Senior Java Software Engineer

Senior Full Stack Developer.

We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer who focuses on improving software design, collaborating with their peers, and effectively communicating with other representatives of the business.

The Engineer will create, test, and evaluate software applications and systems to make them function according to specific requirements. This person must be able to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams to deliver software products to the business.

This position requires hands-on experience in, at least, one Enterprise Programming Language (ideally Java) as well as experience with Cloud-native systems development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities.

● Implement best practices in software development, including code reviews, unit testing, and continuous integration.

● Apply knowledge of computing systems and system design.

● Teamwork, problem-solving, and excellent communication skills.

● To be proactive, highly motivated, and highly engaged.

● Construct, deploy, and maintain general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.

● Design and implement system security and data assurance.

● Takes advantage of AI tooling to improve software development practices and efficiency.

● Test software applications and systems.

● Ability to document requirements and specifications.

● Create flowcharts, diagrams, and other documentation.

● Create manuals and detailed sets of instructions including algorithms that tell computers what to do.

● Ability to work collaboratively with software testers.

● Provide support and guidance for peer programmers, as needed.

● Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.

● Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in the IT industry.

Minimum Qualifications.

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related.

● 5 to 6 YOE for a Senior level role.

● At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software applications using Java Spring Boot or similar High-Level Programming Languages development frameworks.

● Strong background in AWS integrations and cloud-native development.

○ Hands-on experience with AWS S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS.

● Hands-on experience with Structured Logging, Monitoring and/or Observability platforms. ○ Ex. Datadog, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch

● Proficient in writing Unit Tests and ensuring test coverage, preferably with JUnit.

● Intermediate level of proficiency with REST APIs.

○ Experience with Layered Web Applications

● Experience implementing Authentication and Authorization for a web application. ○ Understanding of OAuth 2.0

● Intermediate level of proficiency with SQL Databases.

○ Indexing, Foreign Keys, Joins, Views, Aggregation Functions, Migrations, and understanding how SQL works at the low levels.

● Hands-on experience with one or more modern Frontend development frameworks (Angular, React).

● Familiarity with CI/CD Pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

● Experience with Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban) and with the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira, Confluence).

Nice to have:

● Familiarity with Groovy scripting.

● Experience with Production Monitoring and Incident Mitigation.

● Familiarity implementing Traceability in web apps.

● Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Ex. Terraform, AWS CDK)

● AWS Certification – Solutions Architect – Associate.

● Experience with Docker Containers.