Software Engineer - Intermediate

Equifax; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Equifax is seeking engineers to develop and maintain high-scale applications, leveraging AI-assisted coding tools to boost velocity and quality. You will contribute to architecture discussions, drive end-to-end delivery, and ensure security and scalability across backend and UI layers.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years with Java, Python, JavaScript and experience with Maven/Gradle, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines in a cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience with Java, Python, and JavaScript.
• Experience integrating AI development accelerators/LLM tools into daily coding workflows.
• 2+ years experience with Maven or Gradle.
• 2+ years experience with HTML, CSS, and frontend/web development.

Responsibilities

• Perform general application development activities, including unit testing and code deployment.
• Leverage AI-assisted coding tools to optimize development velocity and code quality.
• Develop and operate high-scale applications from backend to UI, focusing on security and scalability.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and technology roadmaps.
• Triage issues and drive debugging and resolution across systems.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

AI/LLM tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Maven

Gradle

GitHub

Jenkins

CI/CD

Job description

Equifax is seeking creative, high-energy, and driven software engineers with hands-on development skills to work on a variety of meaningful projects. Our software engineering positions provide you the opportunity to join a team of talented engineers working with leading-edge technology. You are ideal for this position if you are a
forward-thinking, AI-augmented, and enthusiastic software engineer
who is passionate about leveraging modern tools to accelerate delivery and solve complex problems.
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*o adhere to our corporate location policies, this resource will be required to be local to the surrounding St.Louis, MO . You are required to adhere to our Return To Office (RTO) / weekly onsite requirements (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).*
*This position does not offer immigration sponsorship (current or future) including F-1 STEM OPT extension support.*
What You Will Do

• Perform general application development activities, including unit testing, code deployment to development environment, and technical documentation. Leverage AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to optimize development velocity and code quality.
• Participates in estimation process, use case specifications, reviews of test plans and test cases, requirements, and project planning. Diagnose and resolve performance issues.
• Documents code/processes so that any other developer is able to dive in with minimal effort.
• Develop, and operate high-scale applications from the backend to UI layer, focusing on operational excellence, security, and scalability.
• Apply modern software development practices (serverless computing, microservices architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, etc.). Work across teams to integrate our systems with existing internal systems, Data Fabric, CSA Toolset.
• Actively explore and advocate for the integration of generative AI and automation tools into the team's daily workflows to eliminate repetitive tasks.
• Participate in technology roadmap and architecture discussions to turn business requirements and vision into reality. Participate in a tight-knit engineering team employing agile software development practices.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on network, or service operations and quality.
• Able to write, debug, and troubleshoot code in mainstream open-source technologies. Lead effort for Sprint deliverables, and solve problems with medium complexity.

What Experience You Need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience working with software design and Java, Python, and Javascript programming languages.
• Experience integrating AI development accelerators/LLM tools into your daily coding, debugging, and testing workflows.
• 2+ years experience with software build management tools like Maven or Gradle.
• 2+ years experience with HTML, CSS, and frontend/web development.
• 2+ years experience with software testing, performance, and quality engineering techniques and strategies.
• 2+ years experience with Cloud technology: GCP, AWS, or Azure

What Could Set You Apart

• AI-Augmented Developer: Proven track record of using generative AI tools to safely accelerate code generation, automate documentation, and optimize legacy refactoring while maintaining strict data security and code integrity guidelines.
• Quality-First Engineer: Owns product outcomes end-to-end; expert at measuring and upholding high-quality standards across QA, UAT, and PROD using automated QE tools and JUnit.
• Java Specialist: Advanced development in Java 17, SpringBoot, and Microservices/SOA, managing source control via Git/GitHub and builds through Maven/Gradle.
• Independent Agile Practitioner: Self-directed contributor experienced in navigating priority shifts with minimal supervision within CI/CD (Jenkins) and Atlassian ecosystems.
• Cloud & Innovation Forward: Cloud-ready professional (GCP/AWS/Azure Certification preferred) with a passion for staying ahead of emerging tech trends and modernizing software delivery models.