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This position will involve the ongoing development and support of a distributed web application. The candidate will be responsible for translating business requirements into cost-effective solutions, designing and developing those solutions with minimal supervision, and troubleshooting and supporting production systems. This position will also participate in the ongoing effort to modernize the platform and keep abreast of current best-practices.

General notes about the role beyond the job description, outlined below:

JavaScript/NodeJS
Experience with REST/GraphQL
Experience in API Design (Swagger/GraphQL/etc.)
Experience with Workflow Engines (BPM, Standalone, etc.). JAVA experience is a plus.
Basic understanding of Docker + Kubernetes
Basic understanding of Elasticsearch
Some experience with NoSQL and Document based databases.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Analyze application requests and business requirements for completeness and feasibility.
Estimate, design, prototype, develop, document, and unit test solutions to business problems on a project by project basis.
Mentor team members and aid in assigning work to engineers within the delivery team
Review programs developed by offshore team and provide comments, feedback and suggestions to Application Architect and other developers.
Participate in the daily design and implementation activities of core subsystems for new features, enhancements and revisions.
Support the enterprise platform as needed and provide instant hot-fixes for critical issues as needed.

Job Specifications
Knowledge:

A proven understanding of distributed systems, and development of applications using this model.
Experience working with cloud technologies, knowledge of cloud native architecture is a plus.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills working in a cross-functional team environment
Experience working in Agile methodology
High level of energy and enthusiasm.  Must have strong interpersonal, organizational, and advanced problem-solving skills.

Prior Work Experience

Technical:   8 – 10 years
Supervisory:   None