Associate Staff Engineer

Company Description

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (15000+ experts across 26 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in!

Job Description

• Perform new application development, including initial design and workload evaluation, to estimate work duration.
• Provide maintenance support and enhance the performance of existing application code.
• Review, document, and refactor existing application code to optimize efficiency.
• Analyze and design databases within the application area, working individually or coordinating as part of a team.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production software issues, providing timely solutions.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to assess the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Collaborate with systems analysts, engineers, programmers, and product managers to design systems, gather project limitations, and understand system requirements.
• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for system analysis and capability evaluation.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict outcomes and consequences of design decisions.
• Develop and coordinate unit testing, system testing, and validation procedures, ensuring proper documentation.
• Ensure all software development adheres to system performance standards set by the organization.
• Coordinate software deployments and monitor applications to ensure they meet the required specifications.
• Mentor junior developers and provide guidance on technical issues and best practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management, ensuring compliance with legal policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of recent software development experience, with strong proficiency in Java/Spring.
• Proficient in Object-Oriented Design and Programming (OOD/OOP).
• Experience with build management tools, preferably Maven.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems, particularly Git.
• Proficiency in IDE-based development using Eclipse or IntelliJ.
• Skilled in building unit tests and integration tests using JUnit or similar testing frameworks.
• Strong SQL/NoSQL development experience.
• Proven experience building web services, preferably in RESTful architecture.
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience working with asynchronous messaging technologies such as JMS, Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, or RabbitMQ.
• Expertise in production troubleshooting and analysis using log/debugging tools like Splunk or AppDynamics.
• Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Tomcat, or Jetty.
• Proficient in handling transactions across databases and services.
• Strong understanding of process improvement and product management principles.
• Experience working with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate.
• Skilled in multi-threading and concurrent programming.
• Knowledge of security frameworks, caching technologies, and microservice architecture.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture and scaling applications for performance and availability.
• Expertise in data interchange technologies such as JSON and XML.

Must-Have Skills:

• Java/Spring, Object-Oriented Programming, SQL/NoSQL, RESTful Web Services, Multi-threading, Production Troubleshooting, Messaging Technologies (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), Unit Testing, Docker/Kubernetes, Git.

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Asynchronous Messaging (JMS, Apache Pulsar), Transaction Handling, ORM (Hibernate), Microservices, Enterprise Architecture, Security Frameworks, Cache Technologies, JSON/XML.