Software Engineer 2

Garmin International - Boulder, CO

Full-time - Entry Level

Boulder, CO

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Software Engineer 2 position at Garmin involves architecting, implementing, and testing the Garmin Pay feature, a digital wallet designed for active users. This role requires collaboration with peers, technical leadership, and the ability to provide reliable solutions to various software challenges.

Responsibilities

• Creates and executes designs for new functionalities as part of a software project using Java, Kotlin, or other selected languages.
• Utilizes software engineering tools such as configuration management systems, build processes, and debuggers in the software development process.
• May perform as a technical leader or Lead Software Engineer for derivative software projects.
• Collaborates and adds value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions.
• Provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem-solving techniques.
• Performs technical root cause analysis and outlines corrective action for given problems.
• Contributes to technical research on new technologies.
• Estimates level of effort, evaluates new options of similar technology, offers suggestions to improve processes, and provides feedback on some electrical design aspects.
• Serves as a mentor to less experienced software engineers (Software Engineer 1).
• Supports working hours as part of a rotating schedule to provide on-call support of Garmin's 24/7 operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field.
• Minimum of 1 year relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0).
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience necessary to develop moderately complex software in Java, Kotlin, or other Object Oriented languages.
• Proficient knowledge, utilization and mastery of relevant software engineering tools (configuration management systems, build processes, debuggers, emulators, simulators and logic analyzers).

Nice-to-haves

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5).
• Experience with designing and developing microservices in a cloud environment.
• A strong background in RESTful API development.
• Experience with Relational Databases and NoSQL data stores.
• Broad knowledge with all steps in the software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of Spring Frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, WebFlux).
• Experience working with event-driven architectures.
• A background working with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with component-based web frameworks (similar to Lit, Angular, Svelte, React, Vue).
• Experience working within an Agile development environment.

Benefits

• Eligible for Garmin's benefit program.