Looking for a senior-level Java Developer to join a high performing engineering team to drive the modernization of our internal eService systems (the primary customer-facing website). You will play a pivotal role in enhancing our applications, providing production support and technical upgrades.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Hands-on full-stack Java development.
- Working cross-functionally with business colleagues, you'll address technical challenges and ensure quality through collaborative discovery, design and development.
- You will develop customer-centric applications with the understanding that your stakeholders and the products you develop will keep the end-user at the forefront.
- Enhance quality, usability, performance, security, and reliability of systems.
- Maintain awareness of internet trends, technologies and best practices.
- Using a proactive mindset and initiative, you will find ways to improve performance, quality, and efficiency.
- Contribute to technical architecture decisions/efforts to build and maintain highly scalable software platforms.
- This person will handle all stages of the development lifecycle (including the review of business requirements, design, construction, test, and deployment).
- Architect, implement, and optimize scalable databases.
- Mentor junior level developers and direct others while promoting a spirit of partnership and collegiality across all functional areas of the firm.
- Work with stakeholders and Business Analysts to understand requirements and translate to design.
- Functional/system integration testing support and deployment.
Qualifications and Education:
- 6-8+ years of frontend and backend experience building scalable applications in Java/J2EE required (Java version 8 and above preferred).
- AWS and RESTful Web Services.
- Spring, Spring boot, WebSphere, JBOSS, ESB (Mule), Rule Engines (e.g. Drools), JUnit, Hibernate/MyBatis, Web Service, Unix Shell Scripting.
- Angular (version 12 and/or above)
- Experience with JavaScript based systems such as AngularJS, ExpressJS, NodeJS or ReactJS.
- SQL, XML and DB2.
- Mobile/iOS/Android development experience is a plus
- Java Certifications preferred (developer, web component).
- Experience in design; class diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, etc.
- SOAP and REST web services design and development experience.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferred) in Computer Science or related field.
- Knowledge of IT concepts, strategies, methodologies.
- Knowledge of diverse technologies and new technical architecture principles and concepts.
- Understanding of layered systems architectures and layered solutions and designs.
- Object Oriented Design Patterns.
- P&C (property and casualty) insurance industry experience preferred but not required.