Java Engineer

Build strong internal and external customer relationships

Demonstrate expert-level technical knowledge and implementation skills. Serve as a subject matter expert. Build trust and respect among internal and external stakeholders and model collaborative teamwork

Display a drive to evolve industry-standard architectures, patterns, and frameworks into custom solutions that maximize client value

Work with non-technical stakeholders to translate functional requirements to detailed technical tasks for the development team to implement

Demonstrate a passion for quality and process improvement. Work with the development team to succeed

Demonstrate professional-level consulting skills, leadership skills, and communication/presentation skills. Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility to acquire skills to meet business needs

Participate in supporting sales pursuits by providing technical guidance, estimates, scoping and other pre-sales activities. Continually innovate, seek creative solutions, and find new ways of adding value. Listen and seek to understand the client and meet their needs, providing consultative guidance. Stay attuned to the future needs of the client and work with internal resources to identify opportunities. Proactively offer solutions and approach adversity with a solution-focused mindset

Identify and evaluate new team members through professional networking and technical screening

Experience:

4+ years of experience in software development and engineering

Solid experience working in agile software development with non-technical professionals such as product owners in backlog grooming, backlog refinement and story pointing

Positive relationship builder, able to navigate through complex situations to ensure the most robust and pragmatic solution

Strong analytical skills and the aptitude to quickly identify gaps and risks

Excellent written and spoken communication skills, including presenting complex concepts to engineering, business partners

BA/BS required, preferably in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or related fields (applicable education and experience may be substituted)

Technical Requirements

4+ years of core Java development experience and practical development with version 17+

3+ years of experience using Spring 4.5+ and Spring Boot 2.5+

Solid understanding of RESTful API design and experience developing and consuming them

Experience with persistence frameworks such as Hibernate, Spring Data, etc

Very strong experience with Oracle queries and stored procedures demonstrating excel skills in design, creation and performance

Familiarity with building tools such as Maven, Gradle, etc

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins

Experience working with Git and Gitflow workflow

Experience using collaboration tools such as JIRA and Confluence

Nice to Have Requirements

Working knowledge of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript ES6. Knowledge of UI frameworks such as React, Angular

Cloud experience in one or more of the major providers: AWS, Azure, GCP or PCF

Proficiency with Test-Driven Development and testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, etc

Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes