Java - Full Stack Developer

Full Stack Developer (Remote)

*No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

About eCornell

As Cornell University's online learning unit, eCornell delivers online professional certificate courses to individuals and organizations around the world. Courses are personally developed by Cornell faculty with expertise in a wide range of topics, including data analytics, management, marketing, human resources, leadership, and STEM. Students learn in an interactive, small cohort format to gain skills they can immediately apply in their organizations, while earning a professional certificate from Cornell University. eCornell has offered online learning courses and certificate programs for 15 years to over 130,000 students at more than 2,000 companies.

The Opportunity

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

The Full-stack Developer works with eCornell's product management team, software development team, and internal and external stakeholders to maintain and enhance existing software and to design, develop, and deliver new software within the eCornell software stack, using modern software engineering tools and practices. The Full Stack Developer is tasked with the primary responsibility of integrations with eCornell's systems such as our LMS Canvas, Destiny, Salesforce, in addition to developing and maintaining custom web applications written in Java. In addition, the Full-stack Developer works with the support team and end-users to troubleshoot and resolve customer and internally reported software defects and technical issues.

As a member of an agile squad, the Full Stack developer adheres to practices and standards, set by communities of practice, and contributes to a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement innovative solutions and software applications using established tools, environments, and languages, in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment.
• Participate in Requirements Analysis using agile methodology, working directly with end users, product owners, management, and other business stakeholders.
• Predict effects of configuration changes, identify application bottlenecks and opportunities to optimize performance; make recommendations to the software team for improvements to maximize development efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Recommend product revisions or enhancements based on user feedback.

• Proactively identify and troubleshoot system issues; systematically solve technical issues by identifying causes and applying effective, scalable solutions.
• Support internally developed as well as vendor developed code.
• Document software to support collaborative development and ease of updates. Document design using Google docs, Confluence.
• Perform system tuning, optimization of information/data processing, maintenance and support of the production environment, as necessary.

What We Need

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent and five (5) to seven (7) years of relevant application software development work experience in a fast-paced web-based software development environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expert level in Java programming and Spring Framework; Hands-on knowledge of several of the following: SQL, Maven, Swagger, Jenkins, modern Web UI technologies (jQuery, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Understanding of issue tracking systems, such as Jira.
• Experience in unit testing, verification and validation.
• Proven ability to work, be adaptive, and resourceful, in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused work environment characterized by rapid change, minimal lead times, and multiple competing priorities.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and communication (written and oral) skills; expert interpersonal skills; ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with customers, stakeholders, and staff at all levels of the organization.
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently and as part of a team, be adaptive to critical needs, and share expertise as needed, demonstrating accountability, openness, and transparency.
• Demonstrated aptitude to stay current on new and emerging technologies.
• Ability to travel approximately once a month.
• Action and results oriented with a positive customer service attitude.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Experience incorporating the perspectives of multiple communities, including communities of color.

*A cover letter and resume are required for further consideration for this position.

*No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it's ok if you don't.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience in education technology.
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services is a significant plus.

What We Offer

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is based in Ithaca, New York, however, the successful applicant may perform this role remotely anywhere within the United States. Employees who work remotely may receive multiple W-2 Forms depending on their work location.
• The New York Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting and withholding for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside of New York State.
• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.
• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: https://hr.cornell.edu/benefits-pay.
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: https://hr.cornell.edu/jobs/your-total-rewards.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.

Familiarize yourself with Cornell's COVID-19 workplace guidance as well as the university's COVID-19 services and information.

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