Senior Java Developer

Motion Recruitment - Tempe, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Tempe, AZ

251-500 employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Java Developer will join a Fortune 500 transportation company in Fort Worth, TX, for a 12-month contract opportunity. This role involves leveraging cutting-edge technology to solve business problems in a collaborative environment, participating in all phases of the development process, and advocating for agile methodologies and test-driven development. The developer will work with various technologies and frameworks to enhance the codebase and ensure high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Leverage cutting-edge technology to solve business problems.
• Participate in all phases of the development process from inception through transition.
• Advocate for the agile process and test-driven development.
• Analyze, model, design, construct, and test reusable objects using object-oriented development tools.
• Scrutinize applications and services to ensure adherence to security standards.
• Facilitate team ceremonies and identify gaps in agile and technical practices.
• Develop soft skills and recommend personal growth paths in conjunction with the Delivery Manager.
• Participate in architecture and software design with the Squad.
• Partner with the Product Owner to support the overall Squad's delivery.

Requirements

• Proven experience in at least one object-oriented language.
• Proven experience in at least one web framework, preferably Spring, Spring Boot, or ASP.NET Core.
• Proven experience in SQL and ability to design relational database schemas.
• Ability to function in a Linux/Unix environment using shell commands.
• Proficiency in J2EE technologies: Java, JSP, JMS, JAXB, JDBC, EJB.
• Experience with database and persistence frameworks: Hibernate, Oracle, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning.
• Experience in cloud-based development: Cloud Foundry.
• Experience with web servers: Tomcat, tcServer, Websphere.
• Experience with web services: REST/SOAP (JSON/WSDL/XML).
• Proficiency in front-end technologies: Angular JS, Ext JS, CSS, jQuery, AJAX.
• Experience with build/deployment tools: Maven, Gradel, Git, Junit, Mockito.
• Experience with DevOps Toolchain: Selenium, Nexus Repository, Hygieia, SonarQube, Fortify on Demand, Slack, GitHub, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Logstaash, Kibana, New Relic.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles.
• Experience in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields or equivalent experience.
• Working experience building business-critical, Internet scale distributed systems or high-volume client/server systems.
• Experience using source control management systems.
• Exposure to using continuous integration/deployment environments.
• Experience delivering software using Agile methodologies like Extreme Programming, Kanban, or Scrum.
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD).
• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency.
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling, and optimization.

Benefits

• Contract duration of 12 months
• Opportunity to work with a Fortune 500 company
• Access to top technical resources
• Collaborative work environment