Lead Application Developer / Perm Role /Cleveland, OH

Lead Application Java Developer

The Lead Application Java Developer Lead role is an expert on the tech stack that dives into the code, designing for scalability and reusability. Helps to drive complex application development with an agile mindset to build familiarity with the code base, review pull requests, and influence design decisions. This role acts as a key resource in the development of customer tools, interfaces, and API's. This position provides technical consulting to management, business users, and technical associates and works closely with other developers as a mentor. The Lead Developer is expected to be a consistently reliable technical professional that can handle all job responsibilities autonomously, while executing at the highest level. This role collaborates with engineers and architects to lead continuous improvement initiatives. Works closely with the product management team, DevOps, and other stakeholders as part of several development teams working together across various US locations. This highly technical and challenging position will work with the Java Development Sher-link Team on the National Accounts, Credit, and the Mobius Repository applications. Other areas of involvement may include providing web services to corporate and other departments including stores. Development responsibilities will encompass new logic/features, enhancements, and bug fixes/support. This role provides development and technical consulting to management, business users, and technical associates, and works closely with other developers as a mentor. As a technical specialist, this position also works with lead engineers and architects in continuous improvement initiatives, code reviews, and technical strategy.

Essential Functions

Strategy & Planning

• Lead decision-making in collaboration with a delivery team to define acceptance criteria for stories and determine estimates in sprint planning sessions.
• Work with DevOps team to determine appropriate architecture for new features and provides thought leadership for the resolution of technical incident patterns.
• Provide technical guidance, design expertise and leadership for development.
• Design and build function-centric solutions in the context of transition from traditional, legacy platforms to microservices architectures
• Define and refactor multi-channel client architecture offering and providing differentiated end-user experiences by leveraging containerization and cloud technology
• Outline the governance and microservices/micro frontend development guiding principles as well as ensuring the best practices are followed by the development team

Acquisition & Deployment

• Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude of established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
• Lead team in designing application, integration, and database components for new features.
• Collaborate with other teams across IT to ensure shared use of standard tools and processes.
• Ensure working software is continuously integrated and tested by both self and junior team members.
• Design application and database components for development projects.
• Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
• Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business

Operational Management

• Quickly gain Subject Matter Expert and provide guidance in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
• Maintain and modify web applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
• Foster development of team's cross-functional and collaborative capabilities
• Mentor and coach developers and/or Professional Apprentices.
• Support and mentor team members on code quality and security best practices through clean coding principles.
• Work with team to deliver business value through regular sprint cycles.
• Participate in regular delivery team collaboration.
• Train and share knowledge with development teams.

Incidental Functions

• Research new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks.
• Make presentations to management, clients, and peer groups as requested.
• Analyze performance of programs and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with clients and approval of supervisor.
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
• Minimal travel is required, up to 5%.
• Work outside the standard office 7.5-hour workday may be required.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience

• 8+ years of IT experience.
• 8+ years handson experience developing applications using Java/J2EE, with Spring boot framework knowledge and experience
• Experience working with customers to build and formulate business requirements.
• 6+ years Java (or related) Web Application development experience and object-oriented analysis and design.
• Experience with ORM (Object Relational Mapping) frameworks.
• Additional experience in React, Vue.js, Java Spring Boot, Junit, Karate, Maven, Docker/K8S, and/or AWS is a plus
• 3+ years of experience in Relational Database Management Systems (preferably SQL Server or Oracle), including advanced use of SQL and database management constructs.
• 3+ years of experience with Microservices and Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture.
• General database knowledge such as experience with writing complex SQL Queries, Stored Procedures, Performance tuning.
• Microservices experience
• Advanced skills implementing API and Microservices architecture using any of the market leading solutions
• Experience in implementing business critical, high volume, and highly available services is a must.
• A strong hands-on development track records building integration and application utilizing a variety of technologies, development tools and database systems.
• Experience with containerization and cloud technologies (e.g. OpenShift, Kubernetes, Dockers, AWS) as well as DevOps and testing tools (Git, SVN, TFS, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Nexus, Selenium, SonarQube)
• Experience with cloud-based, CD/CI or DevOps development environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an agile software development environment.
• Knowledge of microservices frameworks such as Spring Boot or Quarkus.
• Experience with Docker Containers, AKS.
• Knowledge of JPA or Hibernate
• Experience with Unix or Linux

Personal Attributes

• Strong communication skills both in writing and verbally with ability to present the complex ideas or technical solution to business and/or management team
• Exceptional ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Advanced systems/process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organization skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to quickly pick up new tools and technologies.
• Strong ability to train and teach others.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, and to lead and influence cross-organizationally with and without direct authority.
• Exceptional ability to effectively move forward on tasks even with ambiguous or changing requirements.
• Strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.