Developer II, Product

American Bureau of Shipping•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Developer ll is responsible for the design, development, and code quality. What You Will Do: Solid working experience in all aspects of designing and constructing J2EE systems and developing system requirements and design specifications UI development using Swing Component development, Business class, Session Bean implementation and Entity Object using J2EE framework and reports Data design and data management experience using Oracle, MSSQL Server and MySQL Query optimization and data synchronization Service Oriented Architectures, Web Services Component Architectures Design and coding skills used in individual contribution and code reviews of other team members Troubleshoot issues quickly in support of hotfix demands as well as operate against a planned development schedule Must have good communication skills, an appreciation for systems lifecycle methodology and a commitment to process adherence. Manage to agree upon goals and objectives, including schedules, milestones and cost. Provide design guidance to less experienced developers in an onshore/offshore model. Contribute to process improvement initiatives and lead by example to meet schedule and scope commitments. Collaborate with quality assurance team members to structure test scenarios and plans. Operate in an agile scrum style with a mindset toward creating workable interim deliverables that can be demonstrated to clients and product managers. What You Will Need: Education and Experience College degree or equivalent experience preferred. 4+ years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer building and maintaining production applications. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Hands-on experience in C# and .NET, including: .NET 8+, ASP.NET Core Web API development and middleware Entity Framework Core, LINQ, data modeling, and design patterns Hands-on experience with frontend development using: TypeScript and JavaScript React (hooks, state management, component lifecycles) Modern UI frameworks and responsive design principles Hands-on experience on CI/CD pipelines deploying applications in Microsoft Azure using GitHub Actions. Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs Solid understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (JWT, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect) 2+ years of experience integrating Azure OpenAI Service into applications Practical knowledge of: Prompt engineering and prompt optimization Token limits, context window management, and cost optimization Handling model errors, latency, and response quality Hands-on implementing Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns Familiarity with embeddings and semantic similarity search Hands-on experience working on relational SQL and NoSQL databases. Must have good communication skills, an appreciation for systems lifecycle methodology and a commitment to process adherence Provide design guidance to less experienced developers in an onshore/offshore model Contribute to process improvement initiatives and lead by example to meet schedule and scope commitments Collaborate with quality assurance team members to structure test scenarios and plans Operate in an agile scrum style with a mindset toward creating workable interim deliverables that can be demonstrated to clients and product managers Needs to be familiar with the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management Systems Reporting Relationships: The incumbent reports to a Product Developer III, Lead, Manager or any other executive level position. This position does not have any direct reports.

Requirements

College degree or equivalent experience preferred.
4+ years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer building and maintaining production applications.
Hands-on experience in C# and .NET, including: .NET 8+, ASP.NET Core Web API development and middleware Entity Framework Core, LINQ, data modeling, and design patterns
Hands-on experience with frontend development using: TypeScript and JavaScript React (hooks, state management, component lifecycles) Modern UI frameworks and responsive design principles
Hands-on experience on CI/CD pipelines deploying applications in Microsoft Azure using GitHub Actions.
Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
Solid understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (JWT, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect)
2+ years of experience integrating Azure OpenAI Service into applications
Practical knowledge of: Prompt engineering and prompt optimization Token limits, context window management, and cost optimization Handling model errors, latency, and response quality
Hands-on implementing Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns
Familiarity with embeddings and semantic similarity search
Hands-on experience working on relational SQL and NoSQL databases.
Must have good communication skills, an appreciation for systems lifecycle methodology and a commitment to process adherence
Provide design guidance to less experienced developers in an onshore/offshore model
Contribute to process improvement initiatives and lead by example to meet schedule and scope commitments
Collaborate with quality assurance team members to structure test scenarios and plans
Operate in an agile scrum style with a mindset toward creating workable interim deliverables that can be demonstrated to clients and product managers
Needs to be familiar with the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management Systems

Responsibilities

Solid working experience in all aspects of designing and constructing J2EE systems and developing system requirements and design specifications
UI development using Swing Component development, Business class, Session Bean implementation and Entity Object using J2EE framework and reports
Data design and data management experience using Oracle, MSSQL Server and MySQL
Query optimization and data synchronization
Service Oriented Architectures, Web Services Component Architectures
Design and coding skills used in individual contribution and code reviews of other team members
Troubleshoot issues quickly in support of hotfix demands as well as operate against a planned development schedule
Must have good communication skills, an appreciation for systems lifecycle methodology and a commitment to process adherence.
Manage to agree upon goals and objectives, including schedules, milestones and cost.
Provide design guidance to less experienced developers in an onshore/offshore model.
Contribute to process improvement initiatives and lead by example to meet schedule and scope commitments.
Collaborate with quality assurance team members to structure test scenarios and plans.
Operate in an agile scrum style with a mindset toward creating workable interim deliverables that can be demonstrated to clients and product managers.