Job Title: Java developer

Location: Seattle, WA

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Pay rate: $60-60 Per HR on W2

Job Description:

• The Content Platform team is looking for a Software Development Engineer who will act as first level support and development for all incoming production software application issues dealing with merchandising applications. Your solutions will impact our customers directly
• Primary responsibilities include developing monitoring solutions, troubleshooting / debugging and implementing the fix for internally developed code (Perl, C/C++, JAVA), performing SQL queries, improving our systems that gather metrics on our features, updating, tracking and resolving technical challenges.
• Responsibilities also include working alongside development on Client Corporate and Divisional Software projects, updating/enhancing our current software, automation of support processes and documentation of our systems.

Job Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate is interested in a career in software development and is looking to utilize and expand their coding skills and gain exposure to a wide variety of software applications.
• They must be detail oriented, have superior verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, are able to work independently and can maintain professionalism under pressure.

Preferred coding skills:

• Perl, C/C++ and/or Java. Other desired technical skills include Mason, Perl CGI, Oracle SQL, HTML, UNIX/LINUX. A Computer Science or equivalent technical degree and 2-5 years of relevant experience is required.

Typical Day in the Role:

Day to Day:

• Attend daily status update meetings
• Participating in tactical discussions
• Creating and reviewing code with peers
• Launching features after testing
• Testing new features of other creations

Team size:

• 8 team members all SDE’s

Working environment:

• 60% independent and 40% collaborative Chance for extension or conversion: yes based on performance and budget

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition:

Selling Points:

• Scale of work they would be doing
• Technology they would be using
• Their impact would be applied world wide

Candidate Requirements:

Leadership Principals:

• Deliver Results, Ownership

Qualifications:

• 2 – 3 years of experience as a Software Dev Engineer (Full Stack experience)
• 2 – 3 years of experience with at least 1 major Programing Language (java strongly preferred)

Nice to Have:

• Masters degree in computer science
• Previous experience in building large scale distributor systems

Degree:

• Bachelors in computer science or relative field

Best:

• Meeting all qualifications, strong technical skills, someone who can hit the ground quickly, strong communication skills, ability to working in a fast paced environment

Performance Indicators:

• Monthly basis, meeting timelines and deliverables, high quality codes

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

• 2 – 3 years of experience as a Software Dev Engineer (Full Stack experience)
• 2 – 3 years of experience with at least 1 major Programing Language (java strongly preferred)
• Bachelors in computer science or relative field