Location: Bozeman, MT, 59718
Job Description:
The Products Developer position focuses on analyzing, designing, developing, testing, and supporting our Products and associated Modules and Microservices. The Products Developer provides technical expertise in producing high quality, configurable and maintainable software and solutions that meet customer needs and market demands. The Products Developer is responsible for driving continuous product improvements in all deliverables. The Products Developer position is fast paced and ever changing, requiring flexibility, self-initiative, and regular management of changing priorities. The Products group is responsible for the entire lifecycle of Zoot’s products, from defining vision and strategy to development, launch, and ongoing maintenance, ensuring Zoot’s products meet customer needs and deliver value by aligning all necessary teams and resources to focus on the product's success in the market. Zoot’s Products group is responsible for Zoot capabilities, configurable solutions, packaged product offerings, as well as business and usability feedback for Zoot’s core tools and services. Zoot’s Products group identifies business needs, which will enhance our offerings and increase our efficiency in implementing and supporting solutions working to support the goal of making Zoot’s offerings the best in the industry.
For over 30 years, Zoot Enterprises has been a global provider of advanced origination, acquisition, and decision management solutions. Our customer-centric tools and services enable Zoot's clients to add value and differentiation, while providing nimble, scalable solutions for specific business objectives. Zoot provides a cloud based, secure processing environment. We offer tailored data driven decisioning technology solutions that empower our clients to streamline processes, increase flexibility and efficiency, accelerate growth, while accessing hundreds of cutting-edge data sources to help reduce risk.
Essential Job Functions:
- Perform with a service-focused mindset with emphasis on delivering on-time, high-quality products and services.
- Proficient, or able to quickly establish proficiency in understanding, application, and use of all Zoot Tools and Services.
- Work with Architecture on technical issues and decisions to ensure Zoot’s strategic objectives are not compromised.
- Ensure all software is designed and implemented in accordance with the Technology Roadmap, Ten Tenets, and that appropriate documentation is supplied.
- Ensures execution of proper quality practices at the development level.
- Analyze and fully understand requirements to formulate and implement effective and efficient solutions.
- Use Zoot tools and services to design, develop, and maintain software in accordance with specifications, following Zoot’s defined programming best practices and procedures.
- Learn and use other programming languages as needed by Zoot to develop and maintain software.
- Perform unit, integration, and functional testing to verify code meets specifications and requirements.
- Provide reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques.
- Assists Project and Product Managers with planning/scheduling projects, including identification of tasks, dependencies, and assisting with work-effort estimates.
- Advise, mentor, train, or assist developers at other skill levels to establish efficiency and maintain standards across all Zoot implementations.
- Participate in production issue research.
- Participate in Sales activities, including performing demos that align with Sales/Marketing objectives, while also understanding prospect pain points, providing product expertise, and gathering feedback.
- Solid understanding and ability to guide others on the principles and best practices of Zoot development lifecycle including design, development, testing, and supportability.
- Know and comply with Zoot’s Policies and Procedures, Code of Business Conduct, and Employee Agreement.
Education, Training, and Experience Requirements:
- High School Diploma
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
- 1-3+ years of experience as a Product Developer.
Background Check Requirement:
Ability to successfully pass background screening.
Physical Requirements:
All positions at Zoot require the ability to move about inside an office environment which includes the operation of computers and other office productivity machinery and frequently communicates with other employees, clients, vendors, and visitors. This position specifically requires long periods of sitting at a computer workstation.
Working Conditions | Work Hours | Location:
This position will take place primarily in an office setting. To optimize team performance, the workspace for this position is typically a cubicle setting in an open space environment. It is expected that exempt employees, and specifically this position, regularly and consistently report to work on-site, at Zoot headquarters, during normal business hours. Occasional nighttime and weekend work is required within the position. This position may occasionally require travel. The Product Manager position is fast paced and ever changing, requiring flexibility, self-initiative, and regular management of changing priorities.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job which may include helping others in the same or different departments, may be assigned by supervision. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
