Software Engineer III

At PDI Technologies, we empower some of the world’s leading convenience retail and petroleum brands with cutting-edge technology solutions that drive growth and operational efficiency.  By “Connecting Convenience” across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with customers through loyalty programs, shopper insights, and unmatched real-time market intelligence via mobile applications, such as GasBuddy.  We’re a global team committed to excellence, collaboration, and driving real impact. Explore our opportunities and become part of a company that values diversity, integrity, and growth.

Role Overview

You will play a key role in designing and building our market leading software products as we drive to continuously increase our cloud maturity and mobility. You will be working as a key part of an agile team to design, build, test, and support PDI’s enterprise software solutions. You will review, recommend & implement system enhancements that will improve the quality, performance, and maintainability of our products. You will be responsible for contributing to an always improving Engineering environment by ensuring all stakeholders (engineers, architects, product owners, SREs, IT Ops…) are informed of status and supported in their roles. With the variety of environments, platforms, technologies & languages, you must be comfortable working in both Windows & Linux environments and learning a variety of programming languages.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and contribute to design decisions for new and existing application development, proactively escalating issues and seeking assistance to overcome obstacles

• Lead small and medium sized projects

• Guides and trains less experienced engineers

• Work with Architecture and DevOps teams to evaluate tools, process, and technologies

• Partner with Product

• Management to consult on solution feasibility and high-level effort estimation

• Prepare and provide project status and risk assessments to their manager with appropriate levels of detail to ensure that programs stay on schedule

• Make recommendation for data model and framework improvement, analyzing trends, patterns and best practices for software

• Actively develop software solutions for PDI products

• Candidates must demonstrate the ability to effectively leverage AI tools, automation, and modern AI technologies to enhance productivity, problem-solving, and innovation in their daily work.

• Proven ability to use AI-powered tools to improve efficiency, accelerate development, and solve complex problems.

• AI proficiency is required: ability to use and adapt to modern AI tools and technologies as part of day-to-day work.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years’ experience designing and developing new or maintaining existing software applications in a software product development environment

• Proficiency required in all of the following: Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, SQL, JavaScript Web Frameworks (e.g. Angular,React, Vue), Messaging Systems(Kafka, Active MQ)

• Familiarity with the Eclipse or IntelliJ IDE and the use of AWS Cloud Service, Jira, BitBucket

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority

• Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions

• Considers ‘best-practice’ standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures

• Computer science fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures & algorithms

Behavioral Competencies

• Ensures Accountability

• Manages Complexity

• Communicates Effectively

• Balances Stakeholders

• Collaborates Effectively

PDI is committed to offering a well-rounded benefits program, designed to support and care for you, and your family throughout your life and career.  This includes a competitive salary, market-competitive benefits, and a quarterly perks program. We encourage a good work-life balance with ample time off [time away] and, where appropriate, hybrid working arrangements.  Employees have access to continuous learning, professional certifications, and leadership development opportunities. Our global culture fosters diversity, inclusion, and values authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diversity of thought, ensuring a supportive environment for all.

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