Software Engineer

Company: H&R Block
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: May 24, 2020

Job Description:

What you'll do...

• 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. About H&R Block... We're here to live our purpose to provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. We take our work personally, because we know what it represents: Families and homes. Livelihoods and lives. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Since then, we've grown to approximately 12,000 tax offices throughout the United States and around the world. When you join our team, you'll add to the momentum of a forward-thinking company one that defined an industry and is now leading its transformation. It would be even better if you also had...
  • Experience in Microsoft Azure
  • Cloud-based development and migration proficiency
  • Experience working in an Agile/Kanban based environment
  • Experience in document scanning, OCR, data extraction, image storage and retrieval
  • An understanding of database concepts What you'll bring to the team... Education:
    • Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent through a combination of education and related work experience. Work Experience:
      • 3 years Minimum related work experience

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