Software Engineer II - Discover Studio

At Qualtrics, we create software the world’s best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform,we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally.

As a Software Engineer on the XM Discover Studio team, you will build customer-facing applications, designing and crafting rich frontend experiences (and their supporting backends), that will be directly visible to customers. You will partner side-by-side with fellow software engineers, tech-ops, and product managers to solve complex business problems that directly impact how global enterprises listen to and act on customer signals.

How You’ll Find Success

• Curiosity & Continuous Learning: You bring a natural drive to explore new technologies, dive deep into system behavior, and continuously expand your technical craft.
• Engineering Rigor: You take pride in well-structured code, comprehensive unit testing, thorough code reviews, and sound design documentation.
• Collaborative Problem Solving: You enjoy working closely with cross-functional partners, exchanging candid feedback, and iterating together to find simple solutions to hard problems.
• Bias for Impact & Delivery: You navigate sprint goals with urgency and focus, prioritizing features that deliver measurable value to customers.
• Systems Mindset: You enjoy analyzing algorithms, data structures, and distributed architectures to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance.

How You’ll Grow

• Broadening Technical Scope: Start by taking ownership of story-level and epic-level features, with a clear path to driving broader platform initiatives and architectural decisions.
• Bidirectional Mentorship: Learn directly from seasoned engineers while building your leadership skills by mentoring peers across design and implementation.
• Agile & XP Mastery: Deepen your practical knowledge of full Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement) and Extreme Programming (XP) practices.

Things You’ll Do

• Deliver Customer-Facing Features: Design and ship simple, robust web-based solutions from concept to deployment, translating complex product requirements into clean engineering implementations.
• Champion Software Quality: Ensure resilience and maintainability by writing automated unit tests, leading code reviews, and creating clear technical design specifications.
• Foster Agile Excellence: Actively participate in daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, and planning poker, collaborating with teammates to unblock tasks and meet delivery commitments.
• Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate closely with product managers, tech-ops, and fellow engineers to turn real-world user feedback into immediate system improvements.

What We’re Looking For On Your Resume

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Strong level of curiosity and interest to learn
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and deploying scalable web services and UI
• Hands-on proficiency with modern software stacks and data technologies (such as React, NodeJS, Java, Spring, Kafka, Elasticsearch, relational/NoSQL databases, and container platforms like Docker/Kubernetes)
• Strong computer science fundamentals, specifically in data structures, algorithms, and modular software design patterns
• Proven track record of applying engineering best practices, including continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD), test automation, and structured design documentation
• History of delivering impact in an agile/Scrum or XP team environment