Software Engineer II

DESCRIPTION

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Job Summary:

Responsible for building high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with coding standards and technical design. Design, modify, develop, write and implement software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Key participant in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle; Document and demonstrate solutions; Develops flow charts, layouts and documentation Determine feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions; Understand business needs and know how to create the tools to manage them Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards and programming Recommend state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques and computing equipment; participate in educational opportunities; read professional publications; maintain personal networks; participate in professional organizations; remain passionate about great technologies, especially open source Provide information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and issues while protecting IT assets by keeping information confidential; Improve applications by conducting systems analysis recommending changes in policies and procedures Define applications and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to applications, understand solution deployment, and communicate requirements for interactions with solution context, define Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs) Understands multiple architectures and how to apply architecture to solutions; understands programming and testing standards; understands industry standards for traditional and agile development Provide oversight and foster Built-In Quality and Team and Technical Agility; Adopt new mindsets and habits in how people approach their work while supporting decentralized decision making. Maintain strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Competencies:

Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Agile Architecture - Designs the fundamental organization of a system embodied by its components, their relationships to each other and to the environment to guide its emergent design and evolution.

Agile Development - Uses API-First Development where requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customer(s)/end user(s) to construct high-quality, well designed technical solutions; understands and includes the Internet of Things (IoT), the Digital Mesh, and Hyper Connectivity as inputs to API-First Development so solutions are more adaptable to future trends in Agile development.

Agile Systems Thinking - Embraces a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems to ensure the economic success of the solution.

Agile Testing - Leads a cross-functional agile team with special expertise contributed by testers working at a sustainable pace, by delivering business value desired by the customer at frequent intervals to ensure the economic success of the solution.

Regulatory Risk Compliance Management - Evaluates the design and effectiveness of controls against established industry frameworks and regulations to assess adherence with legal/regulatory requirements.

Solution Functional Fit Analysis - Composes and decomposes a system into its component parts using procedures, tools and work aides for the purpose of studying how well the component parts were designed, purchased and configured to interact holistically to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Solution Modeling - Creates, designs and formulates models, diagrams and documentation using industry standards, tools, version control, and build and test automation to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Experience working as a software engineer with the following knowledge and experiences are preferred:

• Working in Agile environments;
• Fundamental IT technical skill sets;
• Taking a system from coping requirements through actual launch of the system;
• Communicating with users, other technical teams and management to collect requirements, identify tasks, provide estimates and meet production deadlines;
• Professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities

Code Quality & System Reliability

• Write clean, maintainable code aligned with SAFe coding standards and peer review practices.
• Develop stable applications that support high system uptime and integrate monitoring into sprint deliverables.
• Participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies (e.g., PI Planning, Iteration Reviews) to ensure architectural alignment and system resilience.

Issue Resolution & Deployment Success

• Log and resolve defects efficiently using Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps), collaborating across ARTs (Agile Release Trains).
• Automate CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth, error-free deployments and reduce rollback risks.
• Support release on demand by validating features during iterations and system demos.

Integration & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Maintain stable data exchange between MES, PLM, and ERP systems, ensuring integration reliability.
• Translate stakeholder needs into actionable user stories and deliver high-quality solutions through SAFe backlog refinement.
• Engage users during sprint demos and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and adoption.

Industry Experience

• 2–3 years of hands-on experience in the manufacturing industry, working directly with production system environments and enterprise IT platforms.

Software Development & Design Skills

• Proficient in .NET , PL/SQL , Python with strong object-oriented design and modular architecture principles.
• Experienced in REST API development , microservices , and containerization using Docker/Kubernetes .
• Skilled in debugging , performance tuning , and secure coding practices .
• Familiar with software design patterns , UML modeling , and user-centric design for scalable enterprise applications.

Platform & Tool Proficiency

• MES: DS Apriso , including BPA configuration
• Databases: Oracle , SQL Server
• Agile Tools: Jira , Azure DevOps
• Version Control: Git
• CI/CD & DevOps: Familiar with pipeline automation , integration testing , and release management
• Cloud Exposure: Azure , AWS

Additional Skills (Nice to Have)

• Exposure to R , Java , or C++ depending on project stack.
• Experience with AI/ML workflows using Python for data-driven applications.
• DS Apriso Process Builder experience

Job Systems/Information Technology

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category Remote

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID

Relocation Package Yes