Java Developer - Daily Rate (Dublin)

MULTIPLE REQUIREMENTS! (6 MONTHS+)

This is a key development role requiring very strong technical and communications skills. The Senior Java/J2EE Developer will have responsibility for the technical implementation and design of the application, collaborating with a team of developers and test engineers and a product stakeholder within an Agile environment.

Very strong Java and J2EE skills are essential, with an emphasis on developing cutting edge high performing web applications. Exposure to and knowledge of continuous integration, software release management techniques and interfacing with test engineers as part of any major software development project is expected.

This is a hands on development role and requires a strong software development background.

The Senior Java/J2EE Developer position reports directly to the Engineering lead and is located in the Dublin offices.

REQUIREMENTS:

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, debugging, testing and deployment to ensure all work is to the highest standards.

Take ownership for component design, development and maintenance
Responsible for code reviews and technical quality standards within the project team
Carry out meticulous automated unit tests to ensure a high quality deliverable into QA
Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management, build and release management

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL:

Experienced developer with broad understanding of all the components of large consumer facing web apllications.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

- Ideal candidate will have 5 plus years Java/J2EE development experience
- Hibernate, JUnit, Spring Frameworks, web services, Oracle, SQL
- Requires a very strong level of interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills
- J2EE architecture and design patterns

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

- J2EE security (OAuth, ws-security, Spring Security, JAAS)
- Selenium
- Cross browser development
- Experience of reengineering Legacy applications (eg removing EJB, porting from heavyweight J2EE containers to light weight containers, replacing Legacy frameworks).
- Developing application for the cloud
- Amazon AWS
- Application performance profiling (Jprofiler, yourkit)
- Application performance tuning
- PL/SQL
- Maven
- TDD
- Knowledge of Continuous Integarion
- Atlassion suite of tools, Bamboo, Clover, Fisheye, Confluence and JIRA
- Practical knowledge of Source Control Management, specifically branching, tagging and merging of different code streams, preferable in SVN.
- Experience of agile development processes an advantage
- Exposure to the educational software environment and familiarity with industry standards and specifications
- Possess excellent communication skills, the drive to succeed and work independently and on a team, with the ability to multi task, and deliver quality results
- M.Sc. in Computer Science or B.S. and equivalent experience