Job Description

Staff Engineer- Java/AWS HIGHLIGHTS
Location:   Hybrid (AZ) 
Position Type:   Contract
Hourly / Salary:   BOE

Our client is looking for a Staff Engineer Java/AWS to join their team!

Overall Purpose

Designs, develops, documents, tests, debugs, and maintains software product applications. Acts as a technical leader on the team, collaborates closely with the Architecture team and with other members of the team to deliver on the team’s backlog.

Essential Functions

• Ensures that platform architecture meets our growth, monitoring and alerting goals.
• Leads deep, complex, and high-risk technical projects, and control the communication around them.
• Collaborates with stakeholders and makes the right trade off decisions.
• Mentors junior team members with guidance around techniques, tools, and best practices.
• Stay current with industry trends and innovations through continuing education, company provided training and proof of concepts
• Designs and develops features and capabilities to enhance the client's core product offerings.
• Managing source code using Git.
• Querying platform data using SQL-based DBs.
• Working on complex Java Web Services using Spring Boot.
• Tracking sprint work in Jira and documenting complex details and decisions in Confluence.
• Building automated tests alongside sprint work that is integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Submit pull requests and integrate review feedback from others on the team.
• Able to troubleshoot complex bugs that may arise during development.
• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
• The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/ or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10 or more years of related industry experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Java
• Very good debugging, troubleshooting and low-level optimizations skills
• Proficient with Git source control
• Familiarity writing automated tests
• Advanced Proficiency with SQL
• Advanced Proficiency in RESTful service design
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and make the right trade off decisions.
• Able to use critical thinking skills and leverage relationships to influence decisions
• Background and drug screen

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred
• Spring / Spring Boot framework is beneficial
• Strong understanding of Event-based programming, Multi-threading, Memory management, Kernel/User mode, Fault tolerance, Distributed systems.
• Experience with Cloud
• Experience with SOAP services.
• Familiar working with common data format standards like XML, JSON YAML, etc.
• NoSQL experience (Redis, HBASE, AeroSpike, etc.)
• Experience with Kafka
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes
• FinTech experience is highly beneficial

Physical Requirements

• Our client works together in a highly collaborative office environment. Working conditions consist of a normal office environment.
• Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours.
• Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently.
• Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers.
• Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

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