Senior Java Developer

Responsibilities include:  

• Develop and maintain data validation logic in our proprietary Control Framework tool 
• Actively participate in business requirement elaboration and functional design sessions to develop an understanding of our Operational teams’ analytical needs, key data flows and sources 
• Assist Operational teams in the buildout of Checklists and event monitoring workflows within our Enterprise Control Framework platform 
• Build effective working relationships with Operational users, Reporting and IT development teams and business partners across the organization 
• Conduct interviews, generate user stories, develop scenarios and workflow analyses  
• Contribute to the definition of reporting solutions that empower Operational teams to make immediate decisions as to the best course of action 
• Perform some business user acceptance testing 
• Provide production support and troubleshooting for existing operational dashboards  
• Conduct regular demos and training of new features for the stakeholder community 

Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Accounting, Finance, MIS, Information Technology or related field of study 
• Minimum 5 years’ of SQL required 
• Experience querying data on cloud platforms (AWS/ Azure/ Snowflake) required 
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills, attention to detail and organization 
• Able to independently troubleshoot and gather supporting evidence  
• Prior experience developing within a BI reporting tool (e.g. Spotfire, Tableau, Looker, Information Builders) a plus  
• Database Management and ETL development experience a plus 
• Self-motivated, self-assured, and self-managed  
• Able to multi-task to meet time-driven goals  
• Asset management experience, including investment operation a plus 

• 3+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Experience in AWS.
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
• 2.5+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Experience in AWS.
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Technical Overview:

● You will be expected to design, develop and maintain large-scale complex backend web applications.

● You will be expected to rapidly learn and apply relevant new technologies.

● You will be having a high level of interaction with business and product stakeholders.

● You will be working on the entire web application stack, which includes:

      o Web server hosting

      o RESTful communication

      o Message brokering

      o Backend application layer, which includes the service and domain layers

     o Data layer for persistence or caching

● You will be participating in an agile software development cycle, which includes:

     o Design

     o Development

     o Code Review

     o Unit and Integration Testing

     o Release

● As a Staff Engineer, you will be expected to contribute to design, code review, refactoring, and project management.

● You will be exposed to the following technologies:

     o Web application frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java Play, Vert.x, AIOHTTP, AWS Lambda

     o Languages: Ruby, Java, Kotlin, Javascript, Python

     o Data stores: PostgreSQL, Aerospike, Redis, Amazon Redshift

     o Communication: HTTP, Amazon SQS, Sidekiq, Amazon SNS

     o Server Management: Amazon ECS, Docker

Product Overview:

You will be contributing to products concerning both customers and partner drivers.

Product sectors include:

1) Growth: You’ll build tools to help boost user growth on the platform including our industry-best driver onboarding, training and certification system, referral system, and lead management models.

2) Lifecycle Management: Build tools to help users engage with the platform better, which include rewards and recognition modules, subscription services account management tools, partner and customer wallets and payout modules, and churn detection systems among others.

3) Transaction Experience: You’ll help deliver the most delightful booking experience to our customers and drivers. As part of this team, you’ll be responsible for our core booking system, pricing and payment

systems, location tracking and filtering services, fraud prevention systems, and in-app ticketing and support among others.

4) Fulfilment: As part of the fulfillment team, you’ll work on systems that ensure a high degree of ride fulfillment on the platform. Tools include allocation methodologies and systems, dynamic pricing, dynamic partner routing, and partner re-activation tools among others.

5) Enterprise Solutions: You’ll help Porter’s enterprise customers achieve delivery excellence. You’ll build tools for contract management, fleet management, fleet and route optimization tools, alerting and monitoring tools, and analytics suite among others.

Required Skills:

• 3+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

Skills And Qualifications

• Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework (such as Django, Flask, etc depending on your technology stack)
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Jinja 2, Mako, etc depending on your technology stack)
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance (depending on the specific project)
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
• Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)
• (Make sure to mention other frameworks, libraries, or any other technology related to your development stack)
• (List education level or certification you require)

You Will:

• Lead, coach and mentor a team of 8-10 engineers so they all learn, grow, and succeed.
• Plan and prioritize work for your team, including collaborating with cross border teams.
• Provide oversight and accountability for technical decisions.
• Create an inclusive environment that attracts and retains high-performing engineers.
• You will collaborate with Developers, Program Managers, QA and Devops Engineers in an agile development environment.
• Constantly learn and grow as an engineer and an engineering leader.
• Demonstrate a passion for customers and technology.


You must have:

• Experience in the design, development, and deployment of large-scale enterprise applications with multiple tiers
• Exposure on agile test-driven development for robustness, usability, reliability, security and performance.
• Strong technical aptitude for any programming language, preferred, Core JAVA and Spring Boot and other Spring libraries, Eureka, Hystrix etc.
• Experience of creating architecture or developing web services using Open source technologies and to integrate applications with databases such as Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra
• Solid understanding of OOPS, algorithms and data structures.
• Experience on Kafka / Scala / Storm / Elastic Search and Web Services like RESTful.
• Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems
• Extensive experience with version control systems (Git is preferred) and issue tracking systems (JIRA is preferred)

Big Pluses if you:

• Have a strong focus on business outcomes
• Are comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
• Are self-motivated and can get things done
• Have the ability to communicate and defend your ideas clearly
• Have a strong knowledge of threading, concurrency, scaling, and high availability.
• Have a desire to build products that users love

• Stay current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education