Software Development Engineer (SDE)

Job description

Position Description:

The Software Development Engineer (SDE) is a mid-level technical role who takes ownership of both feature delivery and code quality. This role is responsible for implementing robust solutions while ensuring maintainability through code reviews, comprehensive unit testing, and automated testing integration. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical judgment and actively contributes to improving development standards.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and enhance scalable applications as part of a cross-functional Scrum team.
• Conduct structured peer code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and architectural guidelines.
• Develop comprehensive unit tests and ensure high test coverage.
• Build and maintain automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Designers, and Engineers during backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Refactor and optimize existing codebases for performance and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Maintain clear technical documentation related to feature behavior, validations, and design decisions.
• Contribute to improving development processes and engineering best practices.

Effort & Workload:
• Deliver sprint commitments by balancing feature development, validation, and collaboration.
• Adapt to changing priorities through continuous feedback and iteration.

Responsibility & Supervision:
• Shared accountability for sprint outcomes, software quality, and delivery readiness.
• Ownership of code and validations for assigned backlog items.
• Operates with minimal supervision within agreed Agile team norms and standards.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Qualifications:

Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field.

Work Experience:
• 1-3 years of experience in Agile/Scrum development teams.

Skills:

·  Code Review
·  Code Review
·  Integration testing

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.