Friday, 17 August 2012

Immediate Need: Websphere Commerce Developer

Job Title: eCommerce Websphere Developer (mid-level Developer)

Location: North Chicago, IL

Position: full time, permanent or long term contract

 

Job Purpose:  

Design and development of eCommerce technologies in support of global websites.

 

Principal Accountabilities:

·   Day-to-day design, development, unit testing, and maintenance of eCommerce related components across global websites

·   Application development including coding, code reviews, bug investigation/fixing of work in progress

·   Sheppard development from design through production release

·   Code testing following Test Drive Development practices including maintenance/creation of unit tests and collaborating with functional and non-functional test team members to ensure quality output

·   Elaboration of functional requirements provided by the business including

o  Working with a cross-functional team of Product Owners, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Testing, etc.

o  Design and creation of Proofs of Concept

o  Collaborating with Technical Specialists during creation of detailed designs

o  Ensuring non-functional requirements are met

·   Ensure knowledge transfer between members of the development team, the production support team or other business/global representatives as appropriate

·   Assist in driving on-going code and process improvements by

o  acting as a code steward for key area(s) of the code base

o  researching and advocating use of new tools, templates, libraries, etc.

o  highlighting areas for improvement of the existing code base by contributing to maintenance backlog

·   Interact with the production support team to address problems and concerns in the application

·   Demonstrate leadership by acting as Scrum Dev Lead, mentoring junior developers and contributing to overall quality improvement activities

·   Work closely with User Experience team, Global Development Manager and Global Delivery Manager to deliver innovative solutions that will continue to positively differentiate our global eCommerce offering.

·   Ensure clear and consistent communication at all times.

 

Key Challenges:

·   Working with multi–language, multi–currency web platform that is integrated with wide range of business systems

·   Working with global IT team and globally dispersed business functions

·   To innovate and lead the development of web solutions to fit any technology/business requirements

·   Monitor and improve quality of web components

·   Pressure to deliver on-time and on budget in a fluid environment

·   Anticipate future eCommerce needs of our business

 

Skills, Know How, and Experience:

·                     The job requires at least 5 years experience working in IT, with at least 3 of those years spent on J2EE, HTML, XML, JavaScript, SQL, Messaging, and design patterns.

·         Working knowledge of JUnit, JMeter, HTTP test, and selenium

·         Working knowledge of eCommerce platforms such Websphere Commerce

·         Working knowledge of Application Servers such as Websphere and Weblogic

·         Working knowledge of Web Servers such as Apache

·         Working knowledge of databases such as Oracle, MySQL, DB2, and SQL Server

·         Working knowledge of AJAX libraries is preferred

·         Experience running regression tests, stress testing, and methodologies and best practices

·         Experience in dealing with nuances of multiple browsers and their versions (IE, FireFox, Netscape, Chrome, etc)

·         Strong analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to work hands-on in a fast paced environment

·         Strong experience of online industry standards and terminology

·         Willing to learn new processes and apply to daily work

·         Strong written and verbal communication skills including ability to work with Global Architects

·         Demonstrable ability of self learning and self motivation

·         Experience working in global teams

·         Experience with Agile process (SCRUM is preferred)

·         Working knowledge of at least one version control system; Subversion is preferred

·         Experience in estimating various programming tasks(small,medium,large)

·         Experience in Usability testing, Unicode/Character Sets and Regular expressions

 

Position Dimensions:

  • Reports to Global eCommerce Development Manager.

May require occasional international travel

 

 

Andy
West Coast Consulting

9233 Research Drive, Irvine, CA 92618, USA

Work: 949-743-0065 Ext. 208
Fax: 714 844 9091
Email:
Andy@westcoastllc.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andywestcoast

 

 

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