Senior Consultant - Intermediate Developer

Responsibilities

• Software development, design, and testing
• Analyzing requirements and translating into elegant, scalable, performant code
• Developing and documenting software requirements, designs and architectures
• DevOps, deploying applications to production and test instances
• Supporting existing software applications, diagnosing problems, and resolving issues
• Mentoring and providing leadership to team members
• Communicating and interacting with customers
• Provide documented guidance and recommendations in timely fashion
• Communicate openly on progress and status, escalating issues and blockers in a timely manner to prevent or mitigate issues

Requirements

• Expert level professional experience using one or more backend web frameworks Node.js and/or Ruby / Rails preferred, Python, Java/J2EE, and/or Microsoft .NET
• Front-end and user interface development experience utilizing React, Angular, JavaScript / jQuery, HTML 5, CSS, Responsive Web Design, and Bootstrap
• Experience developing and/or consuming APIs using REST / JSON, AJAX, or other HTTP-based technologies
• Experience with Linux/Unix OS
• C/C++ experience nice to have
• Familiarity with common software development design patterns and algorithms
• Experience designing for and using databases such as Postgres or MySQL
• Ability to interpret UX designs and develop them into beautiful and functional interfaces
• Ability to create and interpret requirements and translate these into highly performant, scalable, and elegant software architectures
• DevOps experience including setting up development and production environments, installing packages, deploying code, shell scripting and automating tasks.
• Comfortable working in an agile environment including experience with unit testing (rspec or similar), test driven development, continuous integration, and scrum/agile planning
• Ability to understand a customers business objectives, vision and goals, and to translate these into application design and implementation
• Embrace working with a variety of technical and non-technical customers and team members
• Comfortable moving between development technologies, expanding skills, and eager to learn and take on new challenges
• B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science or Engineering disciplines or equivalent experience

Other Competencies

• Ethics and Values Adheres to a set of core values and beliefs during good times and bad, acts in line with those values. Practice what you preach.
• Integrity and Trust Is widely trusted and is viewed as direct and truthful.
• Problem Solving Solves difficult problems logically and with effective solutions.
• Self-Development Is personally committed and actively works to continuously improve himself/herself.
• Humor Has a positive and constructive sense of humor, is appropriately funny and can use humor to ease tension.
• Discretion - Has the ability to respect sensitive information.
• Intellectual Drive Bright and intelligent, deals with concepts and complexity with ease.
• Composure Remains cool under pressure, does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough.
• Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals and steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Fast Learner Learns skills quickly with facing new problems, a relentless and versatile learner, open to change, and analyzes both success and
• failure for clue to improvement.
• Decision Quality Makes good decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment.
• Perseverance Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish.
• Creative Finds solutions and new and unique ideas, easily makes connections and tends to be seen as value-adding in brainstorming sessions.
• Proactive Thinks ahead and prevents potential issues and problems.