Lead Developer

Ness Digital Engineering • New Jersey, NJ

19h

About The Position

Ness is a full lifecycle digital engineering firm offering digital advisory through scaled engineering services. Combining our core competence in engineering with the latest in digital strategy and technology, we seamlessly manage Digital Transformation journeys from strategy through execution to help businesses thrive in the digital economy. As your tech partner, we help engineer your company’s future with cloud and data. We are problem-solvers, architects, strategists, implementors, and lifelong learners. We collaborate with each other and with our clients to help them meet their short- and long-term technology goals. Our culture is open, transparent, challenging, and fun. We hire smart, self-starters who thrive in an open-ended environment to figure out what needs to be done and take ownership in delivering quality results. As an Engineering Lead for the application delivery team, you will be responsible for leading a talented team of engineers (DEV&QA). You will demonstrate high technical acumen, solution design capability, and strong hands-on expertise in the development of technical solutions for complex business requirements. You will play a leading role in providing the technical guidance to the team, best practices adoption, fostering a collaborative & dynamic team built-up ensuring successful development and delivery of high-quality enterprise applications/systems.

Requirements

• Java J2EE building web applications, spring technologies/frameworks (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, Spring Boot) and tools.
• Java, JEE & spring technologies/frameworks (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, Spring Boot) and tools.
• Experience with related frameworks and technologies (Hibernate, Restful services Spring JDBC, MVC etc.)
• Strong experience with Microservices, Spring Boot / Spring framework, Rest API, JPA.
• 2-10 years of experience in web development using HTML, CSS and JavaScript including ES2016+
• Experience of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Redux and Flux
• Experience with user interface design
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks like Mocha and Jest
• Experience with browser based debugging and excellent troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge on system architecture (N-Tire, Microservices, Cloud-native).
• Strong knowledge of system design principles for scalable, high-performance, and extensible solutions for enterprise-grade distributed and services systems.
• Significant knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL and SQL.
• Experience with Oracle Web logic, Tomcat to include installation, configuration, troubleshooting.
• Working experience of Spring Boot application configuration, deployment and troubleshooting on server platforms Oracle Web logic/Tomcat/Cloud.
• Experience with API management and Cloud-based platforms and services (AWS, Google).
• Working knowledge of Dev-Ops: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
• Understanding of Test-Driven Development practices as well as Automation and Unit Testing.
• Strong Analytical Skills.
• Working knowledge on system observability/monitoring and alerting.
• Experience Architecting and developing large scale Enterprise applications.
• Proficient with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, Test-driven development.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in Engineering role.
• 3+ Years experience as Engineering/Technical lead role.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering complex enterprise-grade software solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Any experience in building applications for financial industry is a plus

Responsibilities

• Deliver business value through application development and enhancements.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and responsibility with assignments, including gathering and understanding requirements, technical specifications, design, architecture, implementation, unit testing, builds/deployments, and code management.
• Evaluate, assess, plan, and guide technical direction and architecture decisions.
• Mentor, guide the development team through the process of design, estimation, development, and unit testing.
• Conduct code reviews, ensure coding standards are maintained, lead the best practices adoption, and drive continuous improvement in development processes.
• Lead to inspire a team of engineers, fostering a positive and productive work culture.
• Be a self-starter and an excellent team player.
• Stay abreast with industry trends and technological advancements and apply this knowledge to guide the team in selecting appropriate technologies and methodologies.
• Provide technical guidance, support professional development, and conduct regular performance reviews in conjunction with the delivery managers.
• Interface, collaborate and communicate effectively with business and cross-functional/technical partners.
• Active participation and contribution to PI, product & release planning etc.
• Collaborate with onsite and offsite team members effectively.

Benefits

• We offer our employees exciting and challenging projects across a diverse range of industries, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with a group of forward-thinking, capable partners around the globe.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior