• Exposure to Microsoft Azure and cloud application development.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, authentication, and authorization.
• Exposure to GitHub, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Understanding of design patterns, SOLID principles, clean code, and layered architecture.
• Exposure to Generative AI coding assistants and responsible AI-assisted development practices.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India.