Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with others efficiently and effectively to accomplish tasks on the desired timeline.
• Learn and apply new business and technical concepts quickly.
• Grow your skillset by adopting FindLaw's high technical, software, and architectural standards.
• Participate in all aspects of the agile process from story creation through release.
• Design, develop, test, and deliver application features that delight customers.
• Contribute non-functional requirements to projects to achieve long term application health and stability.
• Understand and apply current secure development practices.
• Maintain an understanding of industry trends and use this knowledge to bring new innovative ideas to the group.
• Support Production applications as needed to prevent service interruptions and maintain a high level of quality for our customers.
• Communicate effectively in written and verbal form with colleagues and vendor representatives.
• Effectively manage your priorities and time.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years in a technical development role.
• 1+ years experience developing enterprise Java applications using Spring, with unit tests.
• Experience designing, delivering, and maintaining RESTful services.
• Experience with cloud services from AWS or Azure, in particular containerized apps running in Fargate or Kubernetes, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Cloudformation.
• Experience managing efficient database connections and transactions in Java.
• Experience writing and executing complex SQL.
• Previously delivered major application features used in Production.
• Strong passion for technology and a willingness to learn and apply new skills.
• Proven design skills with significant knowledge of core libraries and common design patterns.
• Ability to follow standards that produce clean code that is easy to understand.
• Understanding of security testing practices and methodologies.
• Customer-first approach to software development.
• Able to work independently with minimal direction to meet commitments.
• Strong focus on system performance, scalability with the ability to troubleshoot in large and complex software systems.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Inclination towards automation, unit tests, integration tests, and adopting agile practices.
• Hands-on experience with security vulnerability scanning tools (Snyk, Qualys).

Nice to Have

• Experience with industry leading tools and technologies like AI and elastic computing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years in a technical development role.

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance options such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match.
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
• Commuter benefits.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and well-being coaching services.
• Voluntary benefits such as home, auto, and pet insurance, and discounted legal and financial services.