Java Developers - perm positions - High salary, bonus and Medical aid, Location, City Centre, Cape Town, Advertised By Agency, Job Type Full-Time

Purpose: To develop functionality for a JEE (J2EE) based product. The backend is a service oriented Spring based application. It provides a service layer for different user channels ranging from web clients, rich clients and batch users integrating via JMS and web services. The work contains a portion of support and refactoring of the existing code as well as new development to extend it for new functionality and add extra integration points.

 Responsibilities/Tasks: Support existing and develop new functionality and components.

Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements. Refactor and improve the code to keep the product maintainable and adaptable to new requirements. Work effectively in a team environment and follow/develop product software development processes and standards. Evaluate and improve application performance, and high availability features, Create unit and integrated system tests to show that the developed functionality works as intended. Create technical documentation that explains how the various components of the system work and how to use them. Communicate with clients regarding product defects.

Requirements: Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering or Computer Science. At least 5 years relevant experience as a back-end developer as part of a team in a software development environment. Experience in Java scripting languages is preferred. Ability to work in a team environment: Follow mentorship/provide team leader mentorship, collaborate on a common (UML) design model. A good understanding of the SDLC process, tools and techniques specifically as applied to software development methodology.

Experience with team development tools: Use of source control applications (preferably subversion); Use of a UML tool for documentation. A strong knowledge of Java essential.

Experience of the following technologies: JEE, (J2EE) server side technologies, Spring, framework (preferable), JPA /Hibernate, Experience with an application server (IBM Websphere - preferable), Integration experience (Web services, JMS - nice to have), JAXB and XML Schema, Maven & Ant, SQL and experience with a relational database (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2), Tapestry & JSP, Swing & AWT soapUI

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Please send CVs to: frank@personnelsearch.co.za