Job Description
Raise is hiring a Senior Java Developer for Our Client, a major Canadian airline. This position is a one (6) month contract based out of Calgary, Alberta, but work may be performed remote anywhere in Canada.
We are actively seeking talented professionals like you to drive these crucial initiatives forward.
Description
The Senior back end Software Developer in this roe will report to the Digital Profile Apps team. The ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate a high standard of excellence, as well as enjoying challenges, and be results driven.
The incumbent must be highly motivated and demonstrate the ability to work in an agile environment. Following the direction of leaders and senior level developers to create high quality software solutions.
Key deliverables include :
- Designing and developing robust, extensible, and high-quality code that meet business, technical and quality requirements of upcoming product features as well as the maintenance of existing functionalities
- Actively participate and provide technical expertise for the creation, implementation, and ongoing evolution of 's design and development methodologies, coding standards, and UI style guidelines
- Play an active role in the evaluation and selection of new software development tools and frameworks as we constantly optimize and modernize
- Shares knowledge through by providing training via presentations / workshops that encourage development on the team
- Collaborate and engage with internal and external developers to ensure alignment of standards & best practices
- Plan, lead, and track the technical aspects of the software development sustainment streams and capital projects
- Lead the development team in working with business stakeholders to define and prepare functional and design specifications of new features / products
- Provide accurate estimates for development effort, complexity, and risk for software development sustainment streams and capital projects
- Design and develop automated unit and integration tests for front end code that define and validate feature / product requirements
- Lead the development team in working with quality assurance partners to assess the impact of code changes, to ensure the validation of requirements, and to provide timely troubleshooting and fixes to software defects
- Lead the development team in working with operational partners to ensure the supportability of new features / products and to provide timely technical support and fixes to production applications
- Provide technical expertise in how to manage code and resolve code conflicts with other developers
- Document system components, related interfaces and ensure complete and accurate release notes
- Demonstrate sound judgment regarding confidential and sensitive matters
- Accountabilities
- Provide technical expertise and oversees the development team in creating high-quality Java software solutions by designing and developing web applications and back-end software solutions.
- Apply industry-standard processes, practices, and techniques and work with the development team and business stakeholders to develop appropriate guest focused applications that meet the organizations technical, and quality requirements.
- As a seasoned professional, you are a natural coach and mentor who enjoys developing others.
- This role requires an energetic self-starter with a strong work ethic and willingness to learn and contribute in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with others are essential.
Qualifications :
- 8+ years of experience in all phases of software development, designing and developing robust, extensible, and high-quality code
- Expert level experience in developing web applications using Java, Groovy and Spring Framework (or related)
- Expertise in RESTful web services using AJAX, JSON
- Expertise in a version control system such as Subversion and GIT
- Expertise in IDE software such as Intellij or Eclipse
- Experience developing web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Experience with AKS, Sabre (nice to have)
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud is beneficial in this role
- Knowledge of JavaScript unit testing frameworks such as Jest, Nock, Mocha, Jasmine
- Knowledge of build automation tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps pipelines
- Practical understanding of iterative, agile development methods, processes, and techniques such as Scrum and Kanban
- Airline experience is an asset
- Sabre Web Services experience is asset
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills