Liferay Developer

Liferay Lead Developer

The Liferay Lead Developer to join our team to plan, design, develop, modify, debug and evaluate web portal solutions, and to serve as a team/technical lead for Liferay-based portal projects and services.

Role Responsibilities

• Perform hands on design, development, and support activities for web portals with focus on feature rich design, usability, and site performance
• Deliver solutions based on requirements and schedule
• Establish and execute traceable unit and integration tests
• Provide estimates for work effort on assigned projects
• Maintain Liferay portal environment following standard guidelines for designing and developing secure, supportable, reusable, service-oriented and performing solutions.
• Understand and apply industry practices, architectural standards and department policies and procedures relating to work assignments
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise

Required Technical Qualifications (in order of level of need)

• Experience delivering extranet/customer solutions from start to finish
• At least 5 years of experience developing and implementing enterprise-level Java applications
• At least 2 years of experience as a Dev Team Lead
• 5+ years of Java/J2EE application design and development experience
• Experience with OSGI or similar framework
• Experience with MVC design pattern
• Experience with Hibernate/Spring frameworks
• Experience implementing and utilizing Web services, Service/System Integrations
• Strong Web UI development skills (i.e. HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Development experience utilizing Vaadin framework is a plus
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Experience delivering technical design & architecture documentation
• Experience with code management tools, automated build setup, and deployment procedures
• 5+ years of strong Liferay hands-on experience:
• Experience configuring Liferay sites and organizations with permissions
• Experience developing portlets, custom themes, and WCM features in Liferay
• Experience implementing logging, usage metrics, audit trail, and usage analytics components
• Experience installing, configuring, and administering Liferay applications in both production and non-production environments
• In-depth understanding of Liferay platform and development best practices
• Project experience with Liferay 7.x DXP is required
• Experience working with and leading offsite teams is required.
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Integration with enterprise systems and overall architectural standards knowledge.
• Personal time management skills and ability to meet individual and team deadlines.
• Excellent communication presentation and organization skills with ability to communicate effectively across multiple IT team disciplines and with business users.
• Insurance industry experience is a plus

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is strongly preferred.