Developer II

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software using programming concepts and software development processes.
• Work conforming to agreed procedures and standards.
• Create software in accordance with agreed stories, technical and functional design specifications.
• Conduct research and analysis as required to deliver projects and assignments.
• Understand the core concepts of software design and architecture.
• Have the desire and aptitude to grow and learn new skills in the field of software development and design.
• Use and develop time management skills to deliver work to agreed timescales.
• Provide and contribute to the creation of ballpark and detailed build estimates for a development task.
• Contribute to the creation or review of technical documentation and other project artifacts as needed.
• Proactively keep managers and superiors informed about the status of their work, especially regarding risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• When required, will contribute to the problem solving, troubleshooting, and debugging of software on production and non-production environments.
• May provide 24-hour support through participation in the developer on-call rotation (may require assistance from others depending on knowledge and experience).
• May also be asked to provide after-hours, weekend, and holiday production support when called upon.

Skills & Certifications

• Skill evaluation: Behavioral (80%); Coding & Technical Challenges (80%)
• Solid knowledge of programming languages, data structures, algorithms, and software development patterns.
• Professional experience in reading, developing, and troubleshooting software in languages such as: BASIC, C, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and SQL; and with markup languages such as HTML and XML.
• Ability to translate and develop logic from technical specifications.
• Knowledge and experience of developing computer software and can demonstrate knowledge of related concepts, practices, and processes.
• Ability to understand business needs for assigned projects.
• Possesses knowledge of aspects of computer technology outside of software development, including hardware, networking, operating systems, and database management systems.
• Possesses good verbal and written communication skills, as applied to both technical and non-technical subject matter.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team or individually.
• Knowledge of one-or-more software development methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Scrum).
• Knowledge or experience of multi-value databases or NoSQL databases preferred.
• Knowledge or experience of working with organizations that implement a distribution model preferred.