Java Developer

Java developer , awsJD : Java/Senior Java Developer Required Skills / Experience ● Experience using MVC Java Frameworks such as Play Framework or Spring Framework ● Experience using Dependency Injection with Spring 4.2+ or Google Guice ● Proficient using SQL and designing Normalized Relational Database Schemas ● Can thrive within an Agile team. Open to mentoring others on the team and sharing knowledge/experience ● Comfortable with pairing with developers and other team members ● Linux/Unix experience required ● Ability to learn new technologies quickly ● Experience using TDD and/or BDD ● Identify when a certain design pattern could help and follow it to create working software ● Able to understand requirements and translate those to a domain then translate that domain to design working software (Domain Driven Design). ● Good written and verbal communication skills Desired Skills ● Some experience with Apache Spark or Apache Storm/Heron is desired ● Capable of using Version Control Systems such as git. Open to teaching git if needed. ● Familiarity with managed CI tools such as Circle CI, Travis CI or Codeship ● Experience with Cassandra, Kafka, Drools, AWS Kinesis or AWS Lambda is a plus Key Responsibilities Metric Comments Develop new features, fix bugs, refactor where needed Points completed per sprint Prefer Smart work vs. Hard work Ownership of accepted tasks and completing them on time (Meaning: if blocked or having difficulties with a task, ask for help and update estimates) Points completed within estimates and outside estimates per sprint Aim to get tighter on estimates Participate in the sprint planning meetings to make estimates for feature development, ask questions and suggest improvements. Level of participation in the meetings Participate in show and tells and present the work that was completed Team level metric of points completed per sprint Pair with QA to find edge scenarios (or missing scenarios) and convert them into test cases and steps for a particular feature or bug fix Number of correctly built features per sprint Co-ordinate with the Project Manager and QA to prioritize and fix bug. Write unit tests to re-create bugs, and then fix those bugs Total time from initial bug report to patching production Write TDD and BDD Tests as features are being developed. (Only count a feature or bug fix complete if all automated tests pass.) Tests Pairing with QA to ensure proper regression testing of existing functionality Pairing Time Participating in the standup meetings and providing the status updates Recommend alternate methods and/or improvements to our development process and developer operations during retrospective meetings. Practice Domain Driven Design to design and architect a scalable, resilient and responsive product Reactive Manifesto Prepare a “Lunch and Learn” presentation once every 6 months on any technology topic that’s interesting and present it to the whole office.