Sr Java Developer

Java Developer

6 month contract to hire

Required: Onsite 3 days/week

Must have:

Spring

Rest

Position Summary

Senior Software Engineers are responsible for delivering the technical design and development of software components for assigned projects. This individual will be working as part of an agile development team that focuses on delivering high-quality solutions that enable our various lines of business to achieve their goals.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, code, and test technical solutions with an emphasis on Test Driven Development

• Proactively work with Business Analysts to understand project requirements

• Recognize and effectively communicate risks to project timelines and quality

• Strive to eliminate defects as early as possible by actively participating in code reviews

• Support and help guide the evolution of the system’s architecture. Identify system deficiencies and proactively recommend solutions

• Increase efficiency of team by mentoring other team members. Understand and communicate technical and functional design requirements to other team members.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 6+ years of experience in the software industry

• 4+ years of experience using Java

• Strong experience with Agile and Scrum

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with REST / SOAP services

• Experience with Spring / Spring Boot

• Experience with Azure API Management or another similar API gateway platform

• Experience with Azure Service Bus or other similar cloud messaging platform

• Experience with J2EE (JSP/Servlet/JDBC/JMS/EJB/JPA)

• Experience with Web Application Servers (WebLogic, Wildfly, JBoss)

• Experience with CI/CD helping to move the team forward in maturity

• Experience with automated testing

• Experience with source control (Git)

• Knowledge of integration tools & techniques (Orchestration, SOA, XML, JSON, SOAP, REST, etc.)

• Strong communicator – able to explain complex technical situations to relatively non-technical co-workers and key business stakeholders

• Cool under pressure, able to simultaneously manage many details and priorities

• Able to lead a complex technical project through to completion

• Solution oriented mindset – creative use of technology and alternative approaches.

• Able to work with teams to balance solution vs budget, schedule and tools

• Equally able to work with creative, business and technical people

• Has appreciation of marketing strategy and business strategy and ability to determine the best technical solutions to support these strategies

• Focus on broad technical expertise

• Enthusiasm to learn new technologies, and ability to do so quickly, on the job