Associate Software Engineer - Technology Integrations

at Marriott in Topeka, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Job Number 24154531

Job Category Information Technology

Schedule Full-Time

Located Remotely? Y

Relocation? N

Position Type Management

JOB SUMMARY

If you’re looking to build leading technology that enables the future of global travel while transforming your career – step out of the status quo and join Global Technology at Marriott International.

We are seeking a passionate Associate Software Engineer to join our Technology Integrations team to help build the next generation of Technology Platforms and integrations for Marriott International. The candidate will work with our Senior Software Engineers to design and build innovative solutions in support of our new growth projects and integrations. The candidate should be able to collaborate extensively with other Engineers, writing and debugging code, troubleshooting software issues, and providing on-call support as needed.

Candidate will work across multiple products & engineering teams to deliver incremental value against Technology roadmap. Perform research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of applications to meet current and future user requirements. Help develop proof-of-concept implementations to help evaluate cutting-edge technology to drive and meet Marriott business & technology objectives. Candidate must have the ability to communicate upward to superiors and laterally to other departments.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

1. Experience in developing software for 2+ years

Preferred:

1. Working knowledge in API, Microservices, Webservices, Rest APIs, Cloud native technologies and Application Development involving Java, React, Python, Springboot, databases etc.
2. Capable of performing requirement analysis and high-level solution design, resource-based and API specification development.
3. Experience working in an agile development environment.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Leadership

1. Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Delivering Technology

1. Performs more complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.
2. Work with SSE to provide consultation for routine and complex systems development.
3. Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities.

IT Governance

1. Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed.
2. Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk.
3. Follows the defined project management standards and processes.

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Leadership

1. Communication – Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
2. Leading Through Vision and Values – Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.
3. Managing Change – Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.
4. Problem Solving and Decision Making – Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.
5. Professional Demeanor – Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
6. Strategy Development – Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.

Managing Execution

1. Building a Successful Team – Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.
2. Strategy Execution – Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
3. Driving for Results – Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.

Building Relationships

1. Customer Relationships – Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company’s service standards.
2. Global Mindset – Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.
3. Strategic Partnerships – Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued, appreciated, and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g., HR, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government, business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations, disciplines, and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed.

Generating Talent and Organizational Capability

1. Developing Others – Supports the development of other’s skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
2. Organizational Capability – Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.

Learning and Applying Professional Expertise

1. Continuous Learning – Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.
2. Technical Acumen – Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges.
3. Technical Intelligence: Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process.
4. Development Methodologies: Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space.
5. Information Security: Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space, including industry best practices related to information security.
6. Business Acumen – Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to app.