Associate Software Engineer

Job Description

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will be a growing technical contributor who builds, tests, and enhances full-stack features under the guidance of senior engineers. You will apply engineering standards, write clean and tested code, and collaborate across product, QA, DevOps, and engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.

What will you do?

Software Development & Implementation

• Engineer, test, and deploy frontend and backend features in line with established architecture, coding standards, and secure development practices
• Craft clean, reusable, and well-tested code with guidance from senior engineers
• Build responsive, accessible, and performant web application components
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and defects with support from the team

Collaboration & Quality Assurance

• Partner with product, QA, DevOps, and engineering teams to deliver quality features
• Participate actively in code reviews and apply feedback to improve code quality
• Collaborate with QA engineers to strengthen test coverage and release readiness
• Leverage version control systems and support CI/CD pipeline improvements

Learning & Professional Development

• Stay current with relevant tools, frameworks, and development practices
• Adopt AI-augmented development tools to improve productivity and code quality
• Seek mentorship and guidance from senior engineers to accelerate technical growth
• Contribute ideas in team discussions and continuous improvement activities

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should possess:  

• 1–2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript
• Foundational proficiency in at least one frontend frameworks such as React.js, Next.js, Vue.js, or Angular
• Foundational proficiency in at least one backend technology: Java Spring Boot, Node.js, or Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI
• Understanding of RESTful API development
• Knowledge of databases and SQL
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD concepts
• Awareness of basic security principles and secure coding practices
• Experience using unit testing frameworks

Nice-to-Have (Bonus)

• UI, frontend quality & design tooling: Exposure to UI libraries such as Material-UI, Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap; familiarity with Figma; awareness of responsive design, accessibility, cross-browser compatibility and basic frontend performance optimisation.
• API, observability & scalability basics: Familiarity with RESTful APIs and exposure to GraphQL or WebSockets; basic understanding of logs, monitoring dashboards, alerts, caching, rate limiting, load balancing, autoscaling or Redis.
• AI-assisted development: Hands-on use of tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or Cursor for coding, testing, debugging and documentation; ability to write clear prompts, provide useful code context and validate AI-generated code for correctness, security and maintainability.

Additional Information

What can a career at NCS offer you?

We don’t just dream of making the world a better place. We make it happen.

We believe that when you join NCS, you can:

• Make A Difference - Play a part in large-scale, innovative and game-changing transformation programs that directly impact and advance the communities we live in.
• Elevate Yourself and Stay Relevant – Continuously challenge and upskill via career development and training programs in hot areas such as 5G, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and cloud.
• Pivot with Ease – There are multiple career pathways for vertical advancement or lateral moves so you can explore different career options throughout your time here at NCS.

• Collaborate & Network – You will learn from some of the brightest minds in the industry and work with talented individuals from diverse and broad set of backgrounds.

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.

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