Company Description:

Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency's heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 9,600+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkleinc.com.

Job Description:

The Software Engineer plays a crucial role in all aspects of Merkle software projects. They will solution, build and maintain software that is leveraged by external clients to drive meaningful consumer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.

• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts, software architects and stakeholders to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain applications and services used throughout the organization and our clients.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Manage and support deployment of releases.
• Work with teammates in the migration of legacy applications to current standards and technologies
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to incorporate findings.
• Prototype and rapidly explore new concepts.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
• Work with consumer support teams to troubleshoot end-user technical issues for software your team has developed.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years' experience as a Software Developer with web technologies (Node.js or Java Preferred)
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting web-based projects
• Experience writing automated tests
• Experience designing and documenting APIs
• Experience mentoring team members
• Excellent communication, organizational and analytical skills
• College or University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline OR relevant experience
• General web-related technology experience including Linux administration, databases, networking, security, and performance analysis
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS preferred) is a plus

Additional Information:

The anticipated salary range for this position is $68,400 and $105,600. Salary is based on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit https://dentsubenefitsplus.com/

As part of our dedication to fun and active lives is ensuring our employees live to their fullest potential. Working here means we've got you covered for medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance with outstanding coverage at very affordable premiums. Add to that our 401K savings plan with a company match of up to 50% on each dollar contributed up to 6% max. We get that family is the biggest commitment of all. We make it easier to be a working parent with flex paid time off, and paid family leave.

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.
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