Lead Developer

**DUTIES:** + Leads and participates in assigned projects using Azure DevOps tools. + Writes and/or supplements work item instructions (PBIs) that provide technical direction. + Assign tasks to balance workload and capacity. + Updates assignments as priorities shift. + Provides regular assessment of team member code quality and proofing pull requests to prevent rework and schedule slippage. + Fulfills Java and/or Angular using IntelliJ IDEA and/or Visual Studio as capacity allows. + Develops normalized table structures, complex stored procedures, and views in SQL Server Management Studio and Oracle Developer. + Troubleshoots, monitors, and reports on application availability and performance using Splunk, Dynatrace, and Data Dog. + Responds quickly to application outages; collaborates with other technical teams to resolve downstream failures; proposes novel interim solutions to maintain business activities until outage is resolved. + Monitors application performance and availability. + Establishes and maintains automated alerts to identify performance concerns approaching minimum service agreements. + Communicates and coordinates resolution for breached service levels. + Identifies core failure and recommends solutions to prevent recurrence. + May recommend new technologies and methodologies to management for meeting business needs within budget constraints, resolving problems and exploiting opportunities. Remains current with new technologies. + Stays informed about company standards, expectations, and supported frameworks, ensuring compliance with security and quality standards. + Maintains technical specification documentation and Standard Operating Procedures in Confluence. + Uses approved AI models in Github Copilot to drive efficiencies and consistency in coding practices. + Participate in cross-team technical planning and discussions. + Provides advice and assists in solving programming problems. + Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including output requirements and flow charts. + Ensures accurate and complete production deployments by writing detailed implementation instructions, justifications, and risk assessments in ServiceNow. + Schedules and communication releases with business and IT partners. + Requests regular status updates and participates in post-deployment validation. + Communicates go-live availability to end consumers. **REQUIREMENTS:** + Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, Business, or related field. + Five (5) years of experience in any occupation with development or related experience. + Five (5) years of experience in any occupation with development or related experience must include: Distributed Architectures, micro-services, OO background, Distributed Caching (Redis) and Messaging paradigms (MQ); + SQL Server Management Studio and Oracle Developer experience including stored procedures and best practices for optimal performance; + SCRUM oriented Agile methodologies and Project Management (Azure DevOps); + Experience writing clean, scalable code using architectural patterns; + Experience in performance optimization including concurrent programming, memory management, and JVM tuning; + Java programming language including the following technologies/frameworks: + Spring, Spring Boot, Spring DBC templates, Spring caching, Redis, JBoss application server, and Apache CXF; + DevOps and collaboration tools including Jenkins, Splunk, GIT, TFS, and Sonar; and command of web development architecture styles/APIs/protocols (REST, SOAP). **SALARY** : $145,642 per year