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We invite you to apply today for our Software Engineer 1 role today and #MakeItYourChoice.\nYour Responsibilities\nBe a key player on the development of enterprise-grade financial applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and adherence to architectural standards.\nAssist on building robust, modular software components that support ERP and EPM integrations, billing and accounting workflows.\nParticipate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release activities to deliver high-quality financial solutions.\nImplement security protocols and maintain compliance with financial regulations and corporate standards.\nDrive seamless integration between ERP systems and financial applications to support billing cycles and reporting.\nApply coding standards and collaborate on best practices within the team.\nYour Experience, Skills & Competencies\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, or related STEM field, from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience\nUnderstanding knowledge of the software development lifecycle: design, functional and technical requirements, coding, debugging, testing, release, and operational support.\nKnowledge of\nSpring framework, Spring, REST\nProgramming Languages: Java, Python, or similar.\nAWS Services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, CloudFront.\nDevOps Tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD Pipelines.\nInfrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, Terraform.\nSecurity: IAM, Secrets Manager, encryption best practices.\nSQL: Query creation, query tunning, creation of tables, views and indexes.\nPreferred\nAt least 1 to 2 years’ experience as a full stack software developer\nGenerative AI knowledge\nFamiliarity with LLMs and prompt engineering\nAI Powered tools like Claude, ChatGPT\nExperience with serverless architectures and event-driven design\nAWS, Java or Python certification\nDemonstrates key competencies to include action orientation, drive results and cultivating innovation by making use of AI as a regular part of the development lifecycle.\nYour Team\nThis is an individual contributor role that will report to the Director, Software Engineering. You will have 6 peer teammatesand collaborate with cross functional teams on a regular basis.\n** This role is not eligible for sponsorship **\nChoice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:\nCompetitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage\nLeave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance\nFinancial benefits for retirement and health savings\nEmployee recognition programs\nDiscounts at Choice hotels worldwide\nAbout Choice\nChoice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We’re the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves - the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur - because that’s who we are, too.\nAt Choice, we are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today - for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from. 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