Senior Java Developer

Job Description

The Client is seeking a Lead / Senior Java Developer for help with design, develop, unit testing and deployment of a multi-tiered fuel and retail cross-marketing system. The candidate will be responsible for leading the design, development, testing and deployment of our distributed applications. The candidate will also help with troubleshooting production issues and adapting frameworks and industry best practices, executing unit and performance testing, and coordinating these activities among the scrum team.

The candidate will be responsible for coordinating with the Quality Assurance and Customer Support departments on research of and remedies for software bugs and issues found during QA, beta, and production.

• Analyze and troubleshoot complex software problems and provide solutions to overcome those problems using the Java language and related technologies.
• Work with business users to understand business requirements, issues and business and / or client processes.
• Develop, test, maintain, and support high-performance, innovative web-based applications to meet the requirements of the business and / clients while adhering to departmental standards.
• Provide recommendations for application and system improvements.
• Perform quality assurance testing for all programs, created or modified, plus any other applications affected.
• Prepare required documentation as outlined by departmental standards.
• Coaching and mentoring other team members.
• Meet with scrum team as required to define and document application requirements.
• Conduct code review and design of systems as needed
• Follow project development & deployment process
• Development in accordance with industry standards and best practices is a must.
• Provide off-hour support as assigned
• Prepare required documentation as outlined by departmental standards.
• Provide LOE for upcoming business initiatives.
• Collaborate with Architects on system design and solutions
• Solve complex system issues and provide solutions
• Researching new technologies and apply them in current / upcoming projects
• Ability to identify and recommend solutions to optimize the performance of applications
• Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision

• Must have minimum 10+ years developing Enterprise Java Applications
• Extensive hands‑on experience in the development of Java J2EE applications; utilizing object‑oriented design, n-tier architecture and MVC frameworks
• Implemented several enterprise architecture patterns
• Ability to multi‑task and set priorities throughout the SDLC process
• Familiar with UI stack development technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
• Extensive experience in Java technology frameworks (Dependency Injection, ORM, Message Brokers)
• Experience of No
  
  SQL (Cassandra, Redis) and RDBMS (preferably Oracle) databases
• Experience working on complex, mission‑critical applications
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing and implementing REST / SOAP interfaces
• Experience working in an Agile team environment
• Must have excellent oral and written communication
• Experience working on high‑volume, high‑availability transactional applications is required
• Ability to mentor other engineers on the team
• Conducting code reviews and ensuring teams are following best design and coding practices
• Experience working on Web and Application Servers (Preferably Web Sphere & Jboss)
• Familiar with secure coding practices and OWASP TOP 10

• Linux experience
• Sonar, Jenkins experience
• Gradle
• Docker containers
• Spring Boot
• AWS Cloud
• Experience leading a team of 3 to 5 developers

Bachelor degree in computer science or a related field.