Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field, 1-3 years of software engineering experience, Proficiency in Java server-side development, web services, and databases.

Key responsabilities:

Develop and re-architect system capabilities

Design, code, and test back-end efficiently

Implement scalable and robust services

Create internal and external APIs

Review code and provide documentation

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Job description

Job brief

We are seeking a Software Engineer to execute the full lifecycle of the product development, by programming well-designed, efficient, and testable code that meets specifications.

Responsibilities

Develop new capabilities and re-architect parts of an existing system.
Take part in test-driven, iterative development, prototyping, and reviews with a team of developers.
Design and code middle and back-end in a clean and efficient way.
Implement scalable and robust services.
Develop external and internal APIs.
Develop and run unit and performance tests to ensure scalability and reliability.
Review and debug code.
Develops documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clean code to explain and show solutions.
Determines and designs system specifications, standards, and programming to prepare and install solutions.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field
Between 1 and 3 years of experience in software engineering
Experience developing server-side web applications in Java
Experience developing Java Web Services with public API (e.g. REST, SOAP)
Experience with relational (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
Proficient in object-oriented development
Able to effectively and quickly adopt new technology
Knowledge of Java frameworks, architecture, and design patterns
Good communication skills

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