Junior Java Developer – Enterprise Applications System and Tools (EAST) team
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Job Description:
Currently seeking thoughtful, enthusiastic software engineering professionals to be part the Enterprise Applications System and Tools (EAST) team. In this role, the individual will work in a highly technical agile team which handles enablement for application teams boarding on to the latest Discover platforms for continuous delivery and cloud development. The individual will be required to foster collaboration and provide thought leadership while contributing to core products for the team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Actively participate and contribute in all project ceremonies such as iteration planning, story grooming, daily standups, and retrospective meetings.
- Deliver on all product development phases from planning, application development, release, and support.
- Drive product quality through test driven development.
- Ensure applications meet security, high availability, and maintainability requirements.
- Develop application code using Java and Spring Framework.
- Develop API endpoints to support internal and external requests.
- Develop / maintain a CICD pipeline to build, test, and deploy application artifacts.
- Learn new technologies and promote the adoption of new frameworks to gain competitive edge in delivering value to customers.
- Take necessary steps (prioritization, mentoring, and assistance) to enable the team to be a high value, cross-functional, autonomous unit.
- Promote a risk-aware culture, ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to require standards and processes.
Skills:
Required Skills:
- Bachelors Degree
- 1+ years of work experience in Java development or similar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skill
- Self-motivated, team motivator and team player
Desired Skills:
- Exposure to architectural patterns at scale; including thoughtfully-designed APIs, repeatable delivery pipelines, and efficient CS principles
- High level understanding of open source projects
- Ability to deliver quality code at all tiers across the technical stack
- High Level understanding of emerging trends in software engineering
- Belief that empowered individuals make great teammates