Staff Java Engineer - remote

Posted 3 years ago

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

·Lead in the building of cutting-edge applications and services to increase and improve the student experience

·Exemplify a mastery of coding excellence and software quality, mentoring others and pioneering new standards and architectural foundations

·Foster and utilize innovative approaches to problems and functionality for all key stakeholders

·Own technologies focusing on student success and scalability while supporting student-focused user experience

·Collaborate with developers, designers, and product management to develop features and innovative approaches to applications and features

·May mentor/advise engineering teams on new languages and technologies;act as a resident expert when needed

·Establish a balance between strategic planning and initiatives with development, communication, troubleshooting, and problem solving

·Lead in the prototyping and development of new technology and framework, improving the student experience

·Identify system redundancies and inefficiencies, proposing innovative and cost-effective solutions

·Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work equally well in self-managed and team-based Agile projects.

·Work with internal customers to gather business processes and project requirements

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

·Demonstrated ability to establish innovative websites

·Demonstrated ability to establish innovative system frameworks

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

·Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field

·7 years' experience in software development;pioneering new approaches and technologies in engineering

·Experience in Angular 7 (or greater) web-based applications leveraging SEO

·Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Java, REST, GIT and TDD

·Experience with Adobe AEM and with email marketing tools (e.g. Marketo)

·Experience integrating with third-party products (such as Salesforce)

·Demonstrated ability to establish innovative system frameworks

Preferred Qualifications:

·Master's degree or higher in related field

·Proven experience in the following areas: SQL, Spring, and Spring boot