Category: Engineer

Employment Type: Contract

Reference: BH-372782

Yoh has an immediate need for a Java Software Engineer. This position is remote but has to be local to come onsite at times in Madison, WI.

1 Year Assignment

Pay up to $54 per hour w2 based on experience.

Job Description:
The Software Engineer II is responsible for design and implementation of interactive web-based services. Candidate will be creating and improving Java code as well as providing component level designs for the Network platform. Team is developing next generation commerce platform.

Role Responsibilities

• You will design and implement RESTful Web Services API and algorithms
• You will produce excellent, thorough design and development documentation
• You can work independently, under tight time constraints, respond to evolving requirements and strategic shifts in direction
• You are familiar and comfortable with Agile/Scrum software development methodology
• Participate as a member of the development team and work well within a team environment.
• Perform in-depth analysis of functional or business requirements.
• Achieves team consent and buy-in; perceived as a positive and constructive collaborator especially in code reviews.
• Prepare and execute unit and integration tests.
• Apply advanced technical knowledge to innovate in a technology area (e.g. Java).
• Be able to suggest solutions and designs for complex problems.
• Implement end user or enterprise infrastructure or services prepared by senior technologists.
• Provide time / resource estimates for assigned tasks.
• Able to identify and debug issues with high volume traffic in a N-tiered system without direct access to the machines.
• Develops according to specific requirements with awareness of scalability, hardware capabilities and cross environment and platform implication.

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience with Java
• Experience developing applications on Unix/Linux platforms
• Experience with servlet containers (e.g., Tomcat), JAXRS, Spring, and related technologies
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Experience using source control (esp. Git) and bug tracking systems such as JIRA in a team environment
• Experience in object-oriented analysis and design
• Experience developing web services using JSON, XML and RESTful API design
• Experience building scalable systems with very high levels of concurrency and transactions.
• Experience in building high-performance and cloud based scalable web services.
• Experience with design and implementation of modern web services architecture and API frameworks
• Experience implementing services backed by NoSQL data stores
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices - requirement gathering and analysis, design and develop secure and scalable code with unit tests, participate in code reviews and documentation; experience with open source based technology stack
• Ability to handle periodic on-call duty, and defensive engineering to minimize impact
• Strong ability to do root cause analysis / troubleshooting production issues in a high traffic volume environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Search, Machine Learning, Online Gaming domains
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, containerization, Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience with production monitoring tools such as Splunk, APM, Sensu, ExtraHop
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery experience
• Cloud based software (AWS, Openstack)
• Experience with microservices architecture-SOA polyglot environment
• Experience with eCommerce
• Experience with Code Pipeline/Troposphere