Junior Software Developer Java Jobs in State College, PA

Want to be part of a team that keeps real-time weather alerts and observations flowing reliably to hundreds of millions of people? We are looking for a Software Developer III who displays a deep interest in and passion for backend architecture, mentorship, and problem solving; someone who likes to own real-time systems end to end and help other engineers grow. Reporting directly to the Manager, Data Engineering, this position will be responsible for leading the design and development of backend software that processes real-time weather data flows - including alerts, observations, and AccuWeather Alerts - powering AccuWeather's consumer and enterprise products. Serving as a software development expert, you will build new processing services and workflows to improve the reliability and scalability of our real-time weather platforms, while owning monitoring and data quality standards for the systems you lead. You will demonstrate expert skill across relational databases, functional programming, and cloud technologies, mentor less experienced developers, and collaborate with peers and stakeholders in an Agile-based environment, to deliver best of breed real-time infrastructure that caters to a global audience.

We are open to hiring candidates to work from our global headquarters in State College, PA, USA, or remotely.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the design, development, testing, and maintenance of complex backend software processors that ingest, validate, transform, and distribute real-time weather data.

Own end-to-end backend data flows from source system through validation to production database, including monitoring, operational efficiency, and incident response.

Design and implement new processing capabilities and enhance existing processors to support new weather data providers, data formats, business requirements, and product features.

Apply advanced backend and software development skills to build data processing software that's easily tested, deployed, and monitored.

Own design and implementation of database schemas and supporting SQL objects used by backend processing applications.

Define the reliability, performance, and scalability bar for backend processing software in your domain, and hold new development to it

Drive technical alignment across software engineers, data operations, product managers, and business stakeholders on the approach for complex processing solutions, resolving disagreements on technical direction.

Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software defects, production issues, and operational incidents affecting weather data processing systems.

Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to other software developers through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engineering best practices.

Mentor less experienced Software Developers in relational schema design and backend data processing practices.

Define documentation standards for software components, processing workflows, and operational procedures, ensuring the team's collective knowledge stays current and usable without you in the room.

Evaluate emerging technologies and development practices for team-wide adoption, making the call on what gets brought into the processing platform and what doesn't.

Contribute to technical planning and the continuous improvement of development processes, quality assurance practices, and team workflows.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 5+ years of experience designing and developing backend software or distributed systems.

- Advanced experience developing software using Scala or Java, with experience applying functional programming concepts.

- Expertise in developing and deploying applications in cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

- Deep experience with relational database architecture, including schema design, SQL, and performance optimization at scale.

- Proven experience architecting solutions for structured and semi-structured data formats such as XML and JSON, RESTful APIs, and regular expressions, across multiple external data providers.

- Experience leading software design discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience designing or developing event-driven, distributed, or message-based systems.

- Experience working with weather, environmental, geospatial, or other Earth science data.

- Experience integrating data from multiple external providers or APIs.

- Proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server.

- Proficiency developing applications on Microsoft Azure.

- Experience providing technical guidance to other software developers.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development environment.

Skills & Competencies

- Communicates at a high level across verbal and written communication with internal and external teams; leading training and informational sessions.

- Proficiency and demonstrated experience in communicating technical concepts, software designs, and data processing workflows to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technical challenges and develop effective software solutions.

- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, including the ability to investigate and resolve complex production issues.

- Ability to provide technical guidance and share knowledge with other team members.

nt to be part of a team that keeps real-time weather alerts and observations flowing reliably to hundreds of millions of people? We are looking for a Software Developer II who displays a deep interest in and passion for backend architecture and problem solving; someone who likes to build reliable processing systems and help identify areas of improvement. Reporting directly to the Manager, Data Engineering, this position will be responsible for designing and developing backend software that processes real-time weather data flows - including alerts, observations, and AccuWeather Alerts - powering AccuWeather's consumer and enterprise products. Leveraging relational databases, functional programming, and cloud technologies, you will build new processing services and workflows that improve the reliability and scalability of our real-time weather platforms. You will demonstrate skill in multiple backend technologies, monitor the systems you own, and collaborate with peers and stakeholders in an Agile-based environment, to deliver best of breed real-time processing that caters to a global audience.

We are open to hiring candidates to work from our global headquarters in State College, PA, USA, or remotely.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend software processors that ingest, validate, transform, and distribute real-time weather data.

Collaborate with software engineers, data operations, product managers, and business stakeholders to design and implement processing solutions that support AccuWeather's consumer and enterprise products.

Develop new processing capabilities and enhance existing processors to support new weather data providers, data formats, business requirements, and product features.

Design and implement database schemas and supporting SQL objects used by backend processing applications.

Develop software that is reliable, maintainable, testable, and observable, with a focus on successful deployment and operation in production environments.

Collaborate with Enterprise Database Administrators and other platform teams to test, deploy, and maintain database changes in production.

Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects, production issues, and operational incidents affecting weather data processing systems.

Write and maintain technical documentation for software components, processing workflows, system changes, and operational procedures.

Revise and enhance existing software to improve functionality, performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Stay current with emerging technologies and software development best practices, applying them where appropriate to improve team capabilities and processing systems.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of team workflows, quality assurance practices, documentation, and development processes.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 3+ years of experience designing and developing backend services.

- Experience developing software using Scala or Java, with exposure to functional programming concepts.

- Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

- Experience working with relational databases, including database schema design and SQL.

- Experience processing structured and semi-structured data formats such as XML and JSON, working with RESTful APIs, and using regular expressions.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with event-driven, distributed, or message-based systems.

- Experience working with weather, environmental, geospatial, or other Earth science data.

- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server.

- Experience developing applications on Microsoft Azure.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development environment.

Skills & Competencies

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to collaborate effectively as both a member of a team and an independent contributor.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw sound conclusions.

- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and data processing workflows to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve complex production issues.

ABOUT ACCUWEATHER

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making.

Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather's proven Superior Accuracy across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones.

AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast's Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee.

AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.

Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the "father of modern commercial meteorology." Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called "the most accurate man in weather" by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur's Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.