SOFTWARE ENGINEER

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops application improvements and supports the existing data exchange application as defined by product requirements.
• Participates in team scrums, code reviews and requirements gathering process.
• Completes all assigned tasks with minimal assistance, with high quality, and on time.
• Provides assistance to other team members by being available to answer questions and performing code reviews.
• Shows initiative in improving Benefitfocus coding standards and product lines by suggesting new ideas and methods.
• Maintains great working relationships with other team members.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree or comparable work experience in software development.
• 2-5 years of experience in software development recommended in addition to education requirements.
• Fundamental knowledge of technical competencies [as provided by the hiring manager].
• Proven track record of working both independently and collaboratively with multiple engineering teams to complete coding assignments.
• Great verbal and written communication skills.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience in object-oriented programming
• Experience with version control processes
• SQL integration development utilizing one or more of: Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Experience with unit testing PREFERRED SKILLS
• Java
• Maven
• Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies
• Git
• Spring
• Spring Batch
• JBoss Drools
• XSD, XML XSLT processing
• PostgreSQL and Oracle
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript