Software Engineer

Apply Description Arbiter offers a complete suite of SaaS tools that allows athletic directors, assigners, coordinators, and officials to easily manage all aspects of their responsibilities. Our Software Engineers are responsible for software development in a fast-paced agile environment. They are responsible for the architecture, development, and maintenance of our complex, high-performance web applications, APIs, large scale databases, and other technologies. Because this position plays a role in mentoring other developers and QA engineers as well as communicating with other employees throughout the company, excellent communication skills are a must. AI-First Development Arbiter is adopting an AI-first approach to engineering. This means AI agentic tools are the default way our engineers work, not just an occasional accelerator for writing code. In practice this looks like: Using AI tools across the full development lifecycle: technical planning, backlog/item refinement, architecture and design, implementation, unit and integration testing, and code review. Refining the context and instructions given to AI tools — clear requirements, constraints, and codebase context — so they produce more accurate, higher-quality results. Remaining fully accountable for anything produced with AI assistance: reviewing and validating AI-generated output for correctness, security, and adherence to team standards with the same rigor as hand-written code. Continuously learning new AI tools and techniques and sharing effective practices with the rest of the team. Essential Job Functions Design, develop, and test code across our SaaS solution, primarily working in C#, SQL, and React, along with API-based applications. Apply AI agentic development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) across the development lifecycle — technical planning, item refinement, architecture, coding, testing, debugging, and code review — while validating output for quality, security, and adherence to team standards. Document project objectives and measures for success. Understand customer business requirements and application objectives, and raise open questions with developers, QA engineers, and product managers as needed. Design, build, and maintain comprehensive test coverage — unit tests, integration tests, and test plans/cases — across our hardware and software platforms. Review requirements with other developers and QA engineers for completeness and accuracy. Mentor and pair program with junior Developers and QA Engineers on a regular basis. Design software and technology architectures according to industry standard best practices, including effective cache and session management strategies. Participate in team planning, estimation, status, and retrospective meetings. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field. 2-5 years' professional experience developing web applications, primarily using C#, SQL, and React (or comparable object-oriented, relational database, and front-end technologies). Experience with ASP.NET (MVC or Core), Microsoft Azure, and other modern web frameworks is a plus; comfort using AI tooling to ramp up quickly on unfamiliar languages or frameworks is valued as much as depth in any one stack. Experience using AI agentic development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) is a strong plus, especially across planning, development, and testing; willingness and aptitude to adopt AI-first workflows is expected of all engineers. Significant experience developing REST APIs. Detail-oriented and reliable — equally effective collaborating on a team or working independently with minimal direction. Experience in agile software development best practices (specifically Scrum). Experience conducting Requirements Reviews with engineers and other stakeholders such as project managers and/or product owners. Experience with root cause analysis of defects in a complex Enterprise N-Tiered environment. Cellphone or personal device to receive MFA (multi-factor authentication) texts or calls. Have an internet connection that’s adequate for their job, a minimum of 10Mbps down.