Rocket Hiring Software Engineer I Great Opportunity

About the Company

Thousands of companies around the world depend on Rocket to solve their most challenging business problems by helping them run their critical infrastructure, business processes, and data, as well as extending the value of these assets to take advantage of cloud and mobile computing, advanced analytics, and other future innovations. From the clothes we wear to the cars we drive, Rocket solutions power the back-end systems that thousands of brands interact with every day. At Rocket, software has always been about people—not just ones and zeroes. We’re people solving problems for other people, and we strive to treat our customers, partners, and fellow Rocketeers with humanity.  Founded in 1990, Rocket Software is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with 31 offices around the world.

Job Description

The Software Engineer-I designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software tools including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Learns and understands hardware and software systems and platforms 
• Provides software development support 
• Writes code for portions of an application 
• Works closely with and learns from the engineering team 
• Applies techniques and methods learned in prior courses 
• Assists in carrying out tasks requiring adherence to prescribed methods of design 
• Should learn basic programming while working in a team 
• Uses current programming languages and technologies to write code 
• Learns to work within a team 
• Team oriented, collaborative, accountable, and dependable 
• Responds to learning suggestions and feedback positively 
• Open to coaching 
• Should learn how to document and communicate on technical topics 
• Learn about foundation of the markets Rocket serves 

Qualifications Required

• Minimal professional software engineering experience 
• Strong desire to program software in the real world 
• Proficient in one or more programming languages (Especially C and shell scripting (bash/python))
• Experience in system programming such as File System, Socket Programming, Device Driver
• Experience and understanding of Linux Operating System such as Redhat and Ubuntu