Direct Client Java Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Summary

Leads software application development projects of all sizes for systems assigned to productized SCRUM team. Design and architect scalable solutions for our public- and consultant facing web sites, back-end tools, and APIs following Agile development methodologies. Mentors other developers on the team or across other teams. Self motivated and directed, with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. Analytical and problem solving abilities, paired with keen attention to detail.

Education

BS in CS, CIS, MIS, Engineering -OR-

Relevant industry experience

 Job Responsibilities

Lead web or mobile applications or components delivery using software disciplines from design through coding to deployment and maintenance

Provide technical leadership and execute on new market initiatives, continuously improving the codebase, architecture, and processes of existing systems

Mentor other engineers, review their work, and provide constructive feedback

Write solid, maintainable, and testable code, paired with useful documentation

Build and maintain scalable ecommerce APIs (e.g. shopping cart management, order management, etc.) that will support internal, consultant and .com facing set of tools

Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits

Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team

Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.

Analyze and resolve technical and application problems

Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code

Provide production support to business users

Drive innovation within the team in areas including: development efficiencies, custom component development & integration, leading-edge industry concepts and developments.

Share knowledge in areas of your excellence by setting up and holding brown bag sessions

Establish working relationships with all the productized SCRUM teams and key team members and across the IT organization as appropriate

Coordinates efforts across interfacing systems and service providers to resolve system issues

Identify and leverage new and emerging hardware and software technologies and products to maintain industry competitiveness

Verifies integration test specifications to ensure proper testing

Creates integration plans to support systems interface testing

Identifies new areas for process improvements to enhance performance results

Job Skillset Web

Java is your language of choice; you have strong command over it to develop reliable, secure, and high-performing services. You bring expertise working with a variety of Java-based frameworks and runtime environments

You have strong relational modeling skills, and have worked extensively with relational databases

You can write mobile optimization/responsive-adaptive code including HTML5 and CSS3

You never write a line of code that's not testable; you're familiar with testing frameworks (e.g. JUnit, Mockito, etc.)

You are proficient in testing software including unit tests, integration testing and regression testing; experience with unit test tools and frameworks (e.g. JUnit, JMeter, Selenium etc.)

You have in depth experience with server side design, development and building highly concurrent and throughput applications using Core Java, JSPs, Servlets, XML/XSL/XSLT/XSD, JAXB, JavaScript, and Ajax

You are seasoned with SOAP and RESTful web services including web services standards and r

Experience Web

10+ years of experience in Object-Oriented software design and development

10+ years experience in CORE JAVA

5+ years of experience in the entire enterprise environment including Spring Frameworks, JMS, RMI, JSP, Hibernate, Enterprise Integration Patterns

5+ years of experience in application design and development

4+ years of experience in leading and managing Java / J2EE backend development teams

4+ years experience with Apache Solr, Lucene, REST/SOAP/Web Services, XML, JSON

4+ years experience with relational Databases like Oracle

3+ years experience with AJAX techniques and modern JavaScript libraries

3+ years experience with Open Source frameworks such as Spring

3+ years experience with multi-threaded programming

3+ years experience of delivering e-commerce/consumer websites at scale (thousands of requests/second) under tight latency constraints is a big plus

3+ years Experience in a e-commerce frameworks such as hybris, ATG or broadleaf a plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.