Software Engineer III (Core Java, Spring Boot)

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Job Description Summary:

The Software Engineer III designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for new products, new features and software enhancements.

You will be expected to work in a fast-paced environment where you will bring your deep technical expertise to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Your ability to collaborate effectively with other Rocketeers across geographies and technologies will be vital to retain our solutions as the premier technology in the industry. Apply for this exciting opportunity to grow professionally as a part of a dynamic team that continues to grow this business!

About Rocket Software: Thousands of companies around the world depend on Rocket to solve their most challenging business problems by helping them run their critical infrastructure, business processes, and data, as well as extending the value of these assets to take advantage of cloud and mobile computing, advanced analytics, and other future innovations. From the clothes we wear to the cars we drive; Rocket solutions power the back-end systems that thousands of brands we interact with every day. At Rocket, software has always been about people—not just ones and zeroes. We’re people solving problems for other people, and we strive to treat our customers, partners, and fellow Rocketeers with humanity. Founded in 1990, Rocket Software is headquartered in Waltham, MA, with 31 offices and communities around the world.

Job Overview: Software Engineer III designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for new products, new features and software enhancements.

You will be expected to work in a fast-paced environment where you will bring your deep technical expertise to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Your ability to collaborate effectively with other Rocketeers across geographies and technologies will be vital to retain our solutions as the premier technology in the industry. Apply for this exciting opportunity to grow professionally as a part of a dynamic team that continues to grow this business!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Proficient at complex programming exercising independence and discretion while working independently

or as part of a team.

· May lead a team on short term projects as needed.

· Act as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain and may act as the technical leader within a team.

· Works independently to create new features, implement software enhancements, correct defects.

· Documents and communicates on technical topics outside the immediate development team

· May interact with customer users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications

· History of success working within a team environment

Required Qualifications/Experience

· Typically requires a minimum of 5+ years of related experience

· Excellent designing and coding skills

· Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

· Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.

· Proven working experience in Core Java development

· Experience with Socket programming

· Experience in building and testing Java EE applications

· Experience in REST API & JSON/XML documents

· Programming background in Perl/Python/Shell scripting

· Strong experience with SQL Databases (SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL) including JDBC

· Programming background in PL/SQL

· Proficient understanding and experience of code versioning tools, such as Git

· Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins) and build tools (Maven, Gradle)

· Conversant with Windows and Unix/Linux OS

· Fluency in English language, both written and spoken excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to deal professionally and collaboratively with all levels of the organization and across geographies.

Preferred Skills/Experience

· Background in IBMi OS on IBM Power Servers

· Prior experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers

· Prior experience with plugin development – Eclipse plugin & VSCode extension

· Prior experience with Spring Boot, Spring Framework (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Data etc.)

· Prior experience with plugin development for Jira / Git / Jenkins

· Conversant with public cloud vendors such as IBM Cloud or AWS

· Some experience or willingness to learn containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and/or OpenShift

· Thrives in a multi-tasking environment with constantly evolving priorities.

· Ability to analyze complex problems into simple sub problems and then reuse available solutions to implement most of those.

· Ability to design simple systems that can work efficiently without needing much support.

· Agile development methodologies

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Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to people@rocketsoftware.com.  We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!