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ShiftCode Analytics, Inc. · 5 months ago

Lead Java Software Engineer-

Reston, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

ShiftCode Analytics, Inc. is seeking a Lead Java Software Engineer to support a leading health insurance customer in Reston, VA. The role involves leading a team of software engineers in the design and development of applications while ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.

AnalyticsConsultingInformation Technology

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications

Performs and leads the detailed technical design, coding, code review, and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications

Serves as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications

Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation

Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures

Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users

Ensures compliance with the dev/sec/ops practices and policies

Understanding of architectural practices and design

Identifies gaps in requirements and solves problems for the supporting staff

Identifies sequencing of services and technologies that are integrated in later phases of the project

Leads the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts to existing or proposed projects/programs and implements risk mitigation actions

Develops ways to improve performance and increase system availability

Provides recommendations to infuse new technology

Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis

Supports the Project Manager as the technical team lead on the project

Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers

Confers with clients to identify requirements and determine desired outcomes to formulate the design of the system or offer alternatives

Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programming and integration frameworks and tools

Assist in the estimation of the development of application features

Leads software design and development teams

Identifies, analyzes, defines, and coordinates user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements

Manages technical resources (hardware, software, licenses, and services)

Plans and leads transformation initiatives to new software architectures

Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team

Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap/architecture discussions

Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices

Ensure code quality, deployment standards, and practices

Mentoring junior developers

Qualification

JavaMicroservicesSpring frameworkAWSMongoDBAngularAgile methodologiesSoftware development life cycleCommunication skillsMentoring

Required

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology or Computer Science

Instead of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience

Experience: 8 years in Software design and development, software testing and evaluation, software requirements management

MUST HAVES: Java, microservices, Spring framework, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, MQ, AWS - EKS, Lambda, S3, event bridges, step functions, SQS, MongoDB

Works closely with Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Value Stream Managers to provide insight into delivering business value and meeting objectives

Decomposes functional and technical requirements into project activities and tasks and provides conceptual design, prototype, and test cycles appropriate to a chosen technical solution

Identifies technical risks and develops mitigation strategies; introduces and recommends industry best practices and standards for the project

Evaluates and assists in the selection and procurement of hardware and software technologies and serves as a mentor for junior developers

Works with stakeholders as well as technical and analytical counterparts to define constraints and develop requirements and concept of operations documentation

Advanced knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure)

Advanced knowledge of database technologies (e.g., cloud, SQL, Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.)

Advanced knowledge of software engineers' best practices, agile methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines

Advanced knowledge of test-first practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests

Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools, and have expertise in CI/CD tools and frameworks

Experience with deploying a global application and configuration management

Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback

Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise

Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships

Knowledge and understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC)

Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems

Expert knowledge of programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal