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Senior Associate Application Engineer

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Hybrid
Farnborough, Rushmoor, Hampshire, England
Mid level
Hybrid
Farnborough, Rushmoor, Hampshire, England
Mid level
The Senior Associate Application Engineer is responsible for programming features and test cases, managing risks, and contributing to agile processes. This role involves learning complex software practices and participating in system design decisions while supporting production systems.
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Job Description:
What You'll Do

  • Responsible for the ability to program most features and test cases unattended, but lacks a complete overview of product development and operations. As a result, handovers to other team members limits productivity.
  • Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.


How You'll Do It

  • Completes most features and user stories including test cases and automation unattended.
  • Learns more complex software engineering practices such as domain driven design, test driven development, operations, and security.
  • Contributes to agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, helps new engineers learn established norms, and participates in technology communities.
  • Participates in system design decisions and learns how these decisions impact the product as a whole.
  • Learns to support production systems and understands how observed events and failures impact the product.


Qualifications You'll Need
The Basics

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security or Information Technology
  • Experience in Information Technology, (Software) Engineering, or related
  • Internal applicants only: technical proficiency rating of Advanced Beginner on the Dreyfus engineering scale


Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

  • Primarily remain in a stationary position
  • No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
  • Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
  • Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.
  • Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.


External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.
*** Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United Kingdom on a full-time basis. ***
Application Deadline:
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Jan-14-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.
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All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.
Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)
Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email [email protected] . Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.

Top Skills

Programming
Software Engineering

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