The Role
The Senior Java SOA Developer role is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy for Teach For America. As our organization expands, there is a need to incorporate SOA based services into our application development efforts. This position is a hands-on role that will collaborate closely with the development teams. All the SOA services will be designed using industry standard design patterns. This role will expand and enhance our expertise in the area of service development and will involve working closely with other parts of our technology team, including business analysts to understand business needs, database and business intelligence groups for data concerns, and application development groups to ensure tight integration with their approach.
Primary Responsibilities
- Designing and building Restful Web Services in the Java programming language
- Implementation of design patterns in the services
- Collaborating with other development teams on the functionality and development of the services, and making sure our approach is in sync with their needs
- Creating and maintaining service usage documentation
- Working in both Unix and Windows environments
- Developing or modifying database schemas as needed to support application development, and continually providing support for software and services that we build
- Practicing Test Driven Development
- Communicating development status on a regular basis to technology team members
- Recommending cost effective technology solutions for business challenges