Applications Developer III

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT: 

The Applications Developer III is responsible for analyzing, designing, building, configuring, testing, and implementing business and technical IT solutions, following established software development life cycle methodologies. The ideal candidate should possess a keen eye for identifying defects, demonstrate strong teamwork skills, and communicate effectively across teams and stakeholders.

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: 

• Develop with quality through hands-on development and attention to detail
• Contribute as part of a team to research, develop, deploy, and maintain software for use within the company, designs, codes, tests, ensures quality assurance, debugs and deploys application system
• Work closely on an agile team of product owner, other engineers and scrum master in a collaborative environment
• Uses appropriate tools to analyze, identify, and resolve business and/or technical problems
• Readily available to troubleshoot and solve unforeseen production incidents
• Develop compelling web application functionality, including business logic and user interactions on high-traffic web applications.
• Take part in data/service/API/web/mobile design architecture discussions and pro-actively give solutions/recommendations
• Involves in the development and debuggingof integration solutions (ApiGee proxies) on the revised integration platform – KAFKA
• Actively participate in feature software design with senior and principal developer mentors
• Interacts with the customer to gain an understanding of the business environment and technical context
• Validates scope, plans, and deliverables for assigned projects
• CI/CD pipeline updates and working with DevOps for production deployment and post productionpost-production validation/support
• Leads the research, design, architecture, development, implementation, and support of information technology solutions encompassing multiple specializations, platforms, and technologies
• Researches, analyzes, recommends, and implements new technologies, standard processes, tools, and techniques
• Partner with product management to understand product vision and drive business value
• Contribute to and comply with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) requirements for Service-level Objectives and meet service level agreements for production support response and resolution 
• Mentoring staff and associate developers in the team, to make them understand about the techs that needed to run the project smoothly.
• Provide expert technical guidance and mentoring to others in areas of expertise
• Being readily available to solve any unforeseen production downtimes/inciden 

Skills:

• Demonstrates strong attention to detail, excellent problem-solving abilities, and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work efficiently in agile development environments
• Hands-on experience in application development and integration using technologies such as
  •  Java, 
  • Spring Boot,
  •  JavaScript, 
  • Kafka,
  • Kafka Connectors
  • KSQL DB
  • GCP
  • Apigee Proxies, Apigee Integration
  •  MongoDB, 
  • and Quarkus
• Proficient in containerization and orchestration tools, including Kubernetes and Docker
• Skilled in developing services with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and testability
• Experienced in unit testing frameworks to ensure code quality and reliability
• Expertise in web services development, including SOAP and RESTful APIs
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP), design patterns, and SOLID design principles
• Knowledgeable in Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control (IoC) container concepts
• Experience working with cloud-based solutions and architectures
• Familiar with change management tools , including source control practices and branching strategies in tools like GIT.
• Adept at application and performance tuning to optimize system efficiency and responsiveness

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in the IT/Technology industry (C# .NET, JAVA)
• 4 years of experience in application development
• 2 years of experience in leading design and implementation of complex web applications
• 2 years of experience in systems/application architecture for web applications
• Preferred: Agile Experience 

Education:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience   supporting  transactional   web   system  in   production   environments, including   log aggregation, remote debugging, pro-active monitoring of systems, for example through developing alerts
• Experience with international or multi-level marketing business
• Experience with monitoring tools. 
• Certifications for desired non-niche programming languages