Senior Software Engineer - American Credit Acceptance

Are you passionate about technology and business and ready to learn what it takes to help a private, fast-growing company innovate and execute in a solid financial organization?  Come join our team as a Sr. Software Engineer to design and implement functional software solutions solving business problems and make an impact on the success of this growing organization.

We are looking for aspirational creative technologists that love to learn and have developed a self-curiosity that drives their passion for technology and creating high quality / highly valuable systems.   You will contribute to a strong culture that values working together, tackling challenges, giving and receiving feedback and demonstrates the organizations Guiding Principles on a daily basis.

Your primary objective will be to deliver impactful value by developing high-quality software solutions that meet user needs and align with the organization’s business goals. This will involve analyzing requirements, designing robust solutions, writing efficient code, and conducting thorough testing.  As a Sr Software Engineer, you will have the responsibility to be an active team member, drive projects forward, mentor junior team members and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

This is a full-time position based in our Spartanburg,SC office. The candidate will be expected to be onsite during normal business hours.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Deliver impactful and timely business value incrementally through designing, building and testing solutions by applying technical expertise to challenging design, implementation and delivery problems
• Contribute across the full-stack of systems, front-end, back-end
• Implementation of secure solutions through designing and implementing with a security first focus and utilizing data protection patterns
• Work directly with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand the business of American Credit Acceptance to ensure successful delivery of value
• Design and build for scalability, performance and maintainability
• Make recommendations for improvements to the technology from the assigned information technology platform
• Work cross-functionally with other team members: other engineers, testers, product owners, designers, technical and business operations, customer support
• Mentor junior engineers, new team members

Minimum Qualifications

• Prefer a bachelor’s degree or higher, in Software Engineering or Computer Science strongly preferred or a related discipline
• 7+ years of Software Engineering experience
• Strong written and verbal communications and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong object-oriented skills (preferably in .net/C#)
• Strong database modeling and design skills, both SQL and non-SQL databases
• Strong skills in developing for cloud native solutions (preferably AWS experience and AWS certifications a plus)
• Strong trouble-shooting skills
• Proficient in API design and development and implementing RESTful APIs
• Demonstrated understanding of designing and implementing secure solutions with accessibility and security first focus (prefer a strong understand of OWASP security principles)
• Demonstrated ability of keeping current with trends in information technology best practices and standards and how to apply this understanding to work projects and processes
• Demonstrated knowledge of common architectural and design patterns
• Demonstrated focus on quality deliverables with strong emphasis on peer review, implementing automated testing platforms for unit tests, integration tests and acceptance tests
• Strong appetite for continuous improvement throughout the SDLC with a habit of asking "why"

Travel

This position may require up to 10% travel.

EEO Statement

ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.  ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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"As an employer of California residents, we are dedicated to protecting your privacy rights. Any personal information you provide during the application process will be used solely for permitted internal purposes and will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. By applying to this position, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in our Employee Privacy Notice."

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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