Senior Backend Software Engineer (Java/AWS)

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Senior Backend Software Engineer (Java/AWS) to join our team in Chicago, IL! We offer a hybrid work model, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your technical career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 500 company - let's talk!

As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will contribute to programming, project management, and development assignments, focused on backend services on our digital platform.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:                       

• Perform programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision.
• Work directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
• Work independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Drive application development focused on delivering business value. 
• Mentor and assist software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Proactively reach out for help when stuck on an issue after doing reasonable independent research.
• Maintain a sense of urgency when working on tasks and actively follow up on any dependencies or blockers.

Requirements

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering or related field is required AND
• 8+ years’ experience, required
• Master’s degree with 6+ years’ experience

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 10+ years of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java.

Proven experience in some or all of the following:

• Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software to scale.
• Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
• Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
• Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD, etc
• Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
• Experience with AI tools is a big PLUS.

Strong understanding and/or experience in some of the following:

• Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ.
• Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs
• Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible o Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.
• Hands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and Selenium and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
• Datastores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle. o Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc
• Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms 

SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.