Lead full-stack development: gather and verify technical requirements, design and author technical features, write and test high-quality code, review peers' code, plan and estimate stories, identify dependencies and risks, mentor teammates, guide contractors, and improve processes and metrics.
Greetings Everyone
Who are we?
For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.
What will you do? What are we looking for?
Description:
Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or Internet-related computer programs. Using current programming language and technologies, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications. Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance.
Specific Responsibilities
• Gathers and verifies technical requirements
• Authors and audits technical design for features
• Competent in programming and debugging across multiple modules and dealing with related external dependencies
• Writes high quality code with full test coverage
• Reviews code to ensure it is functionally correct and is of high quality
• Provides story or business requirements breakdown planning and estimation, reviews and evaluates the team’s estimates
• Accountable for complex stories or business requirements
• Identifies feature and module dependencies
• Proposes mitigation plans for identified risks and problems
• Suggests process improvements and best practices
• Identifies new areas that could be measured
• Able to identify, evaluate and discuss alternative technologies and techniques
• Justifies decisions and achieves peer consent
• Interacts with team members, other IT teams, business users, individual contributors, managers
• Sphere of influence is small group of peers
• Actively shares knowledge within domain
• Able to share knowledge outside domain
• Mentors co-workers within area of expertise, improves other’s productivity
• Provides guidance for the work performed by contractors
• Assesses the quality of work and effectiveness of contract resources
• Participates in development of contractor agreements, including deliverables and SLAs
Specific Responsibilities
• Gathers and verifies technical requirements
• Authors and audits technical design for features
• Competent in programming and debugging across multiple modules and dealing with related external dependencies
• Writes high quality code with full test coverage
• Reviews code to ensure it is functionally correct and is of high quality
• Provides story or business requirements breakdown planning and estimation, reviews and evaluates the team’s estimates
• Accountable for complex stories or business requirements
• Identifies feature and module dependencies
• Proposes mitigation plans for identified risks and problems
• Suggests process improvements and best practices
• Identifies new areas that could be measured
• Able to identify, evaluate and discuss alternative technologies and techniques
• Justifies decisions and achieves peer consent
• Interacts with team members, other IT teams, business users, individual contributors, managers
• Sphere of influence is small group of peers
• Actively shares knowledge within domain
• Able to share knowledge outside domain
• Mentors co-workers within area of expertise, improves other’s productivity
• Provides guidance for the work performed by contractors
• Assesses the quality of work and effectiveness of contract resources
• Participates in development of contractor agreements, including deliverables and SLAs
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 43,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 151,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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