Junior Software Developer

# Junior Software Developer Apply
** Job#: 3041188
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* Job Description:

**** Software Developer (Contract – 6 to 8 Months)
**** Role Summary
** Our client is seeking a Developer to support ongoing UDG and Service Now-related initiatives. This role is ideal for a strong Software Developer with a solid coding background rather than a traditional Service Now-only developer. The team has found the most success training strong developers on Service Now, rather than hiring Service Now specialists without deep programming expertise. [Apex Syste...

- Cadence | Word]The developer will work closely with technical leads and project stakeholders, contributing to both front-end and back-end development efforts while learning and expanding their Service Now platform knowledge.
** Required Qualifications**
* ** Object-Oriented Programming experience
*** Adam said:* “Object-oriented programming experience would be a hard requirement, meaning that they need to know how to code in some language.” [Apex Syste...

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* ** Ability to code in a modern programming language
*** Adam explained that OOP means they need to know how to code “in some language,” and said most modern languages would apply, with the exception of older examples like COBOL. [Apex Syste...

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* ** JavaScript experience
*** Adam said they will likely end up with someone who has JavaScript experience. [Apex Syste...

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* ** Coding background
*** Adam said the team finds the most success with people who “just come with the coding background” and then learn Service Now. [Apex Syste...

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** Preferred Qualifications**
* ** Node.js experience
*** Adam specifically said JavaScript experience with
** Node.js
** would be nice and explained that Node.js is the runtime engine for JavaScript on the server side. [Apex Syste...

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* ** React experience
*** Adam specifically mentioned React as one of the technologies he would hope to see. [Apex Syste...

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* ** Vue, React, or Angular experience
*** Adam said seeing
** Vue, React, or Angular
** shows him that the candidate has front-end experience. [Apex Syste...

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* ** Front-end experience
*** Adam said Vue, React, or Angular would indicate front-end experience. [Apex Syste...

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* ** Back-end experience
*** Adam said he is hoping for JavaScript experience with Node.js, and described Node.js as server-side JavaScript. [Apex Syste...

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* ** Service Now experience is not required
*** Adam said the team can train the person on the Service Now stuff. [Apex Syste...

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** What Makes a Strong Candidate
** The ideal candidate:
* Has a real coding background. Adam said the team finds the most success with people who come from a coding background and then learn Service Now. [Apex Syste...

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* Has JavaScript experience. Adam said they will likely end up with someone who has JavaScript experience. [Apex Syste...

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* Ideally has Node.js or React experience. Adam specifically said, “hopefully with like Node or React.” [Apex Syste...

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* May have front-end experience with Vue, React, or Angular. Adam said those technologies show him that someone has front-end experience. [Apex Syste...

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* Can be trained on Service Now. Adam said, “We’ll train them up on the Service Now stuff.
** Experience Level
*** No hard “years of experience” number was locked in.
* The client wants to
** see what the market looks like first
** and evaluate profiles case by case. [Apex Syste...adence (1) | Word]
* Flexibility exists as long as the technical foundation is strong.
** Location
* ** Strong preference for local candidates in
** Cleveland, OH
*** Candidates in
** Buffalo, NY
** will also be considered

Adam said:"Unless you find a diamond in the rough, we're going to end up with somebody that has JavaScript experience, hopefully with Node or React... We'll train them up on the Service Now stuff." [Apex Syste...

- Cadence | Word]And then he doubled down by saying:"We seem to find the most success in the people that just come with the coding background and we teach them Service Now…