Software Engineer 1 - Finance Technology

## Who We Are Looking For Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an opportunity for a Software Engineer 1 in the Finance Technology Domain. The Finance Technology team creates solutions to advance financial technologies at Choice Hotels, providing finance- and billing-related solutions. ## Responsibilities - Be a key player in developing enterprise-grade financial applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and adherence to architectural standards. - Assist in building robust, modular software components that support ERP and EPM integrations, billing, and accounting workflows. - Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release activities to deliver high-quality financial solutions. - Implement security protocols and maintain compliance with financial regulations and corporate standards. - Drive seamless integration between ERP systems and financial applications to support billing cycles and reporting. - Apply coding standards and collaborate on best practices within the team. ## Experience, Skills & Competencies - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related STEM field from a four-year college or university, or equivalent experience. - Understanding of the software development lifecycle, including design, functional and technical requirements, coding, debugging, testing, release, and operational support. - Knowledge of Spring framework and REST. - Knowledge of Java, Python, or similar programming languages. - Knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, and CloudFront. - Knowledge of DevOps tools including Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD pipelines. - Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform. - Knowledge of security practices including IAM, Secrets Manager, and encryption best practices. - SQL skills, including query creation and tuning and creation of tables, views, and indexes. ## Preferred Qualifications - At least 1 to 2 years’ experience as a full stack software developer. - Generative AI knowledge. - Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering. - Experience with AI-powered tools such as Claude and ChatGPT. - Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven design. - AWS, Java, or Python certification.Demonstrates key competencies including action orientation, drive for results, and cultivating innovation by making use of AI as a regular part of the development lifecycle. ## Team This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director, Software Engineering. The role has six peer teammates and collaborates regularly with cross-functional teams. This role is not eligible for sponsorship and is four days onsite hybrid at the North Scottsdale office. ## Benefits - Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage. - Leave and paid time off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance. - Financial benefits for retirement and health savings. - Employee recognition programs. - Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide.