User Interface Developer

Title: IT - User Interface Developer
Location: Groveport, OH
Rates: $56-60/hr
Duration: 12 months

Job Description:

• Engages actively in building out a dynamic and productive development organization and continuously improving practices and methodology.
• Works collaboratively with technical and business team members to develop and maintain business solutions following Agile development principles and practices.
• Designs and develops applications with an eye towards simplicity, reliability, manageability, scalability, extensibility, performance and re-use.
• Provides technical expertise in the areas of architecture, design, implementation, and testing. Sets and adheres to software coding and style guides to ensure consistency.
• Participates in pairing and code reviews.
• Writing runtime and test code.
• Supports (2nd level) and troubleshoots problems with existing applications.

Skill Set:

• Self-motivated team player who excels in a collaborative environment.
• Strong sense of personal accountability; contributes beyond job role and responsibilities.
• Excellent problem solving skills; meticulous & methodical.
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly and be self-directed.
• Passionate about continuously improving organizational practices.
• A minimum of 5 years software development experience, 3 years of which are Java/J2ee specific, is required.
• Thorough understanding of Object Oriented principles (Analysis and Design).
• Extensive experience and proficiency with front-end related technologies – Javascript, CSS/XHTML, JSP, JSTL.
• Extensive experience and proficiency with Cross-browser, cross-platform development.
• Must have a strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver pixel perfect implementations.
• Robust understanding of Java and an in-depth understanding of other Java technologies, including Servlets, Struts, Tiles, JDBC, JMS, Spring.
• Full lifecycle development experience on large projects, creating distributed and scalable business systems.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with website performance, security, and accessibility preferred. Experience with Mobile platform development preferred.
• Experience with WebServices (REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.)
• Experience with relational databases and data access (JDBC/DAO/SQL) Oracle strongly preferred.
• Hands on experience with Agile methodologies highly desirable.
• Familiarity with Ruby. Experience with test automation frameworks.
• Experience in developing and driving SOA strategies within large enterprises and deploying SOA implementations to production a big plus.