[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer - Java @Empower

Role Description

As a Sr. Back End Engineer, you will be involved in all stages of the project lifecycle from requirements to development, to implementation in production environments. This position is very hands-on and requires a strong ability to adapt to challenging problems and an intense desire to work as part of a cohesive team. All team members are expected to keep abreast of the latest industry trends, technologies, and frameworks and to display industry competitive skills and techniques.

What will you do:

• Develop rich client web applications with JavaScript and utilize RESTful Java, Spring, Spring boot web services
• Construct, comment, unit test, and end-to-end test user interface programs, modules and components of medium complexity
• Work with and develop client programs, classes and sub-systems of medium complexity
• Maintain and support existing user interface applications of medium complexity
• Work with Business Analysts to ensure that technical design and programs satisfy business needs
• Contribute to peer UI code evaluations
• Implement quality assurance standards for development activities within assigned projects

Qualifications

• 5+ years of strong back-end experience specifically in Java, and Spring with modern tools such as Webpack, Enzyme, and Jest
• Demonstrable experience building world-class, consumer web application interfaces
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript fundamentals and ES6
• Knowledge of Oracle, MySQL database, SQL, CRUD, hibernate, JPA and ORM
• Experience writing unit tests for UI components using technologies like Jest, Chai, Mocha, react testing library and end-to-end testing using Selenium
• Working experience with browser APIs, and passion for optimizing front end performance
• Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of professional experience and/or training required

Requirements

• 4+ years of Back-end engineering experience in Java specifically in Spring, Spring boot framework
• Strong knowledge of security mechanisms such as OAuth2, JWT, SSO and Spring Security
• Any experience with web service development and AWS architecture
• Experience with Git, Java, Maven, and or Hudson/Jenkins are a plus
• Knowledge of client-side visualization libraries such as D3 is a bonus
• Experience with A/B testing and optimization is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Company Description

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.