FORTNA partners with the world’s leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our development team, focusing on the analysis, technical vetting, design, and development of our diverse project and product portfolios, including both existing offerings and new product lines. This position includes significant client-facing responsibilities, requiring the successful candidate to work collaboratively with clients on-site to ensure that development objectives are aligned and project outcomes meet client expectations. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with other development staff to ensure that our implementations are conducted efficiently, monitored consistently, documented thoroughly, and maintained sustainably. This role is ideal for a professional who combines technical expertise with a commitment to quality and innovation in software development practices, and who excels in client engagement and communication.
- Analyzing and reporting on areas of potential improvement for the Fortna Product Suite, including vetting of new technology that can bring strategic advantage to Fortna.
- Developing Client projects using Fortna Product Suite, and provide guidance/coaching to other junior developers during the project delivery process
- Developing Proof of Concept implementations to establish the feasibility and demonstrating the application of new technology to new products or extensions to existing products.
- Taking the lead in designing, implementing and testing new software products and technologies.
- Participating in design, developing and delivering the solutions for end-users and Clients.
- Assisting Software QA and Infrastructure Engineers in Qualifying, Deploying and Packaging Company’s software product and libraries.
- Assisting Software QA in design and development of test plans and frameworks.
- Maintaining high quality software source code and design documentation.
- Providing remote support and troubleshooting for client's systems.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience with Java, Spring boot, SQL, Oracle, JMS
- Bachelor’s in computer science or related field
- 6+ years of experience with Software design and development
- Experience with micro-services and large-scale system
- Experienced in both thick-client and web UI interface use paradigms and usability issues and patterns for both
- Experience with other open-source application servers and open source development tools
- Software development life cycle (SDLC) experience
- Time sensitive, high transaction-based processing experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate to project members and stakeholders
- Team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Polish
- Ability to travel extensively nationally and internationally. On-site work at client's location (UK) up to 70% of the time.
- Permanent Polish tax residency.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in Material handling domain
- Experience with Warehouse Execution Systems
- Experience with Warehouse Management Systems
- Machine controls and embedded system programming experience
Core Required skills:
Java 8+ Object-Oriented Programming in Java Design Pattern in Java Java Message Service (aka JMS) - Apache Active MQ, Apache Kafka Spring Boot and Spring Framework Java Persistance API (JPA) – Hibernate SQL and Store Procedure with Oracle and PostgreSQL Maven, Junit4 Source Control using Git and GitHub
Good to have, but not required Front End skills:
JavaScript ES6 React HTML 5 + CSS 3 Testing frameworks: Jest, Jasmin
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Fortna partners with the world’s leading brands to transform their distribution operations to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives. Known world-wide as the Distribution Experts™, we design and deliver intelligent solutions, powered by FortnaWES™ software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools, ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our clients with comprehensive services including network strategy, distribution center operations, material handling automation, supply chain systems and warehouse software design and implementation.
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