Full Stack Developer

Vital Tech Solutions - Southfield, MI

Location: Southfield, MI / Remote

This position will work from home; occasional planned travel to an assigned Southfield, Michigan location may be required. However, this position is permitted to work at a Southfield, Michigan office location if requested by the team member.

Looking for a highly motivated Full Stack Engineer to join our team at an exciting time. Our client is committed to building innovative technologies and future-proofing our business to stay ahead in the ever-changing digital landscape. We are seeking a passionate individual who is excited about working on cutting-edge web applications built on AWS. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical skills, a deep understanding of software development life cycle methodologies, and a keen eye for detail.

Outcomes and Activities:

Design and develop full-stack web applications using various programming languages, frameworks and libraries
Develop RESTful APIs and integrate front-end with back-end services
Implement user interfaces with responsive design principles
Write unit-tests and functional tests to ensure code quality and reliability
Optimize web applications for scalability, performance and security
Design and implement databases and data models to support the application
Contribute to the design and architecture of the application and suggest improvements
Conduct impact analysis of changes on the entire web application stack
Learn and apply new web technologies and best practices to continuously improve the application
Document the architecture, design, and code for future reference and maintainability
Troubleshoot issues in production and provide effective solutions
Contribute to team's sprint commitments and actively participate in Agile practices
Lead continuous learning activities to improve design and code quality as well as to increase application domain knowledge
Participate in talent selection process and mentor less experienced engineers
Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and other engineers.

Competencies: The following items detail how you will be successful in this role.

Development: Develops solutions using standards and best practices of the applications language. Writes code that implements the design that is testable, extensible, efficient and maintainable.
Impact Analysis: Understand the rationale behind and how changes impact the enterprise and/or applications and across the technical ecosystem.
Solution Design: Ability to translate high level requirements to create and implement designs that meet the needs of the customer, are technically sound, maintainable and cost effective. Ability to identify missing or ambiguous requirements. Ability to design at both high and low levels of abstraction, understand complex requirements and translate into understandable solutions. Ability to accurately estimate based on requirements.
Technical Domain: Have an understanding of the technical domain, including the application architecture, design and data of the application they support and systems to which it interfaces.
Facilitation Techniques: Organize, support and/or conduct workshops, meetings, presentations specific to the objectives of each, problem to be solve, and needs of the audience.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field of study; or equivalent work experience
10+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering
Experience in the lead role overseeing technical direction of a team of software engineering talent across multiple applications
Practical experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile/SCRUM and Waterfall
Experience in data modeling, design and messaging
Experience in building web-based applications on AWS or other public cloud platforms
Proficiency in front-end web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.)
Experience with server-side technologies such as Node.js, Python, or Java
Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda
Understanding of RESTful APIs and experience in developing and consuming them
Experience in developing and deploying containerized applications with Docker or Kubernetes
Experience with DevOps tools and practices such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automated testing

Preferred:

Knowledge of AWS services and tools, particularly in building web-based applications
Experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker
In-depth usage and creation of application programming interfaces (API) and frameworks in their particular field: JSON, Rest/SOAP based Web Services, JUnit, Jenkins and Bitbucket preferred
Experience in API security, analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications
Experience in creating REST API documentation using Swagger or similar tools desirable
Financial services industry experience

Vital Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits promotions, training, termination or any other condition of employment or career development.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, veteran status, disability status or any other legally protected status.

Posted On: Thursday, May 25, 2023