Senior Java Engineer
Sr JAVA Engineer
About the Company
DigitalGlobe is a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions that help decision makers better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. Sourced from the world’s leading constellation, our imagery solutions deliver unmatched coverage and capacity to meet our customers’ most demanding mission requirements. Each day customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, navigation technology, and providers of location-based services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and expertise to gain actionable insight. DigitalGlobe is a public company listed on the NYSE as DGI, and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.
Summary
DigitalGlobe has an immediate opening within the IT Solutions organization in Westminster, Colorado. The Java Developer will be responsible for development and maintenance of many common services for internal and external customers of DigitalGlobe’s IT department. The developer should have a solid understanding of tiered applications architecture and best practices for code development. The position will also include interaction with main stakeholders to communicate work completed and expected progress, as well as eliciting requirements. It is also desired that the candidate has experience advocating for automated deployment tools, automated testing suites, to be able to adjust focus when needed due to dynamic customer priorities that reflect real-world pressures.
Responsibilities
- Research, evaluate, design, develop, implement, and improve state-of-the-art software in collaboration with a team of software developers, software testers, system engineers, DBA’s, IT and network personnel.
- Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team and articulate technical concepts and ideas effectively.
- Ensure sound software development process that is heavily test and user driven.
- Communicate with end users, understanding their needs, and working with the team to improve the system.
- Operationally support a 24x7 mission critical system, including on-call rotations.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or 7+ years of development experience.
- 3+ years demonstrated experience with Java and large scale messaging systems.
- 3+ years demonstrated experience with Java and large scale IO system programming, design, and development of high volume XML data interfaces.
- Experience developing, deploying and maintaining high availability clustered Java applications.
- Development experience with current frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate, Bootstrap)
- Experience in web front-end technologies like AngularJS, Backbone, node.js or jQuery.
- Experience working as a software developer
- Knowledge of multi-tier, heterogeneous architectures and how they typically fit together
- Experience with AWS.
- Understanding of what it takes to keep a high-availability software platform healthy
- Tremendous Organization and Communication skills
- Experienced with and within Scrum, and Kanban.
- Knowledge of sound Agile Engineering Practices (TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, etc.)
- US Citizenship or Permanent Resident
- Ability to obtain US Secret Clearance
Location
Westminster, CO
Compensation
DigitalGlobe offers a generous compensation package including a competitive salary; choice of medical plan; dental, life, and disability insurance; a 401(K) plan with competitive company match; paid holidays and paid time off
Applicants for this position will be required to take and pass a drug test.