POSITION SUMMARY:

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join a dynamic new team tasked with building the digital “operating system” for the Diocese. This is an opportunity to be part of a transformative initiative—effectively creating a startup-like environment within the Diocese to design, develop, and deliver impactful technology solutions that enhance mission-critical operations across parishes, schools, and ministries.
The Junior Software Engineer will contribute to full-stack development and be an integral part of agile project teams, working with senior developers and key stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable systems and digital services. This role bridges technical implementation with organizational goals—translating business needs into features, integrating external services, and delivering applications that support the evolving digital vision of the Diocese.
This is a rare chance to help architect and build a new generation of Catholic technology infrastructure—an impactful and rewarding challenge for those inspired by purpose-driven work.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Design, develop, test, and document front-end and back-end application components using modern frameworks and tools (e.g., React, Django, Node.js).
• Participate in code reviews, agile planning sessions, and product demos as part of the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure secure and scalable deployments of applications.
• Assist in the development of REST APIs and integration of external services and data sources.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code aligned with organizational standards and best practices.
• Identify and resolve bugs or performance issues across production and staging environments.
• Maintain version control and collaborate with team members via platforms such as GitHub or GitLab.
• Support training, documentation, and rollout of newly released features or applications.
• Performs other related duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational priorities.
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