Describe the stages and features of the software development process at your last place of employment.

At my last job, the software development process included several key stages:

1. Requirements gathering — discussions with the client or product team, formalizing tasks.
2. Analysis and design — creating technical specifications, architecture, choosing technologies.
3. Development — writing code, following standards and practices, using version control systems (Git).
4. Testing — unit testing, integration testing, test automation.
5. Code review — peer review to improve code quality.
6. Build and deployment — automating builds, deploying to test and production environments.
7. Support and maintenance — bug fixing, updates.

Features:

• Used Agile methodologies (Scrum), with regular sprints and planning meetings.
• Focus on test automation and CI/CD.
• Communication between developers, testers, and managers is important.