Senior Java Full Stack Application Engineer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Full Stack Senior Developer / Lead with expertise in Java and Angular, and preferably experience with Kotlin, to join our dynamic team. You are passionate about reading existing codebase to understand current architecture, open to learning new technology stack, experience writing clean, organized code, with hands-on experience building an end-to-end complex Java applications with expertise in algorithms, optimization, data structures, rich desktop GUI, parsers, socket and web technology. You understand application architecture and is flexible to work on multiple areas of GUI, web front-end, middleware, back-end, and cloud.
 

You will Report to Engineering Manager
 

• Develop backend services and APIs using Java. Experience with Kotlin is good to have.
• Understand both front-end and backend requirement, collaborate with the team to design scalable and efficient system architectures and work with the team on implementation.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Work with subject matter experts to understand existing source code and architecture. Document and establish best ways to debug a complex codebase majorly Java.
• Gather requirements and translate them into practical engineering tasks
• Resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure high availability and scalability of the backend systems.
• Can apply best design practices and participate in code reviews.
• Follow Rockwell Automation's SDLC processes.
• Maintain documentation for architecture and source code.
• Collaborate with geographically distributed teams
• Contribute to and promote good software engineering practices across the team.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system problems and customer issues.
• Well versed in Agile practices.
   

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or any other Engineering, with concentration in software
• 6-8 years hands-on Java application development experience using OOP, algorithms, and data structures.
• 6+ years of experience developing backend services using Java Version 12 & above.
• Hands-on experience in Angular Version 8 & above for front-end development, including building and maintaining dynamic, responsive web applications.
• Object-oriented design skills, coupled with knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Demonstrated experience using Spring framework to create REST API based containerized and distributed modules
• Experience with cloud platforms such Azure or AWS.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Understanding of security best practices in backend development.
• Expertise in application protocol design using JSON
• Familiarity with computational systems, especially analytics or machine learning is good to have
• Familiarity with parser generators, especially in Java (Antlr or JavaCC), especially applied to expression evaluation and language interpreters
• Self-starter, not afraid to jump inside legacy source code to study and understand existing architecture and implementations
• Experience managing source code using GIT and SVN
• Coordinate tasks with remote development teams
• Experience using tools like JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo
• Knowledge of code and security analysis tools such as SonarQube and BlackDuck.
   

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development

... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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