Independent Software Engineer II: Build Reliable Features

Nidec Corporation; California, Rancho Cordova (MO, CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec Corporation is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, develop, test, and maintain software components with minimal supervision. You will work independently on features, contribute to design decisions, and collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and engineers across the organization.

This role does not include people-management responsibilities, but you may provide informal guidance to junior engineers and participate in agile ceremonies to ensure reliable delivery and quality across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field required.
• Typically 2–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering production-ready software features or services.

Responsibilities

• Independently design, implement, and maintain software features and components.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following standards and best practices.
• Estimate effort and deliver assigned work within agreed timelines.
• Contribute to low- to mid-complexity design decisions and patterns.
• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and component tests.

Skills

Programming languages

APIs & databases

Agile & CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Version control

CI/CD pipelines

Testing frameworks

Job description

Nidec Corporation is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, develop, test, and maintain software components with minimal supervision. You will work independently on features, contribute to design decisions, and collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and engineers across the organization.

This role does not include people-management responsibilities, but you may provide informal guidance to junior engineers and participate in agile ceremonies to ensure reliable delivery and quality across the