Java Software Engineer
Reports
to Research and Development Manager
General
Responsibilities:
- Analyze, design, code, test, debug
- Self-starter; manage time exceptionally well; able to meet deadlines; able to multi-task (likely to have more than one project ongoing at times)
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Able to work individually and on small teams; communicate
effectively and regularly with project manager(s) and team members, when
applicable
- Show an interest in developing feature sets (that is, a willingness to become a product Subject Matter Expert over time)
- Show an understanding of usability issues and interest in making websites intuitive and user-friendly
- Develop new and maintain existing source code; enhance existing web applications
- Understand object-oriented programming concepts
Specific Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences or MIS preferred OR
minimum 2 years experience in web based programming. Candidates MUST have a
High School Diploma or equivalent
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Extensive knowledge of programming language and web design fundamentals
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Considerable knowledge of web infrastructure concepts (web
servers, ISAPI, http/https protocols, APIs, web services etc.)
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Familiarity with PHP
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At least two years experience in each of the following:
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Core Java/J2EE including servlets, jsp, and JDBC with
emphasis on MVC and jUnit test framework
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JavaScript (in depth), basic understanding of jQuery
framework
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Database concepts, including an understanding of
data-modeling practices, stored procedures, and basic performance tuning,
preferably using MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
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HTML (in depth)
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XML/JSON (in depth)
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CSS (working knowledge but does not need to in-depth)
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Experience with any of the following are a plus but not required:
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Tomcat web server (6.x or later)
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Eclipse IDE
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PERL scripting
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Software management/version control tool(s) such as
Subversion, GIT, CVS, Mercurial
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Groovy or Scala
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Maven or Ant build system
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Hibernate ORM
