Java Developer
Seattle, WA 98104
Long Term
No C2C at this moment, any Visa okay. Thanks!
• 7+ years of experience with Java Development: Creating Object Oriented Java code in a high scalable e-commerce environment- enterprise with millions of transactions
• REST API developing from scratch and using REST and familiar with SOAP
• Computer Science Fundamentals: Understand SOA, performance and scalability, data structures, algorithms, etc.
• (Ideally candidates have worked in a cloud environment familiar with Tomcat, Docker, AWS.)
This team is responsible for creating the international apps for the Disneyland, California Adventures, Disney World, Disney Paris, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
We are establishing a new services team to build out the capabilities of designing backend RESTful API Services. This team will design, develop and integrate new services for the ecommerce features of the native mobile apps for all the global themeparks.
This team will leverage existing micro services running on AWS in Docker containers. The services will be hosted in AWS and the infrastructure is already in place. The goal is to create a standard for services and how they will integrate across multiple features for all of Parks and Resorts Mobile Apps.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
• Participate in a daily stand up as a team to prioritize and assign tickets
• Perform peer code reviews for immediate and related teams
• Contribute to continuous integration / continuous delivery concepts and troubleshoot related issues
• Test own code prior to pass over to QA Team
• The team will leverage existing SQL and noSQL databases to run basic queries to create tables and access data.
• Will use Docker and Tomcat to host services
• Utilize REST principles and design
• The team's primary responsibility is new development.
• Initially will also contribute to the sustainment of existing services as they implement new APIs.
• Design and Develop solutions with multiple technologies, complex environments and determine which is appropriate for the situation
• Capable of implementing industry best-practice processes related to application development concepts, designs, and architectures
• Apply company policies and procedures to resolve complex issues
• Prepare and review estimates for tasks and/or projects
• Participate in the design process of new features and enhancements to the software platform.
• Participate in the development effort resulting in well structured, easily maintained program code.
• Meet all established policies and procedures within technology and corporate environment for the assigned projects
• Prepare and execute unit, system and integration test scripts within multiple
Basic Qualifications
TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED
• Minimum 5-7 years' relevant experience in JAVA development with proven record of creating commercial quality software solutions
• Experience with Spring, Hibernate.
• Experience implementing REST web services.
• Very strong analysis skills and an ability to solve problems with code.
• Experience delivering projects working with teams using Agile/SCRUM/Iterative delivery methodologies is a must.
• Strong knowledge of unit testing, behavioral testing and continuous integration best practices.
• Ability to perform across all phases of system development for multiple complex projects; including coding, technical design, and end-to-end testing
• Ability to clearly document own work products and review and contribute to the documentation across multiple projects
• Experience with unit/project testing, implementation, and deployment activities that include coordination of activities from more than one team
• Experience with Agile development practices including story development, estimating, sprint planning, and leading team scrums
• Current with trends in the technology marketplace
SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. The position requires frequent communication with colleagues and partners in several different geographic locations and time zones
• Proven ability to work with all members of an extended and diverse project team
• Proven ability influencing business and technology leadership
• Must be detail-oriented, self-organized, be committed to quality and be capable of tracking multiple issues simultaneously
• Candidate must have mentoring and guidance skills to provide oversight and direction to contractors and junior members of the team
• Excellent time management skills
Preferred Qualifications
• 7+ years' work experience
• Technical Architecture experience designing and implementing complex enterprise applications in B2C e-commerce
• Strong hands on technical skills in web technologies, Java, SOA, application servers, portal servers, middleware, ecommerce, enterprise application integration, databases, security, performance & scalability.
• Strong OO foundation
• Experience with Oracle RAC, MySQL, DB2 or other database products
• The ability to quickly learn new concepts and technologies and convert them into solutions when needed
• Prior experience working with geographically dispersed development teams (a plus)