RQ09571 - Software Developer - Full Stack - Senior

General Skills:

• Experience in programming and analysis; specialized software package support at the specified experience level
• Ability to collaborate with IT Professionals throughout the Software Development process
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
• Experience in design, code, test and debugging applications
• Experience in one or more programming languages
• Experience with relational database technologies
• Experience in the use of information retrieval using query languages (e.g. SQL)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills

Full Stack Skills:

• Proficient with both front-end and back-end development, including any associated areas such as database design/management and DevOps
• Design and implementation of the overall solution architecture
• Implementation of approved user interfaces, design and deployment of databases
• Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
• Design and construction of REST API services
• Integrating Front-End UIs with the constructed APIs
• Supporting the implementation\upkeep of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI\CD) pipelines

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to provide system documentation as required

Deliverables:

· Work with Business Analysts / UX & UI Designer / Product Manager / Cloud Architect, base on storyboard, user stories, UI/UX artefacts, solution architecture, security requirements, data models, develop application design and technical specification document, deliver quality software products (including Minimal Viable Products and Cloud-Native Web Application products, AODA compliance) as required.

· Create object-oriented models in UML as design artefacts using tools such as Power Designer.

· Support Quality Assurance & Defect Management, including Unit Test, Test Automation, Penetration / Vulnerability Test, Load Test, AODA Test, system / user test, migration test, etc.

· Construct / enhance / renew web applications using Cloud-Native / PaaS & Java EE application models (e.g. Microservice Architecture, API-based model, Responsive Web Design, Serverless Architecture, etc), and industry-leading Open Source frameworks like Angular, React / Redux, JSON, Node.js, Spring Framework / Spring Boot / Spring MVC, Lombok Annotations, in addition to Java 1.8+, JDK 11+, EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JPA, XML (DOM, SAX, XSLT), DHTML/HTML, Web Service, WebLogic (14+) / WebSphere / JBoss / TomCat / WildFly, relational, hierarchical and NoSQL databases

· Provide critical application support (incident investigation, troubleshooting, interim / long-term fixes, maintenance / incremental changes, etc) for complex production Java enterprise Applications

· Provide Method of Procedure (implementation package) document for production releases where required, and operational procedure document for production support staff as required.

· Co-ordinate system development activities and provide technical consultative support to other staff members.

· Provide knowledge transfer to ministry staff at all stages of this assignment.

· Provide post implementation support.

SkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Software Developer FS

Microsoft/Azure Development and Quality Assurance Experience - 65%

• Must have
  • Entity Framework or other Object-Relational Mapping data access tools
  • REST APIs
  • REAT and NEXTJS
  • JavaScript and TypeScript
  • SQL experience
  • Node.js
  • Knowledgeable in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for web application development

o Experience with common React libraries such as Hook Form, React Query, Zustand etc.

• Nice to have
  • Azure SQL
  • Responsive Web front-end, Web APIs, and web services design, development, and testing
  • Unit testing and test automation support (e.g. NUnit, XUnit, MSTest, Karma or Jasmine)
  • Microservices and container-based platform development, delivery, and testing
  • JSON
  • Rest API, SpringBoot.
  • Azure Cloud Development including PaaS and SQL services, or other cloud hosting technologies.
  • Regression testing (manual and automated), including familiarity with web-based QA automation software such as Playwright, and supporting the use of such tools via coding techniques
  • GIT, Azure DevOps (VSTS/TFS)
  • CI/CD pipeline setup and management

Agile Delivery Team Experience - 20%

• Experience participating in Scrum Agile development
• Experience contributing as a Developer or Tester (QA) in a balanced team which is comprised of roles including Developers, Testers, product Management, and Design
• Experience participating and contributing to task planning, daily stand ups, iteration demos, and review meetings
• Providing input to development estimates and designs
• Experience working with a team using concurrent development practices including Git-based source control, feature branches, and DevOps CI/CD pipelines

Business Analysis - 10%

• Experience translating business requirements into software code/implementations

Soft Skills - 5%

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Oral and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Highly developed interpersonal skills

Must-Haves:

React and NextJS

Java Enterprise

Cloud Native

JSON, Spring Framework, Spring Boot

Oracle, SQL