WCS Lead Developer

Halo Group is a premier provider of IT talent. We place technology experts within
the teams of the world’s leading companies to help them build innovative
businesses that keep them one step closer to their customers and one step
ahead of the competition. We offer a meaningful work environment for
employees, attractive and interesting engagements for consultants, and cutting-edge
digital innovation for our customers.
We delight in helping our customers execute their digital vision. Big projects or
small, Halo Group knows that by combining the highest quality talent with our
unwavering support, we will become an invaluable extension of the team. Halo
Group's experienced consultants in Detroit, Atlanta and Dallas specialize in all
areas of product/project governance, UX/UI, multi-platform applications, quality
assurance/testing, cloud computing, and data analytics.
Since its inception, Halo Group has been recognized for numerous awards, including: 
- INC 5000
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- Michigan 50 Companies to Watch
- Goldline Research - “Most Dependable Companies”
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Job Description:
Experience Level: 9-10 years and above
Main duties and responsibilities:
Architecture & Design
• Independently drives the design of a module and can work on the necessary patterns notations and tools
• Provides inputs and directions to Associates on the team for designing and creating design artifacts
• Participates in design reviews of other modules and provide insightful comments to improve the design quality and design conformance to standards
• Implements slice of application (EAR) and proofs of concept (spike solution) to prove any new technologies or integration scenarios in the module
• Drives the performance tuning, re-design and re-factoring for a module
• Provides innovative solutions to project level technical issues
• Contributes to designing and implementing the build release process as well as system configuration and deployment characteristics of the application Development
• Writes application code to meet expected quality standards by conforming to the steps of doneness defined by the project.
• Identifies, creates unit test cases and writes code to validate those test cases
• Participates in technical walkthroughs/ code reviews of other team members’ components, test plans and results and help them with gaps
• Provides inputs and directions to Associates/Sr. Associates on the team during, implementation and support phases
• Works with Associates to create unit test cases and testing strategies for the modules they are working on Planning, Tracking & Estimation
• Estimates the implementation and deployment of the module based on module design and how the module fits into the overall project architecture, construction and testing strategy and overall project plan
• Assists the architect in coming up with the overall estimates for the project along with any key risks and issues and their mitigation
• Reports accurate status for their work and of his/her group
• Identifies & escalates issues that might delay the work and propose suitable alternatives. In particular, to handle issues that might impact the quality or the ability to deliver to timescales or estimates. Process Adherence
• Creates and maintains the design documentation for the modules he/she is responsible for.
• Documents the technical design using UML, suitable design patterns in the form of technical design narrative, object models, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams

Skills : WCS, WebSphere Commerce. Design, Architect

Titles: WCS Developer, Lead WCS Developer, Senior WCS Developer, Senior Java Commerce Developer, Web Sphere Developer