Senior Java Developer at Exodus Integrity Services

Exodus Integrity Services, Inc. is a rapidly expanding technology company headquartered in Northeast Ohio. EIS provides quality services to our clients by instilling honesty, commitment, and hard work to find the most qualified candidates to fill each opportunity. EIS is seeking a Senior Java Developer for a contract-to-hire opportunity with one of the most iconic brands in the greater Cleveland area. This role is hybrid with 3 days in office and 2 days remote. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder and must currently live in the Cleveland area.


Job Description – Senior Application Developer

The Senior Application Developer is responsible for the design, development, integration, implementation, and support of web-based application software in a full-stack environment. This team supports our clients’ National Accounts / Credit applications. The Systems are primarily focused on Java/Oracle.

Other areas of involvement may include providing web services to corporate and other departments including stores. Development responsibilities will encompass new logic/features, enhancements, and bug fixes/support.

Essential Functions

Strategy & Planning
• Acquire and interpret business requirements, creates a functional specification, and determines the most efficient/appropriate technologies.
• While following department established standards, influence users in determining the best design to meet project requirements. Responsible for implementing approved architecture design.
• Design, submit and review technical and process improvement recommendations as a member of the technical leadership team.

Acquisition & Deployment
• Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude of established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
• Design application and database components for development projects.
• Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
• Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business.
• Understand the business problem being solved and recommend the best solution.

Operational Management
• Maintain and modify applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
• Provide support for critical application problems and issues. Develop proactive measures to ensure issue is solved and or easily discovered going forward.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
• Collaborate with business domain experts to analyze and assess existing business critical functions. Recommend improvements to operational processes.
• Assist Project Manager in the definition, gathering, development, and documentation of business and/or technical requirements, objectives, deliverables, design specifications and project plans.
• Participate in requirements gathering and design responsibilities. Create documentation such as Technical Requirements and High-Level Design documents.
• Collaborate with other developers, programmers, and designers in conceptualizing and development of new software programs and applications.
• Lead or participate in software design reviews.
• Assist in the diagnosis and correction of system issues and software bugs. Participate in measures to prevent them from happening again.

Incidental Functions
• Conduct research into new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks.
• Train and knowledge share with development teams.
• Mentor and coach developers and/or Professional Apprentices.
• Self manage project work, tasks and status reporting as necessary.
• Make presentations to management, clients, and peer groups as requested.
• Provide off hour support for critical application problems and issues.
• Analyze performance of programs and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with clients and approval of supervisor.
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the work.

Position Requirements
Formal Education & Certification
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience
• 8+ years of IT experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working on all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Experience working with customers to build and formulate business requirements.
• 5+ years Java, ORM/JPA/Hibernate, Web Services, Object-oriented design techniques, and common design patterns.
• 3+ years of experience in writing SQL queries and stored procedures to Oracle databases.
• Experience testing, debugging, and diagnosing software bugs and system issues.
• Experience in automated testing desired.
• Microservices experience
• Advanced skills implementing API and Microservices architecture using any of the market leading solutions
• Experience in implementing business critical, high volume, and highly available services is a must.
• A strong hands-on development track records building integration and application utilizing a variety of technologies, development tools and database systems.

Personal Attributes
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Strong systems/process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organization skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to quickly pick up new tools and technologies.
• Willingness and ability to train and teach others.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, and to lead and influence cross-organizationally with and without direct authority.
• Ability to effectively move forward on tasks even with ambiguous or changing requirements.

About EIS:

Since 1997, Exodus Integrity Services, Inc. (EIS) has brought hundreds of companies and thousands of talented IT professionals together. With over 120 years of combined industry and functional experience, the EIS team takes a consultative approach to identify client objectives and create practical initiatives that solve problems quickly and efficiently. We specialize in Consulting Solutions, Contingent and Direct Workforce Staffing, and Healthcare IT Solutions.

*Exodus Integrity Services (EIS) is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. EIS prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EIS conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.”