Software Engineer L3

Frontdoor, Inc. is a home services technology company that helps homeowners maintain and repair their homes through service plans, professional contractors, and digital tools. The Software Engineer L3 develops and supports product software by writing code, documentation, and automated tests; debugging issues; optimizing performance; and contributing to project completion under moderate supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Write documentation and automated tests for code to be written
• Implement functionality for automated tests that will successfully pass and meet coding standards
• Debug production issues and create subsequent mitigation plans
• Optimize performance of existing implementations
• Help debug multiple systems or layers through isolating issues in data structures with multiple factors, while understanding the reasons for memory leaks. Read and interpret logs
• Simplify solutions in existing implementations
• Assist with the optimization of code when given pointers, identify critical areas to inspect for performance optimization; and program independently
• Identify and write documents that refer to design patterns providing clarity to readers
• Write flowcharts and state-machine for small module implementations
• Interpret basic UML/Sequence diagrams
• Create test harness to drive performance test runs in both production and local setups
• Break down problems that are well-defined and larger in scope
• May include other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Good understanding of computer science fundamentals, such as data structures, (trees, graphs, hash tables); understanding of functioning and implementation of basic algorithms, such as sorts, searching, and the capability  to explain performance characteristics using Big-O Notations
• Capability to debug moderately complex problems and analyze logs in production systems and to read existing code
• Understanding of various data storage options, such as relational, no-SQL, etc
• Scripting skill in Shell, Python, or Ruby
• Skills in languages, such as C, C++, Java, Golang, .net Core
• Experience in following a defined process and understanding of how the process helps in day to day job
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis for the services owned by the team
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 2+ years of product development experience required
• Experience in developing products in an Agile development environment
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment
• Understanding of Git and development activities such as merge and conflict resolution of code
• Understanding and experience in Docker, Kubernets, and AWS cloud services
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred