Software Engineer

This job will provide you with an opportunity to further your career alongside some of the best and most passionate technology experts from around the world in a leading company within the test, measurement and data analytics industry. You will be a strong contributor collaborating closely with colleagues from various business functions.

At HBK, we live up to our three values: Be True, Own It and Aim High. We believe in absolute integrity – it’s how we win for stakeholders, the environment and each other. We believe in teamwork and keeping our promises – to ourselves and others. Finally, we believe in being bold and positive. This is how we perform at our best and achieve greater success.

As a Software Engineer at HBK, you will be an integral part of our platform team. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable enterprise applications while adhering to our development practices and quality standards. You will be working in a fully remote, self-organizing, agile environment, collaborating with some of the best developers in the industry.

Responsibilities:

Design and Development:

• Enterprise Applications: Design and build scalable, high-performance enterprise applications that meet HBK's standards for quality and performance.
• Internal Developer Platforms: Ideate, build, and operate modern Internal Developer Platforms to accelerate the development of HBK software products.
• Coding Standards: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Code Reviews: Participate in and conduct thorough code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge among the team.
• Feature Implementation: Implement new features and enhancements based on the requirements and feedback from stakeholders.
• Ensure the consistent application of the HBK Design Systems to enhance UX/UI standards across all products.
• Testing: Ensure built-in quality across software products by conducting unit, component, functional, and non-functional testing, in harmony with DevOps practices and adhering to Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles.
  
  

Agile Collaboration:

• Team Engagement: Actively participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.
• SAFe Practices: Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt (I&A), and other SAFe ceremonies.
• Pair Programming: Engage in pair programming to enhance code quality, share knowledge, and improve team collaboration.
• Sprint Goals: Collaborate with team members to achieve sprint goals and deliverables.
• Backlog Refinement: Participate in backlog refinement sessions to clarify requirements and plan future work.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
  
  

Tech Stack and Innovation:

• Technology Exploration: Continuously explore and evaluate new technologies, tools, and frameworks that can improve the development process or product quality.
• Cross-Stack Development: Work across different layers of the technology stack, from front-end to back-end, as needed.
• Prototyping: Create prototypes to explore new ideas and validate potential solutions.
• Tech Debt Management: Identify and address technical debt to maintain codebase health and performance.
  
  

DevOps Culture:

• Utilize and maintain existing CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient deployment processes.
• Infrastructure Management: Work with infrastructure tools and services to manage deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of applications.
• Incident Response: Participate in incident response and troubleshooting to ensure high availability and reliability of production systems as required.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor application performance and optimize code and infrastructure to meet performance requirements.
  
  

Continuous Learning:

• Professional Development: Engage in continuous personal and professional growth through training, certifications, and attending conferences.
• Knowledge Sharing: Share knowledge with team members through presentations, workshops, and documentation.
• Feedback Integration: Actively seek and integrate feedback to improve skills and deliver high-quality work.
  
  

Skill Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in designing and developing scalable enterprise applications using technologies such as .NET, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and Azure.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming, design, and architectural patterns.
• Solid grasp of fundamental design principles for building scalable applications.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (XP, Scrum, or Kanban) and CI/CD.
• Experience with automated unit tests and exposure to TDD.
  
  

Nice to Haves:

• Familiarity with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
• Good understanding of runtime environments (e.g., CLR, JVM).
• Background in open-source contributions