DESIRED / REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a relevant field required.
• 5+ years of experience in a progressive systems development role, preferably in a J2EE development capacity.
• High level of proficiency and advanced knowledge object oriented development (OOD) best practices.
• 5+ years of experience developing web based applications in J2EE.
• Expertise in working with technologies including J2EE, MySQL, Hibernate, Tomcat, Eclipse, Git, Jboss, Ruby on Rails, Struts, among others.
• Experience developing advanced algorithms from a development perspective highly desired.
• Certified or advanced expertise in Project Management Methodologies, Agile / Scrum experience preferred.
• A desire to work in a fun, fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Salary: $120k – $165K

We have partnered with a great local client to help them identify a highly skilled Principal Business Analyst. They are needing someone that has solid agile experience and can work effectively across all aspects of the business and SDLC.

6 month contract-to-hire

4 year degree is required

$90k – $110k

Please see the full description. If you feel you possess all of these skills, please reach out! We look forward to speaking with you.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Under the direction of the Manager, Technical Training and Support, participate in day-to-day operation, support and training for assigned software and web applications.

• Provide first level support to internal and external stakeholders, serving as liaison between business, vendors and other support teams for business and web applications.
• Communicate effectively with customers on progress and ensure satisfaction with the quality and timeliness of work done.
• Respond to requests for service and incidents reported by stakeholders. Prioritize and escalate to appropriate staff or vendors for resolution in a timely manner.
• Track progress of service and issue resolution. Effectively communicate to stakeholders the status of requests.
• Design, develop and deliver applications training programs and individual classes. Maintain updated training materials, including self-service documents and knowledge base materials. Create and maintain documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist with content updates for web and intranet sites.
• Participate in testing and implementation of new systems. Confer with programming staff regarding program changes and problems.
• Consult with staff and affiliate business units to align technical solutions with business needs. Identify, evaluate, and support business improvement opportunities within organization.
• Set up and maintain user system access according to established procedures.
• Assist Manager, Technical Training and Support with other duties as assigned.

Experience:            

2+ years experience working with database, desktop and web applications

Strong interpersonal skills, analytic and problem solving skills

Demonstrated experience in design, execution, and testing with various applications

Experience with Business Process Management (BPM) practices and procedures, and customer centric methodologies.

Knowledge of enterprise-wide view of business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes and capabilities, enabling technologies and governance.

Proven ability to recognize structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies.

Proven experience with troubleshooting principles, methodologies and issue resolution techniques.

Ability to act as liaison conveying information needs of the business to IT.

Education:            

Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university with emphasis in information systems or computer science, or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent of education and experience.

The position of Senior Developer is primarily responsible for developing highly scalable and reliable enterprise-level web-based applications.
Primary Responsibilities

• Part of a small team that will evaluate, test and implement new technologies
• Write significant components of ASP.NET/C# code for our web based products
• Evaluating change requests and determining the impact of those changes to the assigned systems
• Identifying, analyzing and resolving problems with existing applications
• Mentor and collaborate with other developers on the design and development of projects
• Participate in the development of our analytical capabilities including advanced data mining/reporting and scoring model development
• Participate in an On Call rotation.

Job Qualifications/Skills

• NET w/C#
• TDD/Unit Tests
• .NET experience (5+ years)
• XML and JSON
• Strong database skills – Microsoft SQL (T-SQL, stored procedures, etc)
• HTML, DHTML, JavaScript and jQuery
• Knowledge of one or more of the following is preferred but not required: MVC, Web API, AngularJS, Knockout
• Qualified candidates must pass a satisfactory credit and background check
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, dedicated team player

This is a 6 month contract-to-hire.

If interested, you can reach Jeff at 314-256-9005 or email at itrecruiter@relaytechnology.com

We are currently assisting one of our clients, a cutting edge technology firm based in the downtown area that is in the process of developing a fully encompassing high availability social media application, in their search for a Software Engineer to join their team in a permanent capacity.

The selected candidate will assist their current team in them in the design, development, testing, and integration of new features and user functionality for a data driven, “Live Service” social networking product being built using JavaScript, Node.js, Express, Knockout.js, MongoDB, MySQL, REST JSON API’s, AJAX, Handlebars, CSS3, HTML5, Python (Django), Grunt for various automation purposes, and Git / Jenkins for source code management and continuous integration.

We are considering IT professionals possessing all levels of experience!!

DESIRED / REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• A very “technology agnostic” background with experience working across a multitude of development environments, including PHP (Laravel, CakePHP, ZF2, CodeIgniter, etc), Python (Django, Twisted, Tornado, Pyjamas, Pylons), and full stack JavaScript environments such as Node.js + Express / Meteor.
• Expertise and in depth knowledge of distributed database and systems architecture, specifically within Linux and NoSQL driven environments.
• Experience developing from the data layer up to the DOM, and a passion for working in a “full stack” capacity.
• In depth knowledge and experience in utilizing JavaScript libraries, frameworks, template systems, and platforms including Node.js, Meteor.js, Express.js, Knockout / Angular / Backbone / Ember, Gulp.js, Grunt.js, Casper.js Dojo, jQuery, among others.
• A preference in adhering to proper code conventions, including the proper use of indentations, line length, in line comments, function / variable declarations, function / variable naming, name / white spacing, etc.
• Experience utilizing JavaScript based templating engines, such as Blaze, Jade, EJS, Handlebars JS, Mustache, etc for efficient bundling / rendering purposes.
• Experience using languages such as CoffeeScript, Dart (dart2js), and TypeScript to assure that fully encompassing JavaScript applications being built are easy to scale, modular, and easy to maintain.
• Experience developing client side / UI components using JavaScript (jQuery, jQuery UI / Mobile), CSS3, HTML5, Less / SASS, among others.
• Previous experience designing and developing robust RESTful JSON API layers (and consuming external services) to create rich, dynamic user experiences that incorporate remote data and service execution.
• Experience working with both RDBMS and NoSQL solutions, including but not limited to MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, Riak, CouchDB, DynamoDB, etc.
• Knowledge and previous experience working in a short sprint, Agile / BDD / TDD / CI driven environment, with specific experience using tools and technology such as the Atlassian suite of products (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket), Jenkins / Bamboo, Nexus, Git for source control, among others.
• Passionate about technology as a whole and desiring the opportunity to build revolutionary software solutions from the ground up.

This is a great opportunity for a professional who enjoys working on challenging projects that require them to think before executing on their assigned tasks, the opportunity to work in a cutting edge and continuously evolving technical environment, and the chance to work with some of the brightest minds in the development field here in St. Louis.

Interested or need more information before moving forward?  Apply directly and a Relay Technology Recruiter will give you a call right away!

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Work hand in hand with the organization’s existing development team to design, develop, and deploy native Android applications.
• Participate in all discussions pertaining to the selection and adoption of various frameworks, interpreters, and approaches such as Cordova (PhoneGap), React Native, Ionic, Corona, among others for new application development initiatives.
• Develop intuitive, user friendly native mobile applications which will be used by both internal staff as well as the organization’s consumer base, with a focus on ease in the way of maintenance, user experience, among others.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy software in a mature, fully staged development environment and while following best practices such as Agile, Behavioral Driven Development, Test Driven Development, and Continuous Integration / Deployment.
• Work with staff to enhance the organization’s infrastructure environment, whether through the automation of infrastructure solutions currently in place, or the implementation of new solutions to enhance the reliability and availability of the organization’s applications.

Desired / Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field highly desired. Experience in lieu of a degree will be considered on a case by case basis.
• 2 – 4 years of experience in a software engineering capacity, with specific expertise in building applications using languages including Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, among others.
• Ideally, some exposure to native Android development would be nice to have, but not required.
• A passion to get into a native mobile application development capacity, with specific interests in the way of working on Android applications.

This position is offering a competitive compensation and benefits package, both on an hourly basis and upon conversion, as well as the opportunity to work in a family friendly, collaborative, and technically progressive environment. Interested? Have questions? Reach out to a Relay Recruiter for more information.