Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Denver, NC (NOW HIRING)

The Software Engineer writes and maintains code within applications and systems to implement capabilities and features, improve performance and maintainability, while reducing technical debt in alignment with product and technology roadmaps. Plays a role in Agile planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends.

Essential Functions

• Agile Planning: Works with Product Management / Business Partners to understand the challenges that customers and end users face in teir day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions
• Advises viable solutions to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team and reduce technical debt 
• Foresees capacity requirements for component usage and identifies limitations 
• Provides input into story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning 
• Product Development: Contributes to product and solution designs to address critical issues and complex problems 
• Builds software applications across multiple platforms in response to the needs of stakeholders
• Understands technical architecture and writes software and automated tests that are aligned with agreed upon standards: Performs trouble-shooting efforts and investigations when necessary 
• Application Support: Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products 
• Advice and Guidance: Actively works with less experienced software engineers providing technical guidance and oversight 
• Emerging Technology Monitoring: Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new software technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Masters Degree in Computer Science or related field; equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
• 2-5 years hands-on Oracle Retail Xstore POS development, Oracle databases, Oracle EFTLink, and knowledge of RTLog generator and Xenvironment. 
• 2-5 years experience with deal and promotion engines. 
• 2-5 years deep expertise in Java 11/J2EE, SQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) 
• 3-5 years Spring and related frameworks, and/or peripheral integrations like receipt printers, scanners, and PIN pads in Xstore POS. 
• 2-5 years proven experience with payment integrations (e.g., Verifone, ACI, Adyen, Worldpay, etc.). 
• 2-3 years experience with Oracle Xmobile and Thin Client architectures, along with Android development experience in a retail domain. 
• Experience realizing applications from conception and design, to implementation and support 
• Experience with relational and dimensional data modeling 
• Experience with application lifecycle methodologies (e.g. agile, iterative) 
• Experience in analysis, design and programming 
• Experience with appropriate database technology 

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with source code management tools (e.g., Git), Jira, and Confluence 
• Experience in Data Integration projects or hands-on experience with ETL data points. 
• Understanding of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile/Scrum methodologies. 
• Exposure to test automation frameworks and performance tuning in high-volume retail systems. 

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Advanced knowledge in requirements gathering, solution architecture, system design, development, implementation, and post-production support for highly scalable, high-volume retail software. 
• Advanced knowledge of SQL with relational databases (e.g., Oracle 19c, PostgreSQL) 
• Payment & Core Retail Engines: Strong engineering background in retail-specific logic, including custom Deal & Promotion engines, loyalty programs, and direct payment integrations (e.g., ACI, Verifone, Worldpay). 
• Hands-on development and configuration expertise in Oracle Retail Xstore POS, Xenvironment, ACI, and RTLog generator, with a proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex POS application issues. 
• Ability to understand and communicate the business impact of technical issues. 
• Collaborates with project teams on application and module design that achieves the quality attributes of performance, scalability, and availability.