Java Lead

Local candidates Preferred. This opportunity does not provide Visa sponsorship. No corp to corp applicants please. Candidate must be available to work on our W2.

Title: Lead Java Developer

Duration: 10 months contract-to-hire opportunity

Location: Bloomington, MN.

Position Description:

Technically require in-depth experience in:

• Java
• J2EE
• SOA
• Web services (SOAP and REST)
• Spring
• Hibernate
• Lead experience with excellent design.
• Experience in designing and implementing end-to-end solution architectures for large and complex systems.
• Extensive experience in building and consuming RESTful or SOAP web services.
• Support existing Web Services and perform enhancements.
• Experience in software development using standard J2EE frameworks that include Spring and Hibernate.
• Experience with SOAP UI, Postman, JUnit, continuous integration and development tools like GIT, Jira & Confluence.
• Experience with continuous development and tools like Jenkins.
• Experience using build technologies like Maven.
• Experience in performing thorough unit testing and code reviews.
• Good analytical skills for troubleshooting production issues.

Day-to-day Responsibilities:

• Lead designs application solutions based on detailed application requirements, and define data structures and data sources to satisfy the application solution.
• Work closely with architects, developers, customer representatives, project managers, etc. to ensure that application solutions meet customer requirements.
• Possess expert level knowledge of the tools and processes required by the role.
• Ability to perform functions at all levels of a process.
• Serve as technical lead in area of expertise with duties instructing, directing, and checking the work of others.
• Possess excellent communication and relationship skills.
• Comfortable interfacing with ESI director level management for technical briefings, status reports, etc.
• Improve application quality and reliability by implementing good standards and processes.
• Increase productivity by implementing tools and processes.
• Ensure quality is maintained by following development patterns and standards.
• Design and build prototypes, which become the application system.
• Prepare deployment and post-deployment plans to support the conversion and deployment of the solution.
• Interact with architects, analysts, project managers, developers, customer representatives, and QA managers to ensure that application solutions meet customer needs.

Qualifications: Over 10 years of work experience in application engineering.