Software Engineer II

Hiring Company:

Delicatessen Services Co., LLC

Overview:

The Software Engineer II is responsible for designing, developing, customizations, testing, and support of web applications or web services and their technical integrations. The developer will develop new, maintain and enhance existing functionality for Boar's Head's web applications and interfaces.

The person in this position will work with end users, as well as technical and functional team members to accomplish the design, coding, testing, and implementation of new applications to satisfy business needs.

The purpose of the position is to support Boar's Head critical business applications with a primary focus on the design and build phase of the SDLC.

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Core Development Activities

• Highly proficient in developing applications and services according to technical design documentation.
• Troubleshoots application problems and works with inside and outside resources as necessary to resolve them.
• Implements, customizes, and supports off-the-shelf software packages.
• Creates and communicates UI/UX design or technical design documentation.
• Uses appropriate tools to streamline development and support of applications and services.
• Enables the security of applications and services with adherence to security best practices and BHP security standards.
• Writes and follows written test plans to ensure highest quality work.
• Understands advanced relational database concepts and possesses knowledge of various database access methods.
• Review and diagnose other developer's code to solve production problems.
• Analyze high level business requirements and design strategic solutions for business problems.
• Work with functional leaders to define processes and then translate same into automated solutions using existing functionality where possible.
• Troubleshoot business problems and high-level systems issues on a daily basis working with functional and technical resources, providing technical support.
• Prepare technical design documentation for implementation of system requirements.
• Work with functional team to implement system specifications.
• Conduct system and unit testing to ensure enhancements, patches and fixes, and product updates work to specification and work properly with documented test results.
• Recommend enhancements to the application to improve the systems integrity, ease of use, and to increase productivity as appropriate.
• Work with other IT team members to assist in all aspects of application development and support as required.
• Performs and coordinates production release activities such as code migrations as necessary to support business requirements and operations schedules.

Process & Working Practices

• Follows Core Business Systems Development operational procedures.
• Acts as a mentor/coach to other application developers and system support analysts (Tier II); providing assistance to less experienced team members on production support issues and project tasks.
• Prepare weekly timesheets and status reports to management in addition to maintaining a work task list ensuring deliverables are met as scheduled and committed.
• Provide on call rotational support of critical business applications as scheduled and required in a professional and business-like manner.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced constantly evolving workplace.
• Demonstrate aptitude in logical and analytical thinking, as well as display strong problem-solving skills with experience in using a variety of diagnostic tools.
• Learn and continue to gain business operations knowledge.
• Communicate product readiness, level of quality, and results to project team members.
• Effectively communicates complex business and technical information to various audience levels including senior management, business community and staff members.
• Meets project deadlines and focuses on a task until it is complete by managing personal workload.
• Other project and responsibilities may be added at the manager's discretion.
• Research and adopt new technologies.
• Ability to document application architecture and current state diagrams.
• Creates and maintains web development operational procedures.
• Manage personal workload and schedule delivery performance.
• Proficiency in working on more than one project at a time.

Summary of Needs/Expectations

Boar's Head is currently looking to hire an experienced web developer to build the next generation of critical business applications. The ideal candidate will have experience in building intuitive, scalable, web-based applications meeting uncompromising standards of usability. We want people who are as passionate and dedicated to what they do as we are. Our current technology stack utilizes modern technologies including the Spring Framework, ReactJS framework, Java 17, Kubernetes. Think you have what it takes to be part of our team? Send us an email and tell us why.

As a Software Engineer you will:

• Develop a high-performance, scalable infrastructure powering Boar's Head web and mobile experiences
• Review, diagnose and provide solutions to solve production problems.
• Work with a team of developers, designers, business analysts and end users
• Influence the technology direction and software development policies and procedures
• Innovate and evangelize industry best practices
• Skills & Requirements Summary

• Experience developing web applications using a variety of languages, technologies and frameworks
• Familiarity with both Front-end and Back-end web application development
• Experience converting prototypes and wireframes into elegant markup
• Expert knowledge of Object Oriented Programming and design patterns.
• Understanding of web services and web technologies (e.g. HTTP, REST, JSON)
• Experience working with infrastructure in a cloud environment (e.g., Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services)
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Educational and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field required. Master's degree desired.
• Must have a minimum of 5+ years' relevant experience in web development.
• Technical Requirements (Must Have)
  • Backend development with Java 8+ using Spring Framework
  • Database integration using a JPA, such as Hibernate and Spring Data JPA
  • Integrating RESTful services through JavaScript front ends or other services using Spring WebFlux, etc
  • Hands on experience with proficiency in developing in HTML; CSS/LESS; JavaScript (ReactJS, JQuery)
  • Create Junit5 Tests, leveraging Mockito and Spring Testing Framework
  • Front End Frameworks such as Ulkit, Bootstrap, etc
  • Java based CMS, such as dotCMS
  • Templating language, such as Velocity, JSP, or maybe PHP
  • Fluent in web development tools such as IntelliJ IDEA
  • Capable of documenting application architecture and diagrams
  • Proficient in designing and documenting new implementations with standard design patterns such as OOAD.
  • Working knowledge of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC); exposure to Agile development methodologies
  • Understanding and hands on experience with complex architecture and integration points in an enterprise architecture environment
• Technical Requirements (Preferrable)
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with Apache Kafka or Apache Flink
  • Experience with Jira and Gitlab or other Git-based version control systems
  • Experience with development in a Linux environment
  • Experience in UI.UX Design or Graphic Design is a plus
  • Experience with additional tools such as Node.js, Java Messaging System, and Project Reactor is a plus
  • Experience with other languages and platforms including SQL and .NET is a plus

Language Skills

• Well-developed communication skills (oral, written, listening), as well as excellent interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands

• This position requires: Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Sitting, Standing, Reaching, and Bending.

Work Environment

• This position requires working in an office environment.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• This is primarily a first shift position but adjustments to shift start/end times may be required depending on future production support schedules.
• Availability for on-call during non-business hours is required.
• After-hours and weekend work is required for system troubleshooting, maintenance, and upgrades.

Location:

Sarasota, FL

Time Type:

Full time

Department:

Management Information Systems