Software Engineer at H&R Block

Job Description:

• Works closely with senior, lead or principal software engineer to design, develop and maintain software components and products that support H&R Block business applications.
• Uses tools, languages, coding standards and best practices to develop new product features and maintain year over year product functionality and enhancements.
• Creates and executes unit tests and addresses defects.
• Works closely with the QA, UX and other related teams to ensure consistent understanding of requirements and approach.
• Designs, develops and maintains software components
• Creates and maintains documentation of design approaches
• Creates and maintains documentation on internal architecture of the system.
• Participates in technical design and code reviews for all new enhancements and maintenance work delivered.
• Understands business and functional requirements and produces technical specifications and product requirements.
• Creates, maintains and executes unit test and alpha test plans
• Maintains and improves current knowledge on the latest technologies relevant to the role regarding algorithms, language, design methodology, third-party development tools, application platforms, hardware compatibility and operating systems.

H&R Block’s purpose is simple: To provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. We’ve been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Since then, we’ve grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world.

We are a people company first and a tax company second. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. A place with an amazing and storied history, but with a strong and urgent focus on the future. Maybe it’s how determined, forward thinking and innovative we are, or how accessible our leadership is. We believe it’s all those things, and much more.

H&R Block is committed to diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. All qualified applicants are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

• Experience with UI tools and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass, Bootstrap, Angular, web components.
• Blazor web assembly.
• Azure SignalR service.
• Familiarity with Oauth2 flows.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform.