Principal Software Developer - IHM
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Job Description
TITLE: Principal Software Developer
DUTIES: DFS Corporate Services LLC seeks Principal Software Developer in Riverwoods, IL, to provide analysis, design solutions, and develop and support application software. Conduct development tasks, including technical design, coding with test automation, support, and documentation. Deliver technology solutions that support business goals, including partnering with management, architects, and product owners to understand requirements and evaluating features to prepare application specifications into workable technical solutions. Enhance the operating model by demonstrating a high level of initiative and the ability to work with all levels of management and within a scrum team as a senior technical leader/developer. Assist growth of others on team within a challenging environment while promoting DFS cultural behaviors and technical proficiencies based on latest standards and strategies. Actively contribute to the department’s developer community to support technical initiatives and provide input into best practices. Maintain highly available systems. Ensure all projects and releases are appropriately tested and risks are mitigated. Promote a risk-aware culture to ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes.
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field of study and eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or related occupation: performing object-oriented design and implementation while utilizing underlying frameworks, including Spring and Angular JS and languages, including Java; performing actions with GitHub; performing debugging operations; working on an Agile engineering or development team; utilizing NoSQL and relational databases, including MySQL or Postgres and IBM DB2; utilizing Continuous Improvement/Continuous Development pipelines with Jenkins, Git, GitHub, and Artifactory; developing and implementing API service architecture; working in a cloud environment, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure; utilizing messaging systems, including MQ, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, or Kinesis; developing and synchronizing multi-threaded applications; and building secure web applications with user authentication. In the alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in any field and one (1) year of information technology experience to satisfy the educational requirement.
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