Java Engineer with Kafka, Junit, Kafka - Chicago

Company: Addison Group
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 4, 2024

Job Description:

Title: Java Engineer - AI Platforms - Must have Junit testing, Kafka or other real-time streaming experience
Location: Chicago, IL Downtown or Dallas, TX - 2X weekly Hybrid
Salary: $140-155K + Bonus
Sponsorship available only for those with 1 year or greater on their visa.
The engineer is responsible for gaining a thorough understanding of the end-to-end system. This individual must learn both the technical side of the system as well as stakeholder expectations. The engineer will create and maintain the automated test framework and utilities to generate automated tests. During daily scrum meetings and collaboration meetings, the engineer will collaborate and communicate with team members, other technical teams, and users to ensure accuracy and transparency. The engineer will build tests and utilities and architect performant, modular, and reusable solutions. The engineer will be able to diagnose and absorb new projects, evaluate the design, and understand the end-to-end flow to develop a comprehensive automation approach.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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• Works in an Agile team throughout the lifecycle to collaborate on the analysis, design, development & testing.
  
• Actively participates in Sprint planning sessions to create stories with robust acceptance criteria while helping identify missing or incomplete requirements.
  
• Actively participates in design/technical reviews to identify missing, incomplete, or inaccurate design assumptions or design choices.
  
• Creates Java automation framework to build automated tests and utilities.
  
• Builds and maintains integration testing framework in Jenkins to execute automated tests for regression, integration, and functional testing on newly designed or modified applications/systems.
  
• Thoroughly analyzes, tests, and documents software quality to ensure proper implementation.
  
• Independently follows up with development resources for solution identification.
  
• Performs thorough code reviews and recommends improvements.
  
• Mentors and coaches team members and new team members.
  
• Evaluates solutions to design, script, and execute performance (Load, Stress etc.) tests.
  
• Follows agreed-upon implementation of agile philosophies to ensure that all information system products and services meet both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external-facing reporting is properly represented.
  
• Strong communication - articulates clearly and concisely, the specifics to team and senior management.
  
• Trains team members on new systems requirements and nuances.
  
  Qualifications:
  
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  • Strong Java knowledge and OO programming concepts.
    
  • Requires in-depth knowledge of multi-threaded, highly distributed, and concurrent systems.
    
  • Strong experience with creating web services applications.
    
  • Broad-based knowledge of the lifecycle development, change control management, and automation framework.
    
  • Deeply analytical skills, with the ability to display methods of testing highly sophisticated systems, progressively diagnose systems defects, and clearly communicate to project constituents, key findings, and learnings.
    
  • Strong communication skills, written and oral, analytical abilities, sound judgment and time management skills, and the ability to work effectively with clients (users), management, and staff.
    
  • Highly motivated self-starter with creative problem-solving skills.
    
  • Able to meet aggressive deadlines efficiently and effectively.
    
  • Able to handle multiple project tasks simultaneously.
    
    Technical Skills:
    
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    • Java, Python, JUnit, and Unix shell scripting a plus.
      
    • Big Data - cloud, Kafka, AWS experiences a plus.
      
    • Ability to work with RDBMS, NoSQL, S3, etc.
      
    • Build automation.
      
    • Containerization.
      
    • REST services.
      
      Education and/or Experience:
      
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      • 5+ years of strong Java development experience or equivalent.
        
      • Developed multithreaded, performant, distributed applications and web services.
        
      • Strong experience with testing Java-based distributed applications.
        
      • Strong understanding of testing concepts and principles.
        
      • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Financial Industry experience preferably in trading and risk management a plus.
        
        Certificates or Licenses:
        
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        • AWS certifications are a plus.
          
        • JCP / Python certification a plus.
          
        • Agile certifications a plus.
          
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          Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.
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