Java Software Engineer
Reports To: Senior Software Engineer or Architect
Department: Technology
GoHealth is a leading developer of Web-based sales and online insurance marketing tools for the health insurance industry, helping insurance brokers, agents and carriers connect with customers and transact business more efficiently.
We are revolutionizing the health insurance industry through technology. Are you interested in driving an industry that is expected to top the trillions by 2014?
GoHealth was recently named in the top 100 Best Workplaces in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune and is one of Inc 500's Fastest Growing Software Companies in America.
Overview
A Software Engineer is a Java developer responsible for writing, testing, and maintaining code for our core products. The developer will work in small- to mid-size teams to develop products in an agile environment.
GoHealth offers a full benefits package, an open vacation policy, a very casual dress code and a fun, interactive working environment.
Responsibilities
- Turning business requirements and high-level designs into usable software.
- Designing features and enhancements for a product.
- Writing unit tests to ensure that products function as required.
- Documenting all code and designs.
- Reviewing the code of other developers.
- Maintaining and debugging production applications.
- Working with project managers and senior developers to make sure deadlines are met.
Job Specifications
- At least 1 year of real-world Java development experience
- Experience with Java web development (XHTML, JSPs, Servlets, etc.)
- Experience working with a common IDE (Eclipse, NetBeans, etc.)
- Experience with version control systems (Mercurial or Git preferred)
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL preferred)
- Experience writing unit tests with JUnit or TestNG
- Experience with common Java frameworks (Apache Commons, Struts, Spring, etc.)
- Knowledge of basic design patterns and algorithms
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Willingness to learn and be part of a fast-growing department
- Knowledge of Groovy, Ruby, Scala or Python is a plus
What you'll do as a part of the GoHealth Product Development Team…
Practice Scrum and all its ceremonies (planning meetings, demos and retrospective meetings). Everyone is given an opportunity to be a Scrum Master. Create, innovate and conduct "brown-bag" technical sessions.
Everyone writes code — even our Architects.
The code we write is at least 80 percent covered by JUnit test cases. Test cases are written for our business logic, DAO implementations, controllers and Javascript.
Here's just a bit about the development tools you'll utilize:
We use JDK 1.6/1.7, Jenkins, PMD, CPD, CheckStyle, CodeNarc, JSHint, ReviewBoard, Grunt, Mercurial, Eclipse, CentOS, Apache Ivy, Apache Ant, Capistrano and MXJ.
Our applications are powered by Spring, Hibernate, AngularJS, Groovy/Grails and other Open Source frameworks.