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DSM-H Consulting

Lead Java Backend Developer

DSM-H Consulting, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Responsibilities

Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.

Acts as team leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.

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 valuable features.

Mentor and assist software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed.

M… (maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits).

Identifies and encourages areas for growth and improvement within the team.

Guides the team to develop a structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment.

Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.

Leads development of new functionality and applications on cross‑functional Agile project teams.

Works with product owners to develop and implement complex, iterative delivery plans.

Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.

Employee is responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by client management from time to time.

Interaction with Team 13 folks in addition to the new roles coming out.

Education & Experience Required Degree requirement: Degree is required with 10+ years experience / Masters degree is required to have 8+ years experience.

Required Technical Skills

Demonstrated experience leading software engineering projects.

8 years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java or Scala or at least 6 years of experience in Java or Scala with a master's degree in computer science or related field.

7 or more years of developing back‑end applications using Spring Framework, Hibernate, and enterprise software design patterns.

7 or more years of experience with relational databases, non‑relational databases and caching frameworks.

Preferred Technical Skills (Top candidates will also have)

Proven experience in many of the following:

Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.

Developing software applications using relational and non‑relational databases.

Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event‑driven, etc.

Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure DevOps, etc.

Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.

Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum).

Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following:

Batch or stream processing systems such as Apache Spark, Flink, Akka, Storm.

Message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache ActiveMQ, Kinesis.

Experience writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway.

Hands one experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible.

Hands on experience with testing tools such as Selenium and Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.

Datastores such as Postgres, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.

Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms.

Understanding of front‑end state management libraries (Redux).

Must demonstrate solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.

Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints.

Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team‑oriented environment.

Demonstrated leadership on small to medium‑scale projects impacting strategic priorities.

Soft Skills

Excellent communication skills (spoken and written).

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Temporary

Job Function Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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