Job Specifications
Responsibilities
Lead the technical design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems while having the opportunity to remain in a hands-on engineering role.
Provide functional and technical leadership and mentor junior software engineers.
Work with other Lead Engineers, Engineers, Architects, Product Managers, and Business stakeholders to identify technical and functional needs of systems based on priority.
Writing great quality code with a relentless passion for automated testing and validation.
Enforce company policies in the areas of development methodology, architecture, security, change, automation, configuration management and compliance.
Perform complex engineering activities for performance tuning, monitoring, deployment and production support.
Implement, maintain and update CICD pipelines.
Required Qualifications
8+ years related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
6+ years of progressive experience in one or more of the following areas: application delivery; subject matter expertise in building Java-based high-volume/high-transaction applications
6+ years of experience building web applications using Java, Spring and REST
Technical Skills: Java/Groovy, REST services, Cassandra, MongoDB, Kafka/MQ/Rabbit, Redis/Memcached, Git, Jira, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, noSql
Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of experience in architecture and design of systems using Microservices architecture
4+ years of experience in a leadership capacity - coaching and mentoring junior engineers
2+ years of experience in any cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Chef or Terraform
2+ years of experience in build and CICD technologies: GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Sonar
4+ years of experience in Unit and Function testing using Junit, Spock, Mockito/JMock, Selenium, Cucumber, SoapUI or Postman
Proficiency in Unix/Linux command line
Expert knowledge and experience working with asynchronous message processing, stream processing and event driven computing.
Experience working within Agile/Scrum/Kanban development team
Familiarity with HTML5, JavaScript frameworks, and CSS3
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex technical information in a clear manner to peers, developers, and senior leaders
Benefits
Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.
Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.
Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.
Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.
About the Company
Synectics Inc. is a premier national staffing firm founded in 1984, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Renowned as one of the nation's leading staffing agencies, we collaborate with a diverse client base, including top institutions and Fortune 500 corporations across sectors such as IT, healthcare, finance, and marketing.
Our Mission
At Synectics, our commitment to quality is evident in both the talent we recruit and the services we provide. By fostering diversity and innovative problem-solving, we deliver tailored solutio...
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