Sr. Java Engineer

PeopleAdmin is the leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions for education and government, and is growing rapidly to better meet the needs of K-12 schools, higher education institutions and government entities.

Our solutions enable customers to streamline the hiring process, onboard new employees, efficiently manage positions and employee performance, develop compliant and defensible audit trails, and use industry-leading reporting and metrics.

PeopleAdmin is different from most companies. Our people are fun, passionate, confident, innovative and unafraid to take risks because that’s what it takes to succeed here. We believe our people and company culture are critical to growing our long-term business value.

Will that be you?

Job Summary:
If you crave a pathway to drive a deeper impact, a product that will challenge you and a team that works side by side to grow and evolve, PeopleAdmin may be the right place for you. We are looking for senior software engineers with strong combinations of skills and experience in the following areas:

Responsibilities :
Work with architects and product managers to create elegant, understandable designs for new features

Develop robust, maintainable software

Maintain a bulletproof development and deployment toolchain

Solve challenging problems across the software development lifecycle be they technical, process or interpersonal

Create technical documentation and contribute content for user-friendly manuals

Provide leadership and mentorship to the team and promote an open, learning culture

Ensure that the software meets and/or exceeds security, uptime, and stability goals

Skills and Experience:
Core

Experience developing large, robust Java web applications

Expertise in object-oriented development utilizing GoF design patterns and best practices

Experience developing and optimizing JPA or Hibernate ORM

Experience developing and maintaining RESTful web services

Front end

Expertise in JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Experience developing large Angular JS front ends, Kendo UI experience a plus

Experience with front end toolchains such as Bower, npm, grunt, gulp, etc.

Database

Expertise developing SQL with MySQL, experience with Percona XtraDB Cluster and/or AWS RDS/Aurora a plus

Architecture

Service Oriented Architecture

Third Party Integrations

Experience with modern Java frameworks such as Spring or Play Framework

IVR and/or Twilio experience a plus

Testing

• Experience developing unit tests for front end and back end using tools like JUnit, TestNG, Mocha, Jasmine, etc.
• Experience developing tests with Selenium/Webdriver a plus

Methodologies/Tools

Agile – Scrum or Kanban

Version control using Git

Experience with Atlassian product suite (JIRA, Confluence etc.) desired

CI/CD using tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, or Bamboo

Infrastructure

Experience deploying applications in AWS

Strong Linux experience

Qualifications:
BS or BA in Computer Science or related field with a strong academic record, or equivalent experience.

5+ years of development experience.

Enterprise-class Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) development.

Experience maintaining and enhancing legacy systems.

Strong debugging and data spelunking skills.

SQL and database design experience.

Object-Oriented Design experience.

Desire to learn and apply new technologies in the workplace.

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Experience with web application development such as Java Servlets, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Ant and Gradle build systems experience helpful.

Batch file and other scripting languages helpful.

Performance testing and optimization

Enjoys working in a collaborative team environment and mentoring junior developers

Our team members are rewarded for their skill and expertise. Beyond competitive compensation, there are quite a few perks to the job, including…

Working with a great team: You’ll have to meet us to see!

Non-accrual paid time off: Take the time you need as negotiated with your manager.

Company’s investment in you: Whether it is books, courses, screencasts, or conferences, we provide ways for our developers to keep their knowledge current and their skills sharp.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.