We are seeking a Full Stack Developer for our financial client in Arlington, VA. Candidate needs to haveskills of NodeJS, AWS and ReactJS. Ideally the candidate needs to know DevOPs practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as code etc.
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Responsible for business analysis, application design, development, integration and delivery and application maintenance and support. Individuals in this position must be a self-directed professional, who will also bring leadership skills and quickly learn new technologies and programming languages.
Primary Responsibilities:
o Proposes, develops and supports world-class customer facing web applications using a range of technologies.
o Participates in the analysis of system and business requirements to provide hands-on solutions to meet or exceed our customers' expectations.
o Delivers high-quality code by defining and deploying best practices in unit testing and regression and testing frameworks.
o Performs integration and testing of software components across an entire team, as needed.
o Serves as the scrum master for a cross-disciplinary team on an as needed basis.
o Responsible for the delivery of discreet products and components, marshalling resources across a matrixed organization.
o Communicates with the Product Management and development teams to raise issues and identify potential barriers in a timely fashion.
o Participates in user-centered research through client focus groups, interviews, usage analysis, and rapid prototyping.
o Responsible for protecting our customers and brand by writing secure-by-design code.
o Leads, supervises, mentors, and trains other team members in order to develop a strong, best-in-class development bench.
o Directs the work of and provides technical guidance to less experienced staff.
o Participates in recruiting, hiring, onboarding and performance management of new team members.
o Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
o Demonstrated commitment to high quality user facing and back end code that is usable, maintainable and well thought out.
o Strong track record of establishing best practices in software architecture and development.
o Experience developing applications using SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) interfaces and architectures such as REST.
o Strong record of project execution and completion with experience using Scrum and agile development practices.
o Excels at working with multidisciplinary teams to develop great user experiences.
o Ability to work with and mentor other developers and lead by example to develop highly proficient and productive teams.
o Must be a self-directed and highly motivated individual who embraces modification of their work based on customer feedback and other business factors.
o Works closely with designers and other developers in a tightly knit, agile team.
o Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across team and organizational boundaries.
o Displays enthusiasm for the challenge of pushing the limits of the web platform to deliver disruptive, innovative solutions to the world that will delight our customers.
o Must be focused on front-loading quality into the development process, ensuring that quality tests are not failing.
o Familiarity with new and emerging technologies across the full stack.
o Familiarity with web application security topics such as SAML, AD, and SSL.
o Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to interact with all levels of employees and customers throughout the organization.
o Ability to travel, as required, to meet with stakeholders.
o Willingness to maintain a flexible work schedule.
Education and Experience:
o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience. Master's degree preferred.
o A minimum of 5+ years' experience as a software engineer or architect for web applications.
o Minimum 3+ years' experience developing web applications in a complex, multi-platform distributed environment with Object Oriented languages (Ruby on Rails, Java, etc.).
o Experience using a variety of languages and technologies to develop web solutions.
o Experience working in an iterative or agile development environment, preferably Scrum.
The Xela Group is a diverse, woman-owned company providing professional services to Fortune 1000 and SMB companies across the US. The Xela Group was founded on the core values of integrity, strong relationships and unwavering commitment to customer service. Here at Xela we have created a close knit, highly interactive culture in which candidates will always have access to tenured recruiting experts with proven track records who recognize that top talent is the cornerstone of our success.
EEO:The Xela Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce. •
Last updated on Jun 3, 2021