Junior Full-Stack Engineer: Build & Mentor

Penske; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Penske Truck Leasing in Reading, PA is seeking a Software Engineer I to design, develop, and support business-critical applications. You will participate in the full SDLC, troubleshoot issues, and mentor associate engineers on best practices across multiple small to medium projects.

You may lead design of certain components, collaborate with product owners, and contribute to CI/CD, testing, and deployment efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent years of software development experience
• 5-7 years experience of appropriate programming languages dependent on the role (Java, RPG, etc)
• Full stack development experience in technologies such as React, Angular, jQuery, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Spring framework, Spring-MVC, myBatis, RESTful API’s
• Knowledge of technical project management
• Knowledge of appropriate design frameworks and patterns and experience in implementing them in software development
• Knowledge of industry wide technology strategies and best practices
• Experience in relational database design
• Knowledge and experience of the Agile software development methodology
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Ability to research emerging software development frameworks and tools
• Ability to estimate and medium to large sized projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of full software development lifecycle
• Some background in DevOps Tools and automation
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary contact and lead support associate for multiple applications.
• Play a critical role in supporting the application lifecycle (design, develop, test, release and support) based on detailed requirements and guidance from senior engineers/leads.
• Collaborate with technical/business leaders and product owners to acquire and understand requirements / acceptance criteria.
• Develop, maintain, test, analyze performance, troubleshoot / fix applications and applicable code
• Support mission critical applications and assist in the resolution of customer issues.
• Design backend database schemas.
• Produce deliverables with clean, well-documented and easily maintainable code that adheres to defined coding standards.
• Write unit / UI tests to identify defects and leverage CI/CD for building and deploying code.
• Triage production issues and work with multiple teams to perform problem analysis
• Assign and review tasks from junior and offshore software engineers.
• Participate in conducting new hire interviews.
• Influence the discovery and decision-making process when changes to standards and technology are required (tools, conventions and design patterns)
• Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies)
• Other projects as assigned

Skills

Java

RPG

React

Angular

JavaScript

REST APIs

CI/CD

Unit Testing

DevOps

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Spring Framework

Spring-MVC

MyBatis

Jenkins

RESTful APIs

Job description

Penske Truck Leasing in Reading, PA is seeking a Software Engineer I to design, develop, and support business-critical applications. You will participate in the full SDLC, troubleshoot issues, and mentor associate engineers on best practices across multiple small to medium projects.

You may lead design of certain components, collaborate with product owners, and contribute to CI/CD, testing, and deployment efforts.