JAVA Backend Engineer

JAVA Backend Engineer
Chicago, IL
100% Onsite

Responsibilities:

• Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Drives application development focused around delivering business value
• Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Proactively reaches out for help when stuck on an issue after doing reasonable independent research
• Maintains a sense of urgency when working on tasks and actively followup on any dependencies or blockers

Techinical Skills Required:

• 8+ years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java.
• *Proven experience in many of the following:

o Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
o Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
o Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
o Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD, etc
o Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
o Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum) -