Principal Application Developer

ADP is hiring a Principal Application Developer in our Pasadena, California location.

• Are you empathetic to client needs and inspired by transformation and impacting the lives of millions of people every day
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?

Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to design what's next?
In this role, you will work within a scrum team to bring the designs and ideas to life for new or improved web applications. This work will support a mix of internal and external clients. You will work with clients, product managers, architects, software engineers, and more to plan, design, develop, test, and implement impactful solutions that support companies with one to millions of employees.
You will start your day on a scrum call to prioritize and track work. Within the team you work on, you will choose user stories to work within a sprint cycle. You will spend most of your day developing and testing your code. Every three weeks, you will be involved in the release activities.
As a Principal Application Developer, you will work closely with your team to lead and guide projects to success. You'll have a hands-on role designing, developing, debugging, and deploying software solutions where you can leverage your expertise with code complexities. You'll also serve as a mentor to the junior developers. In the senior role, you will balance the assigning of user stories through prioritization and consideration of the technical interests of each developer on the team. As part of our team, you'll find exciting challenges, get opportunities to grow your career, and develop solid friendships as we design what's next for ADP and the industry. Pace should not scare you. We still find time for a healthy dose of fun.
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A little about ADP: We are a global leader in HR technology, offering the latest AI and machine learning-enhanced payroll, tax, HR, benefits, and much more. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive, down-to-earth culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. ADP has a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as a global Best Places to Work, DiversityInc® Top 50 Company, Best CEO and company for women, LGBTQ+, multicultural talent, and more. Learn more about ADP's commitment on our YouTube channel: http://adp.careers/DEI_Videos
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Here's what you can expect on a typical day:

• Build teams that thrive. As an experienced leader, you want everyone to shine. You'll start each day by checking in with your engineering team to identify priorities and challenges. You'll find a way to make the team's day go smoother. You are constantly looking for ways to share your knowledge, motivate others and keep everyone engaged and productive
• Build Products. You will use your technical expertise to review your team's work and help your people excel in an Agile environment. You're proactive and hands-on. When you see a potential issue, you never leave things hanging and unfinished. When you and your team deliver a finished product, it's as polished as you could make it.
• Responsibilities. Research, design, develop, and modify enterprise-wide systems and software applications. Prototype solutions and recommend the adoption of new technologies. Collaborate with architectural peers, product owners, UX/UI, internal and external stakeholders, and globally distributed teams to understand software application requirements and develop software applications that meet clients' specifications. Describe fine-grained components, application programming interfaces and frameworks (development and runtime) of a system based on solution requirements. Develop the automation strategy and test-driven methodologies to ensure compliant software product quality. Write automated test cases, test plans, and test execution of product features. Write automation code to perform behavior driven testing. Develop API automation suites and execute performance testing. Support the deployment of application software releases to Production and Non-Production environments. Be a part of the core automation architect team focusing on prototyping solutions, research new technologies and propose new automation strategies and approaches. Define engineering best practices and assist teams in writing elegant code using effective automated unit tests and Test-Driven Development methodologies
• Influence and inspire confidence. You are comfortable presenting to senior leaders, product owners, and peers with a compelling voice that you demonstrate through executive presence, leading change, and creating clear executive-level communications on milestone achievements.
• Work Experience. Four (4) years of experience must include: Java; OOAD; Microservice Architecture; Restful web services; Test driven development in JUnit, Mockito and Spring Test framework; UI Automation in Selenium, Serenity and Cypress; Behavior driven testing using Cucumber; API Automation in ReadyAPI or JMeter and RestAsssured; Amazon web services including S3, SQS, Kinesis and Kubernetes; Database including Postgres and MongoDB; and Logging and monitoring platforms including Splunk, Dynatrace or Datadog.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:

• Education & Experience Requirements. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related Engineering discipline or a related field plus seven (7) years of related experience. Employer will accept a master's degree plus four (4) years of related experience.

YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to find the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundation.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!
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