Sr. Full-Stack React/Java Developer

Sr. Full-Stack React/Java Developer

At Liaison, we've helped higher education institutions build better, more diverse classes for three decades. You may recognize us as the company behind the Centralized Application Service (CAS), Enrollment Marketing services and platform (EMP), SlideRoom, Time2Track, TargetX (CRM) and Othot.

Everything we do is focused on taking that proven success and expanding its scope and scale. Over 31,000 programs on more than 1,000 campuses see us as a forward-thinking partner integral to meeting their total enrollment goals — and we're building the data- and mission-driven team that will reinforce our role for decades to come.

As a core member of the Software Development team, the full stack software developer has experience leading a scrum team. This experienced developer will have primarily responsible for the design and development of software solutions to build and optimize highly scalable, web‐based multi‐tenant applications used by national educational associations and institutions of higher learning including numerous colleges and universities.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop enterprise grade, high‐volume web applications platforms and state of the art technical solutions leveraging Java and JEE platform technologies.
• Participate in design discussions and solution design sessions with product management and software development teams to shape new product features and platform capabilities.
• Develop and support REST APIs and business logic using Java, Spring, Hibernate/Spring JPA and SQL Server.
• Develop and support web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g. Angular, React.
• Contribute to evaluation, prototyping and selection of software solutions that will improve our technology infrastructure.
• Make recommendations to enhance the performance and scalability of our flagship products.
• Develop unit tests and API integration tests to maximize code coverage in accordance with the software test pyramid.
• Apply Test Driven Development practices and software quality measurement tools to the improve quality of delivered software.
• Foster and support a culture of innovation and excellence in the engineering organization.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering or an IT related discipline, or its equivalent plus 3 years of related experience.
• Very high proficiency with server-side Enterprise Java (8 + versions and its features like Steam API, Lambda expressions, Functional interfaces, and Method references, etc.), Spring and Hibernate frameworks.
• Experience with at least 2 to 3 project implementations in one or more Spring framework modules: Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Integration frameworks.
• Experience in developing RESTful API and Web Services.
• Experience developing web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g. Angular, React.
• High proficiency with Agile software development methodology.
• Experience working with in office, remote and offshore development teams
• Strong working knowledge of Git and GitHub code management tools
• Experience working collaboratively with DevOps to setup and monitor CI/CD pipelines using automated software build tools like Jenkins
• Solid understanding of enterprise software development design patterns and anti‐
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and no‐SQL databases, such as Mongo DB.
• Experience from Test-Driven Development.
• Ability to work well independently, multitask and handle change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Job Details

• Location: Watertown, MA Remote
• Job Function: Software Engineering & QA