Software Developer

TekStaff's Client has a current vacancy for a Software Developer

Duration : This is a 12 month contract located in Toronto, Ontario/ Montreal, QC Hybrid

Job Description

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:

• Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities – code implementations, communicating with other team members, collaborating with other team members, and Code review.
• How much time is being spent in meetings – 10-15%
• Who are they interacting with (internal/external) – Internal
• Will the contractor have access to any customer data? NO!!!

MUST-HAVE Hard Skills:

1.) Strong Technical skills set – Java/ spring boots, GitHub and pipelines

2.) Collaboration skills

3.) Front end technology – Angular

4. good understanding of how infrastructure works.

NICE-TO-HAVE

1.) integrate with Guardwire

Description:

• Develop new solutions as required for engineering programs and projects within assigned area
• Develop new features and perform unit / component test for new application development initiatives aligned to business needs and in accordance with technology architecture standards
• Support business enquiries and business activities through execution of small enhancements and break / fix implementations (e.g. source code changes) May also be responsible for peer code review.
• Work with technology partners to ensure the configuration and custom components meet application requirements and performance goals
• Analyze the technical requirements to recommend pragmatic and sound engineering specific solutions for own area, may be involved in coding/story estimates
• Work with other stakeholders, internal technology partners to ensure engineering solutions meet technical direction, requirements, performance, time-to-market and innovation goals
• Monitor product lifecycles, ensuring specifications and functionality support business objectives and engineering decisions, undertaking re-development where required
• Document and verify system components, applications, system infrastructure, security, integration, operability and engineering related architecture designs associated with a program or project
• Participate in quality management reviews, in particular reviews of the designs, prototypes and other requirements work products to ensure they fulfill the requirements
• Create and maintain quality code, ensure defect free programming consistent with standards; provide code maintenance and support during testing cycles and post-production deployment and participate in reviewing peer coding
• Provide technical expertise during Incident management, analyze incident reports and outages, perform impact assessment for incidents and facilitate internal and external communication throughout incident resolution
• Participate in identifying and recommending development / testing solutions / tools in support of project / application objectives
• Assist in the development / maintenance of comprehensive processes for prevention of issues and participate in problem determination and timely resolution of incidents applying appropriate quality measures.
• Technical Competencies:
• The ideal candidate would have experience in many of the following:
• Expertise in Web Application Design/Development – Java/Spring Boot
• Experience with Angular, Node.js
• Experience with Tomcat, JBoss runtime environments
• Experience with Web Services Design/Development – REST, SOAP, JAX-WS, JAXB2, JAX-RS, Web API
• Experience with Agile delivery methodology, particularly Scrum or a derivation (e.g., Product Backlog Definition, User Stories Estimation and Prioritization methodologies, Task Breakdown, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective), and related tools (e.g., Confluence, JIRA)
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tooling (e.g., Maven, Nexus, Jenkins)
• Experience with GIT (Stash) and Bitbucket
• Relational DBMS proficiency (i.e., Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2)

Additionally, the following experience and skills would be considered an asset:

• Cloud Technologies (i.e., Azure, AWS)
• Integration with vendor products and experience working with Third Party external companies.

TekStaff may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.