Develops software with a paired partner to deliver user stories that contribute to a valuable working software product, often operating as the lead partner.
Develops automated unit tests with working software, to confirm software functionality conformance to functional and non-functional requirements.
Develops automated functional tests to confirm user story acceptance and to detect regression defects.
Reviews continuous integration build status and fixes build failures.
Improves continuous integration tooling by automating manual processes within the delivery pipeline and improving quality gates based on past learnings.
Reviews ongoing production software operations and troubleshoots production issues.
Implements tooling that monitors application performance metrics and automatically notifies team when a failure occurs in production.
Active participant in all team agile ceremonies
Skills Required:
Interact with business customers when resolving support issues
Work with business customers to define business requirements with the customer on new development
Show leadership in analysis of development and support tasks to drive to a quick implementation and resolution
Code, test and implement application components in Java, web services and Java related technologies using Ford Credit Frameworks
Practitioner in at least 2 coding languages
Comfort level developing in all tiers of application software: front-end, mobile, back-end and database.
Advanced knowledge of software design patterns
Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery
Demonstrated ability to delivery product road map milestones
Provide Agile artifacts associated with application components
Skills Preferred:
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Willingness to continuously learn
Highly motivated professional (self-starter and results oriented).
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work as a member of a collaborative team
Experience Required:
1+ years JAVA/J2EE Application development experience
1+ years using AGILE Development methodologies
3+ years WebLogic/WebSphere Application server
1+ years HTML, javascript, XML server side Java based development
Experience with Linux, Windows Operating Systems
Experience in all components of software delivery
Experience Preferred:
Paired programming and Test-first/Test Driven Development (TDD).
Familiarity with Spring Cloud and deploying to cloud platforms, preferably Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF).
Exposure to Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools and pipelines such as GIT hub, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, etc.
Additional skills desired with SpringBoot and Angular JS
Education Required:
Degree in computer science / engineering or programming experience (Java, HTML, SQL, Javascript)
Education Preferred: * J2EE certifications a plus * AWS Certifications * PCF Certifications a plus