Junior Software Engineer at Showpad in Minnesota

Job description

• As an L1 Software Engineer at Showpad, you're joining at a foundational level — and that's intentional. We hire for trajectory, not perfection. You'll work within a collaborative engineering team, executing tasks with guidance, solving well-scoped problems, and deepening your understanding of what it takes to build great software at scale.
• Your goal is to understand Showpad's codebase and systems, sharpen your computer science fundamentals, and progress quickly in your journey as a software engineer. You'll never be left to figure things out alone.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, modular, and maintainable code on prescribed tasks — with guidance from your team — and grow into tackling more complex problems over time.
• Adopt a test-first mindset from day one: unit tests and end-to-end coverage are part of how you ship, not an afterthought.
• Follow CI/CD and monitoring practices, learning to spot and troubleshoot basic issues in a real production environment.
• Participate in code reviews — your questions are just as valuable as your answers at this stage.
• Contribute across the full SDLC: from design discussions to deployment, you'll touch every phase of how software gets built.
• Communicate proactively about your work status so the team stays aligned and unblocked.
• Pair program with more experienced engineers, especially on bug fixing and domain exploration.
• Use internal and external resources to solve problems, and proactively seek guidance from senior engineers when needed.

Requirements

• We don't expect you to know our stack on day one. Here's what sets the strongest candidates apart:
• Solid computer science fundamentals — data structures, algorithms, and how systems work under the hood.
• Exposure to at least one object-oriented or functional programming language.
• A working understanding of version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing concepts (even if you haven't used them extensively yet).
• Strong written and verbal communication — you can explain your thinking clearly in a PR comment or a standup.
• A growth mindset: you actively seek feedback, apply it, and show up curious every day.
• Comfort with ambiguity — you can ask good clarifying questions and document decisions as you go.

Skills

Required

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Growth mindset
• Comfort with ambiguity