Forward Deployed Developer
About The Position
The Forward Deployed Developer will maintain active relationships with Product Owners and business stakeholders to understand requirements, drive solution design, and review deliverables. This role involves leading requirement gathering and technical client sessions, owning backlog items, and coordinating with team members to deliver features. The developer will perform technical design reviews, code reviews, and architecture assessments, as well as develop, prototype, and troubleshoot applications across various layers. They will build proof-of-concepts (POCs), prototypes, and MVP solutions, and work directly with client stakeholders to analyze business problems and translate them into scalable technical solutions. The role includes designing and implementing cloud-native applications and integrations leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Additionally, the developer will drive solution optimization, performance tuning, and continuous improvement initiatives, perform peer reviews on source code, and participate in technical discussions. Support for production deployments, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and defect resolution is also expected. The developer will demonstrate solutions to customers and stakeholders, act as a technical consultant, and mentor junior developers.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in Java/JEE application development.
- Strong experience developing applications using multi-tier and distributed architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Java/JEE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP Web Services, Hibernate, SQL, Tomcat, and Application Servers (WebSphere).
- Strong experience in API design, development, and integration.
- Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP); AWS experience is also beneficial.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native application development and microservices architecture.
- Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines including Jenkins, SonarQube, Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence.
- Good understanding of UML, software architecture, design patterns, and application design principles.
- Experience with Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, JSON payloads, and RESTful services.
- Experience with database design, optimization, and integration.
- Strong experience in responsive design and cross-browser web application development.
- Experience in unit and integration testing using JUnit and related testing frameworks.
Nice To Haves
- AWS experience is also beneficial.
Responsibilities
- Maintain active relationships with Product Owners and business stakeholders to understand requirements, drive solution design, and review deliverables.
- Lead requirement gathering and technical Client sessions with customer and internal teams.
- Own backlog items and coordinate with team members to deliver features planned for each sprint.
- Perform technical design reviews, code reviews, and architecture assessments.
- Develop, prototype, and troubleshoot applications across user interface, service, and integration layers.
- Build proof-of-concepts (POCs), prototypes, and MVP solutions to validate business requirements and technical approaches.
- Work directly with client stakeholders to analyze business problems and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
- Design and implement cloud-native applications and integrations leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, DevOps, Architecture, Security, and Business teams.
- Drive solution optimization, performance tuning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Perform peer reviews on source code to ensure reusability, scalability, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
- Participate in technical discussions focused on software architecture, user experience, design patterns, and development standards.
- Support production deployments, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and defect resolution.
- Demonstrate solutions, features, and technical capabilities to customers and stakeholders.
- Act as a technical consultant and trusted advisor to customer teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
- Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership to project teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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