Senior Engineer I - Java Development (10-15 yrs)

Experience and Skillset :

- Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, documents, and maintains applications systems, working on moderately complex to highly complex work tasks or project assignments.

- Gathers, analyzes, and translates business and non-functional requirements into a solution design. May lead meetings to define business requirements and technical solutions.

- Executes tasks, estimates resources, establishes timelines, and prioritizes work.

- Designs, develops specifications, and maintains application code in accordance with the current development and project management methodologies and practices.

- Manages work assignments according to current project methodologies or as directed.

- Consults with Quality Assurance and Business Analysts in the development and execution of test plans.

- Provides technical assistance and problem resolution for assigned systems, lead resolution of production support problems in accordance with problem management policies/procedures.

- Coordinate with vendors for problem resolution and change requests.

- Ensures that applications changes follow change management policies and procedures.

- Provides technical guidance to ensure that installed systems are working effectively and that proposed systems will meet the organization's future needs.

- Uses algorithms, data structures, programming languages, programming paradigms to create, test and operate sustainable software applications and services.

- Identifies and provides recommendations for system process improvements.

- Ensures smooth implementation of new technologies and vendor integrations by using their expertise on their assigned domains and interfaces

- May act as a source for direction, training, and guidance for less experienced departmental staff.

- Deep understanding of development and deployment of Cloud based solutions

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in computer science/information technology, or in a related technical field or equivalent technology experience.

- Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible, post-baccalaureate work experience designing, developing, and implementing computer software projects in a web services-based environment utilizing open-source services framework

- Minimum 10 years' experience in OO design patterns and coding best practices - mainly in Java development

- Experience must include programming APIs adhering to microservices architecture; Java/J2EE; Hibernate; Spring boot technologies; Spring MVC, Spring Kafka, JSP; AJAX; JavaScript; XML and XML parsers; SOAP/REST web services

- Experience must include working knowledge of Kafka or any of the event streaming technology

- Develops code, techniques and processes that interfaces with middleware, including: ETL, ESB, Web Services, SOAP, and XML

- Proven expertise of networking concepts/protocols -TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc.

- Experience with other tools, languages - REST, MVC, Tomcat, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Maven, Ant is a plus

- 4+ years data base design / development experience in RDBMS platforms (SQL Server, Oracle), experience with NoSQL DB design/development preferred

- Experience in ETL transformations, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Technology is a plus

- Experience & working knowledge in AWS Services (AWS Docker ECS, AWS Application load balancer, S3) is a plus

- Experience with logging and monitoring tools like Datadog, Splunk, etc.

- Excellent presentation, verbal, written, interpersonal and listening skills

- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills including collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation

- Challenges the status quo, champions change and influences others to change

Must-haves :

- Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life

- Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results

- Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same

- Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure

- Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships

- Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn't take themselves too seriously