Java Backend Engineer- Chicago, IL (Need to come for onsite interview), Hybrid role.

Pay rate: $80.00/hr on C2C.CAT

Interview Process: 3 rounds (1 hour each typically) ; coding exercises, theoretical questions to answer, etc. (Might be able to combine rounds dependent time)

IT Software Engineer 5 - (80400-1)

Chicago, IL

12 months

Job Description

Summary: The main function of a software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests software.

Job Responsibilities

Modify existing software written in Java, databases and database management systems.
Create service software, unit and integration tests.
Work as part of a project team to coordinate software development and determine project scope and limitations.
Review project requests describing user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and manage one's time.
Basic mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.
Ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue.
Knowledge of computer hardware and software.
Knowledge of computer development

Education/Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required.
10+ years experience required.

Position's Contributions to Work Group:

Team member contributing to programming, project management, and development assignments. Working on backend services in Client Digital platform

Reason/motivation for request

New Headcount

Typical task breakdown

Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision
Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls
Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
Drives application development focused around delivering business value
Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
Proactively reaches out for help when stuck on an issue after doing reasonable independent research
Maintains a sense of urgency when working on tasks and actively followup on any dependencies or blockers

Work environment

Hybrid; will need to go into office 2x a week ; this role could change where they need to go in office days a week, so please make sure your candidate(s) are fully good with that as well.

Education &

Experience Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or electrical engineering or related field is required w/ 10+ years' experience needed
Master's degree with 8+ years' experience

Technical Skills

(Required)

10+ years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java.

Proven experience in many of the following:

Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD, etc
Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
Experience with AI tools is a BIG PLUS**

Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following:

Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ.
Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs
Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible o Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.
Hands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and Selenium and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
Datastores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle. o Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc
Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms

Soft Skills