Senior Software Developer

POSITION:

Reporting to the Technical Project Manager, we are looking for a hands-on senior developer, who will inspire and collaborate with team to ensure the effective design, development, testing and release and maintenance of our products.

Adopting agile methodology, encourage continuous improvement of our products, toolsets and processes.

The ideal fit for the company is a personable Developer with at least four years of experience. The team work with modern tech and promote software development best practices so they are keen for Developers that can produce clean quality code.

The chosen individual will work out of the Contour Software Karachi resource center office, as an extension of the division-based R&D department.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Accountable for ensuring the completion of User Stories are in line with the sprint schedule

Report to the TPM on progress towards overall running Projects

Liaise with the Product Owner on progress

Responsible for ensuring the development meets expected company standards (e.g., development documentation standards)

Assigning tasks to junior developers such as coding, testing, debugging, and analytics.

Conducting feasibility studies for upgraded software systems.

Working with offshore and onshore delivery teams

Maintaining and supporting Flow products and improving the performance of existing software

Work collaboratively with test teams agreeing test cases

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential:

A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or an equivalent qualification in another technical field.

Knowledge of Enterprise Java/Scala technology stacks

Development of high-performance code in Java in a multi-core environment

Minimum four years development experience

Personable with the ability to build effective working relationships with team members

Experience with Scala, or other functional programming paradigm

Candidates with no prior experience on Scala must be willing to learn

Desirable:

Awareness of Agile/Scrum and Waterfall, Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Websphere development

Familiarity with some of the following frameworks/specification: JAX-WS, JDBC, EJB3, JMS, Spring, Hibernate.

Exposure to one or more of the following application server systems: WebSphere, JBOSS, Weblogic, NetWeaver.

Exposure to one or more of the following RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL.

Experience of code management using git

Experience with Azure DevOps.

Experience with Maven build automation tooling

Your Personal Characteristics will include:

Results driven and self-motivated with a "can-do” attitude and determination to get software deployed

Ability to support/coach developers both onshore and offshore

Both willing and keen to learn new technologies

Self-motivated and works well under pressure

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to suggest technical solutions to problems where required

Ability to work independently with little supervision

Good listening and communication skills (oral and written)

Strong technical, quantitative, and analytical skills.

The ability to take ownership and deliver results

Good team player, yet willing to take personal responsibility for resolution of issues

Be energetic, motivated, and enthusiastic