Southern Company · Birmingham, AL

Application Developer

Birmingham, AL, United StatesFull-timeSoftware Engineering

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Job description

Application Developer L4-L6 Location

The Energy Center, Birmingham, AL or Ivan Allen, Atlanta, GA 4 days in-office / 1 day remote Job Summary: Design, develop, and support scalable web applications, APIs, integrations, and backend services that enhance customer experiences and deliver business value. This is primarily a software development role, with approximately 70% of the focus on development and enhancement and 30% on production support and operational responsibilities, depending on business needs.

Developers on our team take ownership of the solutions they build, including troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and supporting applications in production. Work across the full technology stack to create intuitive front-end solutions and robust, secure backend services. In this role, you'll collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps, and Cybersecurity teams in an Agile environment to deliver high-quality software through continuous improvement, innovation, and iterative delivery.

Use AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot, as part of the software development lifecycle to improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and learning.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

Effectively collaborate to appropriately design and deliver portfolio software application

  • Develop and/or implement timely, cost effective, and high-quality solutions using approved methodologies and standards
  • Provide root cause analysis, efficient production support and maintenance/enhancements for existing applications (including application debugging and memory leak analysis)
  • Apply secure coding practices, including authentication and authorization, dependency and vulnerability remediation, protection of sensitive data, and timely resolution of security findings.
  • Apply professional oral and written communication skills; apply strong customer service skills; exhibit initiative; follow through with customer commitments, and apply sound performance techniques
  • Build and maintain relationships with scrum teams, management, other technology/portfolio/business groups, and vendors
  • Troubleshoot and resolve any application and user interface defects
  • Manage personal career development by maintaining technical expertise

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college with a concentration in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field. Additional certifications in software development, development tools, and/or user interface development are a plus

EXPERIENCE

Advanced knowledge of the following software development technologies: Microsoft C# and the .NET framework, including .Net Core, Entity Framework & MVC Deep experience working with either Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Understanding of service-oriented architecture, web service security and data integration provisioning Working knowledge of user interface design processes/methodology, particularly as applied to web-based applications

Experience creating responsive web products Extensive experience of development technologies, methodologies and associated tools Extensive experience with application architecture Experience with CICD/git/Azure DevOps is preferred Experience migrating applications from .Net full Framework to .Net Core is a plus Skills Well-versed in full-life cycle development methods and techniques including Agile/Scrum, RAD development approaches and best practices

Strong Web application coding skills, including information architecture, interface design and visual design would be a plus Results-oriented, product focused excellent ability to work cross functionally Be a collaborative and dependable teammate who communicates openly, seeks and provides constructive feedback, helps others solve problems, follows through on commitments, and contributes to shared team outcomes.

Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, troubleshooting, solution design, and knowledge-sharing activities with a mindset of both teaching and learning from others.

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Proven analysis and problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrate curiosity and a continuous-learning mindset by exploring new technologies, development practices, and tools and applying them appropriately to solve business problems Actively share knowledge, lessons learned, development techniques, and best practices with teammates to strengthen the capabilities of the entire team.

Experience using, or a strong interest in learning, GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software development techniques. Core experience C# and modern .NET REST APIs and service/integration development SQL and relational database development Git-based source control CI/CD Enterprise application development and production support Valuable additional experience Python Angular Oracle / SQL Server Azure DevOps GitHub Jira GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development

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