Application Development Consultant

Position Expectations
Be open to adopting new technologies and approaches on projects as they evolve, especially relating to GenAI advancements
Stay at the forefront of the industry by staying abreast of the latest GenAI advancements and leveraging cutting edge developments to fulfill migration projects
Participates as a software developer on small Agile teams delivering software-based solutions for migrating and modernizing customer legacy applications to MongoDB
Follow existing best practice migration playbooks where applicable and be prepared to innovate to fill in gaps with creative solutions to solve challenges on each specific project
Actively participate in sprint grooming, planning, and showcases with ideas and suggestions
Take direction from the technical lead and project manager on projects, raising identified challenges and potential solutions to the team when applicable
Study the current state of each legacy application, and desired target state outlined by the customer and contribute to the planning, design and solution to getting from source state to target state on each project
Be prepared to change direction on projects, if customer or account team priorities change
Requirements:
4+ years of experience working as a software developer
Strong proficiency in Java
Strong experience in building applications that interact with relational databases using SQL
Some experience of Enterprise Java (J2EE / JavaEE / Spring) application architectures
Ability to travel and work on customer sites for a number of continuous weeks
History of delivering high cadence modern applications with applied Agile methodologies, test-first development approaches, adopting CI/CD pipelines and using Git version control
  Nice-to-have skills:
Working knowledge of microservices architectures and Domain-Driven Design approaches
Some experience and knowledge of Python
Some experience and knowledge of JavaScript/Node.js
Some experience and knowledge of ORMs like Hibernate or JPA
  Extra bonus skills (if missing, we will provide rapid onboarding enablement on these):

Some experience in nascent GenAI technologies and approaches, such as using OpenAI API with GPT LLMs
Practical experience of using MongoDB