Junior Software Engineer
Company: Equity Smart Home Loans
Location: South Pasadena, CA
Salary: $30 - $35 an hour
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-07-15
About this role
Position Summary
The Junior Software Engineer contributes to the development, maintenance, and improvement of Equity Smart’s web applications, internal tools, websites, and technology platforms. This role focuses primarily on full-stack web development, application troubleshooting, documentation, feature support, APIs, automation tools, and cloud-based deployments. The Junior Software Engineer is expected to contribute to defined development projects, prioritize clean and well-documented code, maintain and improve production systems, translate business requirements into technical implementation, and continue growing technical skills while supporting Equity Smart’s broader technology roadmap.
Full-Time / In-Office
Key Responsibilities
Software Development & Application Support
- Develop, test, maintain, and improve company web applications, websites, portals, internal tools, and EquitySmart.ai.
- Build responsive user interfaces using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, and related web development tools and frameworks.
- Develop and implement new features, bug fixes, enhancements, and performance improvements.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that follows company standards.
- Contribute to front-end and back-end development, including APIs, data handling, and application logic.
- Create, maintain, and troubleshoot database-backed workflows, including data handling, schema updates, validation, and integrations with application features.
- Create, maintain, and troubleshoot RESTful APIs.
- Support integrations with third-party tools, APIs, Retool applications, chatbot tools, and other internal systems.
- Follow web security best practices and assist with authentication and authorization processes.
- Troubleshoot application issues, identify bugs, and escalate security, infrastructure, or architecture concerns as needed.
- Support AWS deployments, CI/CD workflows, environment setup, and deployment troubleshooting under supervision.
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