Senior Core Java Developer (Remote)

Core Java Developer

Responsibilities:

• Work with business units to crystallize business needs into product features, acting as a bridge between business and technical domains
• Provide technical guidance and assistance to other software engineers.
• Provide technical and domain thought-leadership, and mentoring to junior members of the team.
• Develop product/platform
• Review and approve software design and implemented code.
• Provide effective cutting edge design/solutions for implementing product features.
• Develop new capabilities to ensure continued competence and relevance of the center in supporting software development needs of PayPal's business.

Required Skills:

• Experience in building high traffic backend services for external customer facing web applications
• Understands inside out of fundamentals of Java, specifically JDK7, JUnit, Maven, Jenkins & Sonar
• Has built web applications and services using open-source Java Frameworks: Spring MVC & JAX-RS 2.0 implementations (e.g. RestEasy, Jersey or Apache CXF)
• Has designed web applications and clearly understands concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs
• Has knowledge of different application servers like JBOSS
• Comfortable with Agile development and Scrum process
• Identify Performance bottlenecks and use good coding patterns to avoid them in the first place
• Take ownership of your work and can work independently
• Hands on experience working with one or more of messaging services and apps (e.g. JMS, AMQ, Kafka, IBM Websphere MQ, etc.) is desired
• Source Control (GIT experience is an advantage)
• Unit testing frameworks such as JUnit, Google Test
• Highly analytical, innovative, and able to think strategically and to develop comprehensive detailed specifications
• Ability to determine impact of architectural solutions and recommendations. Must have experience in justification of technology solutions to business leaders
• Excellent verbal and writing skills; ability to produce clear, concise communications and documentation.
• Highly effective at working in cross-functional and cross geographical organizations
• Experience in maintenance and enhancement of deployed products
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with diverse cultures
• Ability to deal with uncertainty and adapt to changes

Desired Skills:

• Has experience in refactoring existing codebase and in understanding existing implementations to decide to refactor or rewrite
• Working knowledge of finance industry standards and practices preferred

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $37.00 - $39.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health Insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Java: 3 years (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Contract Length:

• 7 - 11 months

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

Visa Sponsorship Potentially Available:

• No: Not providing sponsorship for this job

Work Remotely:

• Yes