Backend Java Developer

Job Description

Position: Backend Java Developer

Location: Dallas, TX

Backend Java Developer

Position Description

CGI has an immediate need for a Backend Java Developer (J2EE, Spring Boot) to join our financial services team in Plano, TX. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced team environment supporting one of the largest leaders in the secondary mortgage industry. We take an innovative approach to supporting our client, working side-by-side in an agile environment using emerging technologies. This role offers you the opportunity to join a fast paced agile team developing Microservices built on Spring Boot and Restful API!

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Create or update documentation in support of development efforts. Documents may include detailed specifications, implementation guides, architecture diagrams or design documents.

• Participate in code reviews with peers and managers to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate.

• Respond to trouble/support calls for applications in production in order to make quick repair to keep application in production.

• Participate in all agile ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.

• Leverage client DevOps tool stack to build, inspect, deploy in cloud platform, test and promote new or updated features.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• 6+ years of development experience in Java/J2EE technologies

• 2+ years of development experience with Java 8, Spring boot, Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Security and REST Web Services is a must.

• Competent in distributed systems design and implementation. Experience with Object-Oriented Design and test-driven development.

• Advanced proficiency in unit testing/Mockito as well as coding in Java 8 and Spring Boot technologies

• Experience in testing automation using Junit/Mockito, Cucumber

• Hands-On experience with database development using SQL

• Knowledge of UNIX (Linux) environment

• Experience with build tools like Maven/Gradle

• Experience working in Agile environment

• Good communication skills

Desired qualifications

• AWS experience is nice to have

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field

Full-time