JOB SUMMARY:
We are currently seeking a Java Software Engineer.
At VeriCheck, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways and we have a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.
From building next-generation apps and microservices as a part of our tech team, we could work together to bring ground-breaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products and platforms that thousands of customers depend on. If you love to work with APIs, contribute to open source, or use the latest technologies, well support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career.
FOCUS:
Contributes to design, development, troubleshooting, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying, and documenting software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
Mid-level hire, member of a product engineering and integration team reporting to Director of Technology working closely with the Director of Products.
How will you make an impact in this role?
- Established ability level in software development, such coding assignments
- Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
- Demonstrate self-reliance to achieve team goals
- Participate in code reviews and automated testing
- Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
- Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
- Automate deployments in test or production environments
- Automatically scale applications based on demand projections
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
A minimum of 4 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
- Must have some Java experience (either learned or actual). Java certification is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
- Experience with Java or Eclipse preferred
- Experience with building RESTful APIs (learned or actual) is preferred
- Experience working with Azure PaaS is a plus.
- Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners
- Experience with a range of software languages and Acquisition/Setup or Payments technologies is a plus.
- Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods
- Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate
- Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing
- Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
- Confirmed experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages
- Bachelors Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
- Design, code, and implement highly scalable and reliable mainframe and/or back end API applications.
- Coordinate with off-shore teams architect, engineers and vendors as necessary.
- Deliver on all phases of development work from initial kick-off, technical setup, application development, and support.
- Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges
- Work with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues
- Manage your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team
- Quickly generate and update proof of concepts for testing and team feedback
- Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices
- Able to understand and use complex data structures and associated components
- Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications
- Takes part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work
- Has deep understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure technologies and components