Junior Software Engineer ZE

At SmartBear, we believe building great software starts with quality—and we’re helping our customers make that happen every day. Our solutions across the SLDC, including Swagger in APIs, BugSnag in Observability, and Zephyr in Testing, all infused with SmartBear AI, bring visibility and automation to software development, making it easier for teams to deliver high-quality software faster. SmartBear is trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.

Junior Software Engineer – Zephyr Enterprise

• Solve challenging business problems and build highly scalable applications

• Design, document and implement new systems

• Tech stack: Java 8, API driven development, remote data via SOAP, REST and JSON

Product intro:

Zephyr Enterprise is a robust test management solution managed independently outside the Atlassian ecosystem – offering real-time Jira integration.

Zephyr Enterprise meets the most demanding requirements around privacy and security (with enterprise-grade LDAP, SSO, Encryption in Transit and at Rest), provides enterprise-grade test planning, and offers support for multiple test automation workflows and frameworks, making it the perfect tool for consolidating teams that use disparate, homegrown automation solutions.

Go to our product page if you want to know more about Zephyr Enterprise.

You can even have a free trial to check it out 😊

About the role:

As an Junior Software Engineer - Java, you will be an integral part of this transformation and will be solving challenging business problems and building highly scalable and available applications that provide an excellent user experience. Reporting to the Lead Engineer you will be required to develop solutions using available tools and technologies and assist the engineering team in problem resolution by hands-on participation, effectively communicating status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner.

• You will write code per product requirements and create new products, create automated tests, contribute to system testing, and follow the agile mode of development.

• You will interact with both business and technical stakeholders to deliver high-quality products and services that meet business requirements and expectations while applying the latest available tools and technology.

• Develop scalable real-time low-latency data egress/ingress solutions in an agile delivery method, create automated tests, contribute to system testing, and follow the agile mode of development.

We are looking for someone who can design, document, and implement new systems, as well as enhancements and modifications to existing software with code that complies with design specifications and meets security and Java best practices.

• Have 2-4 years of experience with hands-on experience working in Java 17 platform or higher and hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field required.

• API-driven development - Experience working with remote data via SOAP, REST, and JSON and in delivering high-value projects in Agile (SCRUM) methodology using preferably JIRA tool.

• Good Understanding of OOAD, Spring Framework, and the Microservices-based architecture.

• Unit Testing (JUnit preferred)/ TDD - Scripting & Automated Testing, Continuous Integration and Deployment (Jenkins).

• Experience with Relational or NoSQL databases, level design, and core Java patterns. Docker, Unix commands, and shell scripts.

• Experience with AWS stack, RDS, S3, Elastic cache, SSDLC, Agile methodologies.

• Experience with Atlassian suite of Products and the related ecosystem of Plugins

• Experience with Messaging Queue preferably RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ/Artemis.

• Experience with React, JavaScript good to have.

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.

• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.

• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.

• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person.

• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know?

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.

• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.

• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland, Ahmedabad and Bangalore India.

• We’ve won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and Built-in Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status.