Software Engineer - Louisville, United States - TwinSpires

Description

The Software Engineer will work as a part of a larger team to design and develop custom full-stack software solutions that meet the needs of the business and those of our patrons.

This role will also participate as a member of an agile team and will therefore be required to participate in mutually deliverable goals and will have to coordinate efforts that maximize the contributions of the group.

Job Location - In office in Louisville or Lexington, KY

Essential Functions

Write and support user-facing, web-based features that further the objectives of the organization
Write and support back-end Java applications that further the objectives of the organization
Manage and support a code base (repo), including deployment orchestration in a highly secure environment
Develop reusable, efficient code that lends itself to continual improvement and delivery
Collaborate with internal and external team members to design and achieve an optimal design solution
Document and troubleshoot bugs as is required to maintain a successful application platform; 24x7 operation
Investigate new technologies, techniques, and industry developments.
Improves operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures
Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
Design and participate in the development of one or more web-based, responsive apps, and back-end business services (e.g. web services) for consumer-facing products
Other duties as assigned by Management


Supervisory Responsibilities:
None


Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor of Science in Information Science/Systems, or equivalent experience and industry certifications
5+ years of demonstrated career progression
Strong experience in development against relational database, preferably using MySQL
Experience developing consumer facing applications in a distributed, scalable environment

Deep experience in technologies:
Angular, CSS, HTML, Java, Java Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, MySQL, GitHub
Experience developing applications in AWS, including AWS Aurora
Experience serving as an Agile Scrum team member
Authorized to work in the US on full-time basis


Licenses/Certificates:
N/A


Physical Demands:

The following physical and mental demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, sometimes for prolonged periods while working at a desk, on the phone, and/or on the computer; type on a computer keyboard; use hands to finger, handle or feel; talk or hear; reach with hands or arms; walk or stand; and perform some repetitive motion activities.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, color differentiation, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

This position requires the ability to work effectively as part of a team; and concentrate on a variety of details when faced with interruptions and changing work priorities.

The mental demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions, as described above, including but not limited to: demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve practical problems or resolve issues; reason, calculate figures and amounts; collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information, and draw valid conclusions; interpret procedures and policies; and meet schedules in a dynamic and sometimes demanding work environment.

The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate.

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in a typical office environment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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