Job Description
We are looking to hire a backend Java developer with 7+years of hands-on development experience. The developer will be working in a dynamic, fast paced and a mission driven project, providing them an opportunity to further learn and enhance their skills while feel proud of the social mission they support. An eligible candidate must have the following skills:
- In depth experience designing and working with n-tier architectures (UI, business logic layer, data access layer) as well as experience in distributed architectures using integration hubs such as Data Power, Mule or any ESB’s
- Strong skills (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring data, Spring-Core, Spring transactions etc.,) on J2EE Framework and internals of the architecture, including JSP, EJB, servlets, JNDI, JDBC, JMS, JTA transaction services, logging (Log4J), thread management and development of asynchronous java processes
- Experience in developing REST and SOAP services using JAX-WS/RS and/or Spring framework.
- Experience in building multi module projects, compiling, building, and packaging the source code into Jars, Wars & EARs and deploying them in Application Servers (WebSphere, Jboss etc.,)
- Experience in Writing Unit Test Cases with Jest, Enzyme or Mocha
- Demonstrates hands-on experience with relational databases (such as Oracle or similar) and display a good understanding of database principles/SQL beyond just data access
- Ability to quickly learn new concepts and/or technology
- Must have done hands-on development in most recent projects.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral and ability to smoothly interact with development team leadership and clients
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Candidate should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented and a team-player
A strong candidate would also be able to demonstrate their competency in the below areas:
- Optimize SQL queries for performance including use of indexes, partitioning, and other techniques to improve the performance of queries.
- Write complex SQL queries including using joins, subqueries, and other techniques to create queries that extract the desired data from databases.
- Troubleshoot and debug SQL problems including using profiling tools to identify performance bottlenecks and using error messages to identify errors in queries.
- Frontend development experience – preference to candidates with React or Angular and Node.js
- Mentor junior staff and lead technical designs
- Ability to perform code reviews and recommend automated review tools for the project
- Ability to collaborate with the product, engineering, and business teams to understand the requirements that will form the core foundation for all the future products
- Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment
- Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices
- Project experience in working with Agile processes
- Knowledge of SDLC processes and use of application lifecycle management tools such as JIRA, etc.