Software Engineer

Company Description

OMNITECH Systems was founded in the year 1999 as an IT consulting company with a group of IT professionals that provided a variety of software consulting services. The company grew from a size of 10 professionals to a size of 200 over a period of few years and diversified into product development and financial consulting services. This was possible mainly due to a high level of client satisfaction and OMNITECH’S capability of providing innovative solutions. Our prestigious clientele includes organizations such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, The World Bank Group, SunTrust, America Online, College Board, Citigroup, Wellspring Resources, etc. We also have branches in London, Trinidad & Tobago, Chennai (India) and Bahrain in order to better serve our international clients.

 

Job Description

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team in McLean, VA.

Specific Responsibilities:

· Write beautiful test-driven code. We value quality code backed by unit tests.
· Participate actively in Scrum. Work with Product Management and QA daily to flesh out stories and track your commitments.
· Improve accessibility. We work hard to deliver accessible solutions and enhance libraries we rely on for accessibility, too.
· Collaborate. We have internal and external clients with differing needs. We expect team members to reach out and build relationships inside the company to better understand our market.
· Learn. We expect team members to keep up to date on new technologies, standards, and industry trends so we can continue to be market leaders.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

· 5+ years of extensive experience with HTML5 and CSS
· 5+ years of extensive experience with J2EE, Spring or Grails etc.
· 5+ years of extensive experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar
· 5+ years of experience with JavaScript with a heavy emphasis on jQuery
· 3+ years of building out RESTful applications

Bonus Point Experiences:

· Demonstrable "Full Stack" experience - including supporting production environments.
· Are a certified Scrum Master, or have solid hands-on Scrum Master experience
· Heavy use of Git / Gitflow / Bitbucket & Jira
· Hands-on DevOps experience around Apache nginx, WildFly, Docker, ECS or Elastic Beanstalk
· Interest in Web Application Security / experience with OWASP best practices.
· Experience with accessible web design including knowledge and experience of Section 508 and WCAG
· Ability to look at the big picture: we're a collaborative small team and expect you to look at the big picture, and proactively anticipate problems, interact with other departments and clients, and come up with solutions.
· Self-Starter - Looking for candidates who can jump in quickly and take ownership of features.

Education:

· A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, MIS or a related technical field is a positive, as is intensive job training programs or certifications.

Additional Information

Duration : 6 months+
Location : McLean, VA

# of Openings : 1