Clayton Homes
Software Engineer III
Clayton Homes, Maryville, Tennessee, United States, 37803
Position Summary
As a Software Engineer III, you will be part of an Agile Scrum team and directly contribute to the creation and maintenance of products that support our business operations. You will participate in Sprint activities, such as planning, grooming and daily standups to deliver on commitments, continuously improve process and drive positive change.
You will apply your skills in Software Development to help the team produce quality, on-time deliverables and apply root cause analysis to track down story bugs and production issues. Using an eye for quality and an attention to detail, you will help us build reliable and fault tolerant, extensible applications backed by unit testing and test automation. Additionally, you will work directly with Team Leads, Business Users, Product Owners, Functional Analysts and other Engineers to build new projects and support existing applications.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated and able to multi-task moderately complex issues on their own and when assistance is required, able to provide specific issues and options. This role requires a robust breadth of Software Development concepts allowing you to create scalable, extensible applications with minimal direction. Also necessary is interfacing with existing applications built on REST, an understanding of security implications for designs and implementations and the ability to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment.
About The Team
As part of Retail Technology's Core Systems Team, you'll jump in to keep our key applications running smoothly, tackling bugs, adding new features, working small to medium projects that will immediately impact the business, and handling escalated support issues as they come up. You'll also get to work alongside other engineers, mentoring and helping them grow. We're looking for someone who's comfortable digging through logs to track down issues and navigating a complex codebase to keep things running efficiently. This role is a chance to make a big impact on essential systems while building both your technical and leadership skills in a supportive team environment.
Primary Responsibilities
• Mentor junior team members through peer reviews and provide guidance on story implementation.
• Manage technical scope creep inside stories.
• Emphasize working software over gold plated solutions.
• Provide root cause analysis for defects and production issues.
• Lead design efforts for new functionality, create team understanding that aligns strategic and architectural goals and create appropriate design documentation.
• Strive to produce high quality, on time software by utilizing unit tests and partnering with QA to meet acceptance criteria.
• Participate in the full SDLC from requirements gathering to testing and delivery.
• Identify operational dependencies on other tech teams or support groups.
• Break down stories into small, testable units focused on rapid delivery.
Primary Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of Software Development experience
• Experience with project tracking software, such as Jira and Agile Methodology.
• Experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines preferred. Desired Skills
• Excellent time management and ability to prioritize work with little direction.
• Excellent analytical skills. Ability to weigh pros and cons of design choices and make suggestions to Management, Product Owners, and Team Members.
• Can adapt quickly to changing processes and technologies.
• Creates and promotes a collaborative environment fostering understanding of mutual goals.
• Experience with C# .NET/.NET Core• Experience with a modern JavaScript framework, preferably Angular• Experience with relational database design, implementation, and techniques preferred• Experience with AWS preferred, including RDS and Lambda
Behavioral Competencies
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Service focus
• Strategic thinking
• Analytical thinking
• Business acumen
• Adaptability
• Communicating
• Managing innovation
• Team building
• Coaching and developing others
• Delegating
Why Clayton Homes?
Founded in 1956, Clayton is a Berkshire Hathaway Company committed to opening doors to a better life and Building Happyness® through homeownership. Through its family of brands, Clayton builds, sells, finances, and insures traditional site-built homes and off-site built housing - including modular homes, manufactured homes, CrossMod™ homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks, and apartments. Corporate headquarters is located in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, specifically, Maryville, Tennessee. Clayton is the recipient of numerous industry awards including 2019 Builder of the Year and ranks as the #2 builder of homes in the U.S. by units sold. Our site-built division, Clayton Properties Group, is the 8th largest site builder in the U.S. We achieve our results through the strength of our people and have been recognized on the 2021 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity and 2021 Forbes America's Best Employers Lists. To learn more about Clayton Homes, go to: https://www.claytonhomes.com
Benefits
• Competitive benefits including 401(k) with 100% company match of the first 4%; medical, dental and vision plans; paid time off days and holidays.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• Forbes lists: America's Best Employers, America's Employers by State, Best Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women.
• Recognized as one of East Tennessee's top technology workplaces.
• Wellness programs that focus on emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, physical, and financial well-being.
• Onsite fitness facility with full gym, workout classes, volleyball and basketball, ping-pong, and disc golf course.
• Paid Time Off for Volunteer work
Why Clayton Homes:
• Consistently striving vertically integrated Berkshire Hathaway company
• One of America's largest home builders and leader in housing
• Forbes lists: America's Best Employers, America's Employers by State, Best
Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women
• Quarterly profit share bonus program
• Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal
development programs and much more!
Clayton is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Business Unit - B00023Technology
As a Software Engineer III, you will be part of an Agile Scrum team and directly contribute to the creation and maintenance of products that support our business operations. You will participate in Sprint activities, such as planning, grooming and daily standups to deliver on commitments, continuously improve process and drive positive change.
You will apply your skills in Software Development to help the team produce quality, on-time deliverables and apply root cause analysis to track down story bugs and production issues. Using an eye for quality and an attention to detail, you will help us build reliable and fault tolerant, extensible applications backed by unit testing and test automation. Additionally, you will work directly with Team Leads, Business Users, Product Owners, Functional Analysts and other Engineers to build new projects and support existing applications.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated and able to multi-task moderately complex issues on their own and when assistance is required, able to provide specific issues and options. This role requires a robust breadth of Software Development concepts allowing you to create scalable, extensible applications with minimal direction. Also necessary is interfacing with existing applications built on REST, an understanding of security implications for designs and implementations and the ability to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment.
About The Team
As part of Retail Technology's Core Systems Team, you'll jump in to keep our key applications running smoothly, tackling bugs, adding new features, working small to medium projects that will immediately impact the business, and handling escalated support issues as they come up. You'll also get to work alongside other engineers, mentoring and helping them grow. We're looking for someone who's comfortable digging through logs to track down issues and navigating a complex codebase to keep things running efficiently. This role is a chance to make a big impact on essential systems while building both your technical and leadership skills in a supportive team environment.
Primary Responsibilities
• Mentor junior team members through peer reviews and provide guidance on story implementation.
• Manage technical scope creep inside stories.
• Emphasize working software over gold plated solutions.
• Provide root cause analysis for defects and production issues.
• Lead design efforts for new functionality, create team understanding that aligns strategic and architectural goals and create appropriate design documentation.
• Strive to produce high quality, on time software by utilizing unit tests and partnering with QA to meet acceptance criteria.
• Participate in the full SDLC from requirements gathering to testing and delivery.
• Identify operational dependencies on other tech teams or support groups.
• Break down stories into small, testable units focused on rapid delivery.
Primary Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of Software Development experience
• Experience with project tracking software, such as Jira and Agile Methodology.
• Experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines preferred. Desired Skills
• Excellent time management and ability to prioritize work with little direction.
• Excellent analytical skills. Ability to weigh pros and cons of design choices and make suggestions to Management, Product Owners, and Team Members.
• Can adapt quickly to changing processes and technologies.
• Creates and promotes a collaborative environment fostering understanding of mutual goals.
• Experience with C# .NET/.NET Core• Experience with a modern JavaScript framework, preferably Angular• Experience with relational database design, implementation, and techniques preferred• Experience with AWS preferred, including RDS and Lambda
Behavioral Competencies
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Service focus
• Strategic thinking
• Analytical thinking
• Business acumen
• Adaptability
• Communicating
• Managing innovation
• Team building
• Coaching and developing others
• Delegating
Why Clayton Homes?
Founded in 1956, Clayton is a Berkshire Hathaway Company committed to opening doors to a better life and Building Happyness® through homeownership. Through its family of brands, Clayton builds, sells, finances, and insures traditional site-built homes and off-site built housing - including modular homes, manufactured homes, CrossMod™ homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks, and apartments. Corporate headquarters is located in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, specifically, Maryville, Tennessee. Clayton is the recipient of numerous industry awards including 2019 Builder of the Year and ranks as the #2 builder of homes in the U.S. by units sold. Our site-built division, Clayton Properties Group, is the 8th largest site builder in the U.S. We achieve our results through the strength of our people and have been recognized on the 2021 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity and 2021 Forbes America's Best Employers Lists. To learn more about Clayton Homes, go to: https://www.claytonhomes.com
Benefits
• Competitive benefits including 401(k) with 100% company match of the first 4%; medical, dental and vision plans; paid time off days and holidays.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• Forbes lists: America's Best Employers, America's Employers by State, Best Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women.
• Recognized as one of East Tennessee's top technology workplaces.
• Wellness programs that focus on emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, physical, and financial well-being.
• Onsite fitness facility with full gym, workout classes, volleyball and basketball, ping-pong, and disc golf course.
• Paid Time Off for Volunteer work
Why Clayton Homes:
• Consistently striving vertically integrated Berkshire Hathaway company
• One of America's largest home builders and leader in housing
• Forbes lists: America's Best Employers, America's Employers by State, Best
Employers for Diversity, Best Employers for Women
• Quarterly profit share bonus program
• Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal
development programs and much more!
Clayton is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Business Unit - B00023Technology