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Apex Systems, the nation’s 2nd largest Information Technology staffing solutions and consulting services company, has an opportunity for a DSoftware Engineer IV. . This is a full time position for the right candidate that is located in fully remote.

Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted. Please apply via our website and submit your resume to ghodgson@apexsystemsinc.com in reference to this position.

Requirements:

*Candidates must be able to pass a background and drug test

*Please note that as a contract employee of Apex Systems, you’d be eligible for

Why work with us

Apex Systems, the nation’s 2nd largest Information Technology staffing solutions and consulting services company, has an opportunity for a DSoftware Engineer IV. . This is a full time position for the right candidate that is located in fully remote.

Requirements:

*Candidates must be able to pass a background and drug test

*Please note that as a contract employee of Apex Systems, you’d be eligible for

Why work with us

One of my clients in the defence industry is looking to take on a UX designer ASAP. The role is fully remote and the duration of the contract is 4 months with a strong possibility of extension through to December. The role will be outisde IR35.

Below is the job spec for the position. If you are interested in the role, please attach your CV and i will drop you a call ASAP.

Skills Required:

Outputs / Deliverables: Deliverables as agreed within individual sprints as defined by the team scrum master, to include:

Please click here to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement.

When you are part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will do challenging work, and be a member of a team that values performance, quality, and innovation.

Laboratories across all industries - including pharmaceutical, food and beverage, oil and gas, petrochemical, water and environmental, manufacturing and contract testing - rely on SampleManager LIMS to unlock the power of their laboratory data.

How will you make an impact:

You will support our customers in their digital challenges and help them to benefit from our software that is seamlessly connecting laboratory instruments and equipment. Thanks to you integrated lab systems and automated lab processes will lead to quicker, better and accelerated research results! You will be taking on especially nowadays covid-19 testing challenges.

What will you do:

You will develop our software product – you will work on programming, system design, code review, design review, unit testing, and integration testing. You will also maintain it, working on refactoring and bug fixing. Moreover, being a part of newly formed Scrum team will allow you to perform your tasks rather independently. A significant part of your job will be supporting our colleagues that work with our customers directly with partner concerns.

How will you get here:

• You have software engineering or scientific (chemistry, physics, biomedical, laboratory) background
• You have programming skills in C# or C++
• You enjoy solving problems and investigate issues until satisfying result
• You are thrilled by working in global, international team
• You have 3+ years of confirmed experience

We will be excited if you also have:

• Experience with database and desktop applications
• Experience in enterprise level software
• Experience in a similar business domain (Lab Information Management System, Chromatography, Pharmaceutical R&D, laboratory)

Why us?

• We are very encouraging team and supportive environment
• We work close to the latest technologies and exciting challenges - we are at the process of cloud deployment
• We are world leader in serving science, the innovative company that builds a lot of opportunities to grow and develop your career
• We offer attractive employee benefits
• We believe in integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation

Preferred location for this role is our office in Altrincham, but remote work from anywhere in UK is also possible.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 75,000 outstanding minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our unusual mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Improving is a custom software consulting company located in the Plano/Frisco TX area ranked #1 on Best Places to Work for many consecutive years. As a Conscious Capitalism company, our culture provides the inspiration, training and motivation to achieve amazing things. Come work with a company that believes that teamwork is the greatest competitive advantage and holds respect for people, providing a great place to work, and delivering quality results as core values.

Role: Senior C++/Qt Consultant

Job Type: Contract - 6 months to start

Location: Can be remote

The ideal candidate is a professional, self-motivated, proven technologist. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Work closely with firmware engineers to design, develop, maintain and build new features and functionality for existing custom, in house application.
• Plan, communicate, and coordinate solution and project execution with business users and other stakeholders
• Create documentation for existing application and help define and develop processes
• Automate current build processes

Qualifications

• Self-driven team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Possesses a positive service-oriented attitude and approach to work
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in architecting & developing large-scale software applications in C++
• Deep knowledge of software architecture styles and design principles
• Deep knowledge of OOA/OOD, UML
• Hands on experience with cross platform development for Windows/Linux
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• A strong ability to build relations and work independently
• Experience with Scrum in an Agile Development environment and familiarity with relevant tools

Desired Background/Qualifications:

• Master or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Hands on experience with Qt framework or strong Windows GUI experience
• Previous consulting experience
• Working knowledge of the oil and gas industry

Salesforce Developer

Apex Systems, the nation’s 2nd largest Information Technology staffing firm, is looking for a Salesforce Developer who excels in their role, and are committed to delivering an exceptional experience for our client's internal and external end users and clients. We look for individuals who are passionate in life and bring those qualities to work every day. Do you instill confidence, trust, and respect, encourage success and build relationships? We are looking for people like this to join our friendly, engaged, professional team.

Only qualified candidates who meet the below requirements will be considered.

*Must be able to work on our W2*

Position Details:

Role:  Salesforce Developer

Duration:  12 month rolling contract

Remote Capabilities (Y/N):  Yes – can sit fully remote

Job Description:

They are looking to retire Compass which is their consumer portal and what their agents use to manage things and see what timeshare items they can provide. They have outsourced the consumer side but now need to come up with something to offset losing the functionality from that for their agents. They need to develop and integrate the APIs that will be used as well as work with document tagging tools. Salesforce team needs to get things figured out with MVP II in order to get that all working but that is taking longer than expected as well so they need additional resources to come in to get them back up to speed. Will be Agile/Scrum environment.

Salesforce project need: Looking to give additional functionality to agents selling timeshares for agent view piece since they will be losing some of that when they get rid of Compass.

Must haves Experience:  Looking for candidates who are strong in lightning, service cloud, REST API development and integration, and need to be senior level resources (5+ years of experience). Need to be able to write API calls to connect with the Mulesoft side.

Nice to haves:  Marketing cloud (highly preferred), Advanced JavaScript, SF message queuing experience, MuleSoft, Salesforce certifications

Technical Environment

Client Breakdown of Requirements

Salesforce Developer

Apex Systems, the nation’s 2nd largest Information Technology staffing firm, is looking for a Salesforce Developer who excels in their role, and are committed to delivering an exceptional experience for our client's internal and external end users and clients. We look for individuals who are passionate in life and bring those qualities to work every day. Do you instill confidence, trust, and respect, encourage success and build relationships? We are looking for people like this to join our friendly, engaged, professional team.

Please send your resume to Michelle Pavese at mpavese@apexsystemsinc.com

Only qualified candidates who meet the below requirements will be considered.

*Must be able to work on our W2*

Position Details:

Role:  Salesforce Developer

Duration:  12 month rolling contract

Remote Capabilities (Y/N):  Yes – can sit fully remote

Job Description:

They are looking to retire Compass which is their consumer portal and what their agents use to manage things and see what timeshare items they can provide. They have outsourced the consumer side but now need to come up with something to offset losing the functionality from that for their agents. They need to develop and integrate the APIs that will be used as well as work with document tagging tools. Salesforce team needs to get things figured out with MVP II in order to get that all working but that is taking longer than expected as well so they need additional resources to come in to get them back up to speed. Will be Agile/Scrum environment.

Salesforce project need: Looking to give additional functionality to agents selling timeshares for agent view piece since they will be losing some of that when they get rid of Compass.

Must haves Experience:  Looking for candidates who are strong in lightning, service cloud, REST API development and integration, and need to be senior level resources (5+ years of experience). Need to be able to write API calls to connect with the Mulesoft side.

Nice to haves:  Marketing cloud (highly preferred), Advanced JavaScript, SF message queuing experience, MuleSoft, Salesforce certifications

Technical Environment

Client Breakdown of Requirements

Job Description

Who We Are

Our story might surprise you. We’re the world’s largest restaurant company—encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell—but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just frying chicken, baking pizzas, and serving up tacos. We put this delicious food in the hands of customers through apps, websites, kiosks, POS, and other digital dining experiences – and we are only getting started. Here in Chicago and Plano, we’re building out a bold team of hackers to help Yum! Brands deliver the next generation of software to 49,000 restaurants in more than 145 countries. That’s a huge responsibility, which is why we’re on a mission to find the most fearless engineers to join our software startup within Yum!.

Yum!'s vision for the future is simple: a world with more Yum!: with our iconic brands in more places, and more ways for consumers to access them. The key and not-so-secret ingredient in our recipe for growth is our unrivaled talent and culture, which fuels our results. And like all companies who win consistently, our brands, employees, and franchisees will need to continually adjust to stay relevant now and in the future. The software we’re building does just that: it serves people in new ways to make team members more productive and customers happier.

What We Need

Our dynamic eCommerce Platform team is rapidly growing as we optimize our digital ordering channels and technology innovations to create competitive advantages for our restaurants around the globe. We are seeking a Software Engineer in Test who will be responsible for creating and implementing an automated test framework for our eCommerce platform. In this role, you will work as part of a scrum delivery team to ensure that automated tests are in place that assure functionality works as expected from the moment it is released.

You Will

You Have

A Few Of Our Perks

• At your core, you have an insatiable passion for mobile user experiences, discovering new ideas, defining and validating both problems and possible solutions, and working in a highly-collaborative work style to grow shared understanding of our user's goals, tasks and workflows. Translating these into innovative and elegant mobile experiences.
• Speaking with, and understanding users from a informative viewpoint is what makes you most content and fulfilled. You love to carefully craft conversations with users so that insight can be gleaned and leveraged beyond the surface level obvious findings.
• You are a self-starter whom commands the formative experience design process. You embrace ideas and turn them into actionable plans to define and validate the problem-space, and iterate and validate design solutions resulting in top-notch user experiences that meet and exceed expectations.
• Working with a wide range of stakeholders and users, you have solid experience with user research, user experience design and usability validation.
• You have demonstrable experience creating empathy maps, personas, journey maps or other artifacts that help the team connect with, empathize and understand our users.
• You are skilled at storytelling to help bring understanding of our clients and users to life.
• You thrive in a formative design process and actively work with team members to test sacrificial design concepts to ultimately deliver the most valuable solutions.
• You are self-starter and are constantly learning about the latest trends in research techniques and tools and immediately leverage those on the job. You go the extra mile and break through perceived barriers or roadblocks.
• You are collaborative, professional with solid communication and interpersonal skills.
• You effectively communicate your findings through empathetic and thoughtful analysis.
• You establish and foster relationships with stakeholders to ensure success.
• You have experience working in an Agile SDLC and working with local and off-shore scrum teams.
• You are comfortable in defining and reporting out on the progress of user research tasks.

• Experience and ability to work remotely and virtually from stakeholders and users, while maintaining high-collaboration, clear communications and meeting work expectations. Ability to work locally as needed.
• Over 5 years experience with user experience design of enterprise-level web and mobile applications.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with little direction. Turning the unknown into the known, eliciting and defining business and user needs,
• Over 5 years experience with User-Centered Design in an Agile SDLC.
• Understanding of accessibility in web, responsive web and mobile applications.
• Solid experience in reporting out on research learnings of the business and users.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities with acute attention to details.
• This is not a coding role, a conceptual understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript is desired.
• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Design, Information Science or equivalent experience.
• Ability to present user research and work samples of completed projects is required.

Job Description

Lead or Senior Mobile UX Designer

6+ Month Contract, Potential to Extend or Convert

Remote in Denver or Chicago



As a Lead or Senior UX Designer, you will join a collaborative team of fellow Business, Product, Design and Technical stakeholders to work on transforming the Human Capital Management industry, by turning complex problems into elegant solutions that delight our clients and our users. We create and innovate enterprise-level web and mobile software for Human Resource professionals and employees.



This role will be working on innovating mobile solutions that integrate across our portfolio of software. This includes high-collaboration with stake holders, users and our business to research, elicit and define, design and deliver innovative next-generation mobile user experiences.



The Role

The Requirements

Description

At Leidos, we know the most talented professionals will always have a multitude of career choices; your time at Leidos will be a wise investment in your career and in yourself. We welcome your perspective and ideas, in order to foster collaboration and deliver world-class solutions.  We look for solutions that not only transform businesses, but also change the world. We offer a robust benefits package including competitive salaries; company matching 401K Retirement Plan; comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage; tuition reimbursement and more.

Are you interested in working on an exciting Air Force Vanguard program?  The Leidos Innovations Center (LInC) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for a position in Dayton, OH. The Software Engineer will work with other engineers on the Leidos team to help lead the design and implementation of aircraft autonomy and supporting software for the Air Force Vanguard program Skyborg.  Leidos is currently under contract to create a reference architecture and implementation for the core autonomy system that will autonomously control low-cost, teamed aircraft to provide pilots with key data to support rapid, informed decisions.

The Software Engineer will be responsible for leading engineers in designing, implementing, and testing object-oriented C++ software to support the Skyborg autonomy suite.  The Software Engineer will be part of an Agile software design and development team, which is in the early stages of building the autonomy system.

This work is primarily located in Dayton, OH.  However, working remotely from the Arlington, VA or Huntsville, AL Leidos offices is possible with occasional travel to Dayton, OH.

Primary Responsibilities

•    Develop and document solid software development plans and procedures
•    Lead Agile sprint teams in designing and implementing software
•    Create and update software design documentation
•    Lead engineers in the implementation of object-oriented C++ software
•    Lead engineers in the creation of unit test code
•    Lead the creation of Interface Control Documents, Application Programming Interfaces, and other documentation
•    Participate in peer reviews of design, code, and documentation
•    Mentor junior software engineers in good engineering practices

Basic Qualifications
 
•    Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or other science discipline and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Master’s Degree with 10+ years of prior relevant experience. 
•    Significant experience developing software for a service-oriented architecture
•    Expert-level experience developing object-oriented C++ software
•    Knowledge of software development tools in Linux environments
•    Team player who can work with and lead software developers across multiple companies
•    Experience designing, developing, and delivering software components in an Agile Scrum environment
•    Understand and apply quality techniques and practices (automated unit testing, continuous integration, etc.)
•    Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications
 
•    Experience as a supervisor overseeing the day-to-day performance of other software engineers
•    Open Mission Systems (OMS) experience
•    Experience with CentOS
•    Experience working with airborne systems
•    Experience working with issues in Jira
•    Experience working with airborne systems
•    Experience developing autonomous systems
 

Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 38,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to spam.leidos@leidos.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

• Can you tell me about the project and the day to day responsibilities for the contractor? The project has two distinct groups.
• ETL and Runtime. ETL.
• System which ingests files from upstream sources, processes the files, stores data in a NoSQL DB and finally builds SOLR indexes that will eventually be consumed by Content Discovery (Search and Browse) runtime applications.
• A more complex system which is built on microservices architecture.
• On any given day we process about 1.5 billion requests with an expected SLA of 500ms / query.
• Design and build features / bug fixes including coding, unit testing and also contributing to automation tests.
• Build / maintain scripts to deploy and maintain components in dev and production environments Attend scrum / sprint planning Periodic on call rotations.

• Soft Skill requirements (team fit/personality requirements) Good communication skills Punctuality in meeting deadlines Ability to learn technology / domain quickly.
• Currently we are in a remote working mode due to the ongoing pandemic. Once the office reopens, we expect the person to be in the office.
• There will be 3 to 4 rounds of technical interviews with each session about.
• 1 – 1.5 hours long.
• Candidates are expected to be available via video conferencing and be able to write code during the interview.