Java Software Engineer

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide support for existing systems, processes and applications by handling incidents, troubleshooting, and monitoring the execution of code as needed.
• Providing advice and guidance to teams involved on best practice and development techniques.
• Communicating with other IT teams on software related issues and suggested improvements.
• Regularly communicate solutions, expectations, priorities, status and impacts to all level of business and IT management.
• Work closely with customers, Business Analysts, and technology partners to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions that are aligned with the business and IT strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Be involved in different phases of SDLC in various development projects.
• Design solutions and create the necessary supporting documentation in accordance with the Change Delivery Framework.
• Comply with and help enforce reuse, design, coding, and testing standards, policies and software engineering best practices.
• Work collaboratively with test teams during the product test and UAT phases to fix assigned bugs.
• Support code deployment across environments.
• Report status, issues, and risks to tech leads on a regular basis.
• Trouble-shoot and problem solve issues that arise in the day-to-day running of processes and provide timely responses and solutions as required.
• Improve skills in software engineering by completing development certifications.

Person Specification:

• exposure to insurance industry and / or OneShield insurance platform
• experience with Java Enterprise Edition
• experience with Java build tools such as Ant or Maven
• experience with application servers such as WildFly, Tomcat, JBoss
• experience with Spring and other Java frameworks / open source libraries
• experience with SOA and Web Services (REST/SOAP)
• experience with modern JavaScript frameworks and APIs
• knowledge/experience of relational databases – Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
• understanding technical design documents in the development space
• ability to communicate effectively with a diverse set of customers or partners across multiple disciplines
• experience in Agile methodologies
• excellent prioritization and time-management skills
• strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills
• dealing with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

Desirable Skills:

• Experience designing and implementing frontend applications
• Experience with API Management platforms
• Experience with cloud serverless applications
• Experience with mobile/tablet development including responsive design and hybrid applications
• Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, BDD, TDD
• Insurance experience is desirable although not essential