Technical Opportunities

 

Position:  Senior Java Developer

Location:  Vancouver, BC

 

IT MindFinders is conducting a search for a Senior Java Developer on behalf of our client located in Vancouver, BC. Reporting to the VP Engineering with a dotted line report to a Project Director, the SJD will be active in developing key extensions for our client’s hosted software product. Applicants must have a strong design background and an ability to work in a fast paced, agile environment and have outstanding rendering of designs to functional Java code, attention to quality and testability, and performance. In addition, the SJD will work heavily with XML protocol development, provisioning subsystems creation, database development, and user interface/web facing implementation. This includes implementation of a component-based, multi-tier application with components communicating via web services.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Participation in clarifying feature and subsystem requirements

  • Design work necessary to define tasks and implementation

  • Construction including source coding, code review, unit testing, and integration

  • Integration of open source packages as needed to achieve functionality

  • Active in supporting the quality assurance team in performing testing

  • Expressing technical insights so others can handle field-related issues

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience within a commercial, enterprise level product environment

  • Demonstrated experience in enterprise level development

  • MUST have experience with open source and open source tools

  • MUST have expert knowledge of the Java space and practices in development

  • MUST have an understanding of enterprise scale systems and configurations related to security

  • MUST have an understanding of cloud-based architecture and design principles

  • Debian-based Linux platform development experience an  asset

  • Experience in an agile, iterative or XP environments an asset

  • Experience with web application security an asset

  • Exposure to PKI cryptography highly desirable

  • Experience with Service Oriented Architecture an asset

  • IT administrative experience on different platforms is a real asset

  • Exceptional problem solving abilities

Interested applicants please submit a resume in MS Word format directly to:

 

wendy@itmindfinders.com