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Job Description Summary:
The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, troubleshoots, debugs, and sets the direction for the design and implementation of software features/functionality/enhancements, correction of defects, and/or the creation of new products. Develops software tools including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools. Determines software’s compatibility with hardware and/or influences software's design in relation to hardware.The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for new products, new features and software enhancements. Rocket Application Modernization products is a low code solution for creating REST-based Application Modernization products that expose the data and functionality in legacy systems. Using these Application Modernization products with web and mobile interfaces and business-to-business integrations enables modernization of legacy systems without disruption.
Modernizing using Rocket Application Modernization products is an on-going, iterative process that leverages screen-based applications and back-end systems such as data sources and REST services to quickly address changing business needs.
You will be expected to work in a fast-paced environment where you will bring your deep technical expertise to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Your ability to collaborate effectively with other Rocketeers across geographies and technologies will be vital to retain our solutions as the premier technology in the industry. Apply for this exciting opportunity to grow professionally as a part of a dynamic team that continues to grow this business!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Mastery of software systems
- Proficient at complex programming, exercising independence and discretion while working independently
or as part of a team
- May lead a team on short or long-term projects as needed
- Act as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain and may act as the technical leader within a team
- Works independently to create new products, new features, implement software enhancements, correct defects.
- Set the direction for design and implementation of software features/functionality, correction of defects
and/or creation of new products
- Documents and communicates on complex technical topics outside the immediate development team
- May interact with customer users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications
- History of success working within a team environment
Required Qualifications/Experience
- Typically requires a minimum of 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 8 years and a Master’s degree
- Excellent designing and coding skills
- Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Ability to write clean, concise, understandable code
- Proven working experience in Java development
- Multithreading, memory management in code, performance aspects
- Expert in popular Java frameworks like Spring Boot and Spring MVC
- Experience with front-end development using React
- Experience with popular web servers like Apache Tomcat
- Experience in JMS, JSON documents
- Experience with SQL Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server) including JDBC
- Experience with Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems
- Proficient understanding and experience of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Experience with test-driven development using Junit, Mockito
- Some experience in / or a willingness to learn new technologies e.g. Docker, Kubernetes
- Fluency in English language, both written and spoken excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to deal professionally and collaboratively with all levels of the organization and across geographies
Additional Skills/Experience
- Agile development methodologies
- Outstanding quality with few bugs in generated code.
- Experience developing cloud native applications for AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with fully Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment e.g. Jenkins
Job Family Group: Engineering
Job Family: Software & Quality Assurance Engineering
Job Profile Name: Senior Software Engineer
Employee Type:Individual Contributor
Job Level: P4 (Advanced)
Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to [email protected]. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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What We Do
Rocket Software empowers organizations to create legendary impact in the world through innovation in legacy technologies. With deep expertise in IBM Z, IBM Power, and database and connectivity solutions, Rocket solutions power tens of thousands of global businesses, solving real problems and making real-world impact.
With more than 70% of the world’s IT workload running on legacy platforms, Rocket helps companies and public-sector organizations innovate using the technology and data they already have, so they can always be ready for what comes next. Rocket customers include 44 of the Fortune 50, representing industries including Banking and Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics, Retail and Insurance.
A Bain Capital portfolio company, Rocket is headquartered in the Boston area with centers of excellence strategically located throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
