Sr Backend Java Developer
kaavChicago (IL)
About the role
Job TitleTeam member contributing to programming, project management, and development assignments. Working on backend services in Client’s Digital platform.
Responsibilities:
- Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision
- Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls
- Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
- Drives application development focused around delivering business value.
- Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed.
- Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
- Proactively reaches out for help when stuck on an issue after doing reasonable independent research.
- Maintains a sense of urgency when working on tasks and actively followup on any dependencies or blockers.
Technical Skills Required:
5+ years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java.
Proven experience in many of the following:
- Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
- Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
- Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
- Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD, etc
- Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
- Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
- Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following:
- Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ.Experience designing well-defined Restful APIsHands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible
- Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.
- Hands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and Selenium and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
- Datastores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, Elastic
- Search, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle.
- Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc
- Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms
- Soft Skills Required
- Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.
- Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints
- Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
- Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities
Education & Experience:
Required Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or Electrical engineering or related field is required w/ 5+ years’ experience needed Masters degree with 4+ years’ experience
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