Full Stack Java Developer

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is seeking one full-time resource to assist with re-writing/replacing several legacy Struts based application screens and underlying screen technology used within the Cyber-Linked Interactive Child Nutrition System (CLiCS) application with modern Java Spring MVC screens. The custom-developed CLiCS application is the technology system used by Nutrition Program Service (NPS) within MDE to administer most nutrition program-related activities including sponsor applications, meal claims, payments, direct certification, and the Food Distribution Program.

At a high level, the resource will work closely with NPS staff and the MNIT @ Education team to design, build, and implement modern screens and functionality within the application. As part of this effort, additional functionality will be built to extend capabilities and improve usability of the application.

• Collaborate with business users, business analyst, and developers to produce software designs
• Provide work estimates to project manager, provide frequent status updates, and track progress against the project work plan
• Formulate technical design, program specifications, and basic prototypes
• Elicit/refine requirements and transform software designs and specifications into high functioning code in the appropriate language
• Architect, design, and integrate individual software solutions to higher level systems
• Use web-based tools to create and advance applications
• Test code periodically to ensure it produces the desirable results and perform debugging when necessary
• Collaborate with business, development, and QA teams to develop testing and acceptance procedures
• Perform upgrades to make software and systems more secure and efficient
• Collaborate with business analyst, developers, and management to provide training, knowledge transfer, and documentation for technical support staff.
• Lead the end-to-end design, build, and implementation of software applications and features
• Provide project leadership, mentoring, and training to other software developers on the team

Minimum Qualifications

• Five (5) Years' experience as a full-stack Java developer developing object-oriented Java Web Applications using the Spring Framework.
• Five (5) Years' experience in Java web application user interface design/user experience (UI/UX) and implementation which includes HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
• Three (3) Years of experience integrating Java web applications with SQL databases using Hibernate

Desired Skills

• Experience with Java frameworks including Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Java Server Faces (JSF), Java Server Pages (JSP), and Hibernate
• Experience developing APIs, web services, microservices
• Two (2) Years of software architecture experience
• Three (3) Years of experience as a lead developer leading software development effort and mentoring other software developers
• Five (5) Years of experience developing software both independently and in a team environment
• Three (3) Years of SQL relational database design and coding experience
• Experience working directly with business users to elicit, refine, and document requirements
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications on Azure or AWS
• Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.