Assistant Frontend Developer Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

The Backend Developer II will support the development of Electrify America's back-end systems. The role shall continually develop technology-forward, cutting edge software solutions to address the backend and the downstream systems including website and mobile app goals as well as to create and manage APIs that work across devices, and multiple external partners. The selected candidate will leverage experience to support communication between servers, applications and databases. Furthermore, the candidate will be proficient at leveraging tools to find, save or change data with the goal to serve it back to the user in front-end code.

Expert in backend software development, the selected candidate will work closely with front-end developers, backend developers and Vendors providing server-side algorithms for user-facing web application elements. Responsible for coding and creating logic to support optimal functioning of web applications, this role will also optimize the applications for ever-increasing response time and efficiency. 

This position is a key member of a team responsible for the software development lifecycle of company's applications which support and manage Electrify Americas EV charging hardware.

The Backend Developer will solve problems quickly and effectively, taking long-term and far-reaching implications into consideration, and will create long-term solutions to ensure optimal performance while managing load successfully.

Quick analysis and correct ingestion of business or functional requirements, and translation to technical requirements, together with nimble review, analysis and successful resolution of bugs or errors, are critical to this position. The Backend Developer will help build, maintain and improve upon a system architecture that supports frequent enhancements and updates to stay ahead of trends and innovations as well as future business needs.

Main responsibility -Backend development 100 % of time spent

• Develop and refactor high-quality reliable, secure, and performing code
• Develop unit tests covering the entirety of the code base
• Perform regular code reviews, identify improvements for readability, maintainability, security, performance and other aspects of code quality
• Regularly participate in Agile rituals and assist in work sizing/estimation
• Participate in the secure development lifecycle leveraging best development practices
• Continuously evaluate current code base to identify risks and technical debt, implement improvements
• Optimize Solutions for scalability, speed and resiliency
• Create, test, enhance and manage APIs that work across devices, including with external partners
• Meet regularly and work closely with internal and external developers (including front-end and UI/UX), project managers and Technology team members to develop modern innovative software solutions to address user needs and business goals with  prioritizing overall quality and security
• Support functional, performance, scalability, cybersecurity and other testing
• Configure backend usability of frontend applications
• Review and analyze and triage bugs/issues and create long-term solutions tacking into account module dependencies and operating constraints
• Work alongside the DevOps team to use and evolve the CI/CD pipeline
• Help build, maintain and improve upon a system architecture that supports frequent enhancements and updates
• Continuously learn to stay ahead of the technology trends and innovate relentlessly
• Develop and document technical designs and specifications associated with the software modules
• Write and maintain technical documentation in Confluence or other tools
• Attend and/or lead technical meetings with other Developers and Vendors
• Mentor junior developers and promote robust architecture and best development practices

Years of Relevant Experience:

• 7+ years of software development experience

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related field
• Other degree/ certification with extensive proven backend stack developer experience

Skills:

• Computer literacy - set up and use software development tools, office software, productivity tools
• Critical thinking and problem solving - planning and developing test plans and test cases, analyzing faults and troubleshooting software; developing new solutions to support efficiencies
• Communication skills - interaction and collaboration within the development team, other teams, departments, and customers, excellent written and spoken communication, including presentation skills
• Organization and task management - managing personal workload in alignment with goals and priorities; assisting the development team to self-organize and coordinate work; attention to details
• 2+ years of experience technical gathering requirements, designing and developing software solutions
• 5+ years of hands on experience as a backend software developer
• Experience in all phases of Software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Growth mindset; demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies or priorities and learn or pivot quickly
• Curiosity to keep learning
• Excellent teamwork and cross-functional team management skills
• Ability to work closely with the Solutions Architect, Data Architect, DevOps Lead and cross teams

Specialized Skills (Required):

• Strong proven experience and success record developing distributed and cloud-native SOA back end applications
• Experience developing and managing APIs
• Proficiency in backend coding/development using Java and working knowledge of Python, Javascript
• Proficiency using no-sql databases such as MongoDB; experience using Postgres
• Knowledge of backend frameworks, such as Spring Boot, Redis, and similar
• Basic understanding of at least one front-end tech such as Java/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, to support efficiency and alignment with front-end developers
• Knowledge of software design patterns and proven experience implementing software patterns in the application code
• Strong experience debugging the code, using tracing, logging and profiling
• Experience writing unit tests as part of an automated test harness
• Working knowledge of cryptography, secure communications, secure software development practices
• Knowledge of good coding practices and experience performing code reviews
• Familiarity with Linux command line environment

Specialized Skills (Desired):

• Experience with developing high-availability software
• Experience developing highly scalable applications
• Experience with PKI, TLS, X.509 certificates

Work Flexibility:

• Regular working hours; occasional after-hours software troubleshooting
• Up to 5-10% domestic and international travel

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In the state of Virginia, the salary range is $105,400 - $168,700