Engineering Developer

Company: Avacend, Inc.
Location: Round Rock
Posted on: September 19, 2022

Job Description:

Pay Rate: $68 on W2

Job Title: Engineering Developer

Location: 100% remote.

Duration: 9 months with possible extension but not guaranteed.

Responsibilities:

Agile Development Model

1. Stories are assigned with agreed-upon story points

2. Depending on the ramp-up requirements, the Engineering lead will assign ramp-up stories to gauge the developer velocity

3. The team uses 3-week sprints

4. The assignments will be made by the scrum lead

5. The scrum lead will work with the developer and Technologist to have a clear acceptance criterion for each assigned story

Essential Requirements

--- 5+ years experience in Linux/Java DB technologies - PostgreSQL(Schema Definition, Stored Procedures), Hibernate; NoSQL Databases (Apache Cassandra)

--- Familiarity with Golang, REST, JSON, Reactive Programming (RxJava/Reactor)

--- Knowledge in developing applications using Tomcat/Spring Frameworks

--- Linux scripting, RPM Spec file development

--- Cloud technologies like Microservices, containers, Kubernetes etc.

--- Knowledge of technologies such as Software-defined infrastructure (SDN,SDS) is a plus

--- Multi-threaded programming

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Designs, codes, tests, debugs and documents software according to s systems quality standards, policies and procedures. Analyzes business needs and creates software solutions. Responsible for preparing design documentation. Prepares test data for unit, string and parallel testing. Evaluates and recommends software and hardware solutions to meet user needs. Resolves customer issues with software solutions and responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements. Works with business and development teams to clarify requirements to ensure testability. Drafts, revises, and maintains test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts. Executes test procedures according to software requirements specifications Logs defects and makes recommendations to address defects. Retests software corrections to ensure problems are resolved. Documents evolution of testing procedures for future replication. May conduct performance and scalability testing. RESPONSIBILITIES: Plans, conducts and leads assignments generally involving moderate, high budgets projects or more than one project. Manages user expectations regarding appropriate milestones and deadlines. Assists in training, work assignment and checking of less experienced developers. Serves as technical consultant to leaders in the IT organization and functional user groups. Subject matter expert in one or more technical programming specialties; employs expertise as a generalist of a specialist. Performs estimation efforts on complex projects and tracks progress. Works on the highest level of problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Documents, evaluates and researches test results; documents evolution of testing scripts for future replication. Identifies, recommends and implements changes to enhance the effectiveness of quality assurance strategies.

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