Acosta Group is looking to solve the problem of implementing committed user stories within iteration to the agreed standard, and is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer III to collaborate with fellow team members to achieve this goal.
Requirements
- More than Four (4) years of relevant software engineering experience
- Proven experience working in Agile methodologies , with a solid understanding of planning, estimation techniques, and the principles of Agile.
- Familiarity with engineering practices that support agile development, including: Test-Driven Development (TDD), Source branching strategies (e.g., Git Flow), Continuous Integration (CI)
- Experience managing tasks using Jira or similar Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools
- Demonstrated ability to write unit tests and develop testable code
- Hands-on experience building and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure , including architecture, deployment, and lifecycle management
- Experience designing and building distributed microservice-based applications utilizing the following technologies: Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure Cosmos DB (with document models), Azure DevOps Pipelines
Responsibilities
- Coding of user stories in a collaborative fashion with fellow team members to ensure delivery in an incremental fashion and that delay and handoff between Development and QA is minimized
- Contribute to the estimation of user stories as part of release and iteration planning activities
- Collaborate with fellow team members on application architecture and design to ensure that the approaches and technologies applied to current implementation work are sound and fit for purpose
- Analyzing requirements and working with the product owner to ensure that stories exhibit INVEST characteristics
- Fully participate in iteration retrospectives and collaborate with fellow team members to ensure that the team inspect and adapt and continuously improve performance
- Contribute to departmental level efforts to analyze and improve our agreed delivery process and practices
- Meeting the physical requirements
Other
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Graduate Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future need for visa sponsorship
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Positive, proactive attitude with a willingness to tackle challenges beyond core expertise
