The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and building new applications with a middleware focus for upcoming company initiatives. The candidate must possess a strong set of troubleshooting and analytical skills, as well as the ability to research and resolve technical problems. Extensive experience building consumer-facing, mobile applications with Java, Spring, and API integration is required. Experience with J2EE Middleware (JBOSS, MuleSoft, Websphere, etc.) is preferred.

The ideal candidate will be able to effectively communicate and collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders in company initiatives and must be able to drive efforts to completion with minimal direction. He/she will also have a strong passion for developing new and innovative solutions to existing problems and a desire to constantly improve the services we provide to the organization and its clients. Finally, and most importantly, the candidate will be expected to have a strong drive and aptitude towards automation.

This position will sit onsite at our HQ Office at 860 West Evergreen Avenue, Chicago IL 60642 Monday-Thursday during standard business hours. All Fridays are work from home. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as lead engineer on product development team, providing oversight and mentorship for team members, both on-site and off shore.
• Deliver secure coding solutions using the latest industry standards and tools.
• Design highly available, scalable and highly performing solutions.
• Deliver high quality coding solutions, including QA automation.
• Ensure that the solution is delivered on time, with quality and meeting requirements.
• Work in an agile environment and deliver a consistent burn down rate.
• Provide product teams an accurate level of effort estimates to maintain a well-groomed backlog.
• Partner with business units and provide engineering insight on product design.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years hands on development experience.
• Strong level knowledge of Java and Java web applications
• Strong understanding of modern Spring frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Services, etc)
• Solid ORM and OOD skills are required
• Experience with a J2EE platform; i.e. Mulesoft, Websphere, JBOSS, or Weblogic (very strong preference for JBOSS EAP experience) is a big plus
• Extensive experience with MySQL or Postgres
• Experience Docker and Jenkins preferred.
• Must have hands-on experience building APIs and implementing common SOA design patterns and experience with REST web services
• Previous experience delivering products in an Agile environment
• Experience developing enterprise applications that support high traffic volumes
• Exposure to modern software practices such as TDD, CI/CD, etc. is required
• Working experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is a plus
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Effective communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) with various level of stakeholders, from developer to senior management

WORK ENVIRONMENT and PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and/or hear for long periods of time.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.