Sr. IT/Java Consultant

Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers in the Life Sciences, IT, and Financial Services sectors, feel free to check us out at http://www.mindlance.com. The BabyCenter Software Engineer is responsible for the construction of consumer and advertising software solutions, using a team-based approach and collaborating with all functions on the team to ensure that each feature delivered is of the highest quality and conforms to BabyCenter engineering standards. •    Duties Collaborate with team members to develop consumer and sales features of the highest quality within promised timelines. •    Create automated tests for key features and collaborate with the team Quality Analyst to ensure any feature developed is fully tested. •    Validate feature success or failure through instrumentation and monitoring. •    Align development style and technique to the team Architect standards and overall BabyCenter Engineering values. •    Actively participate in team agile planning and retrospectives to help decompose problems and continuously improve the team's efficiency and happiness. •    Provide accurate estimates during planning when asked, voice concerns about cost and scope, and offer alternatives when appropriate. •    Commit to delivery in sprint planning and daily stand-ups, and honor those commitments even when unexpected challenges make it difficult. •    Ensure work is peer reviewed and/or pair programmed according to team standards for completed features. •    Get feedback from Product Manager during feature development and limit delays by actively seeking and closing the loop for completed features. •    Accurately document task progress using team agile tools to ensure work board accurately depicts the current state of the sprint. Provide production support through on-call rotation and availability as necessary for escalation of issues related to features developed by the team. •    Fulfill other duties assigned by leadership. •    5+ years web development experience in architecting solutions in Java/Spring Demonstrable experience in service-oriented architecture •    Strong communication skills in order to professionally socialize best practices Experience in team-based agile development methodology MIS or computer science degree or equivalent experience •    Previous experience deploying fast, reliable code operating on a large scale Ability to provide accurate estimates based on high-level requirements •     Experience implementing typical Model, DAO, Service, and Controller patterns Experience designing and creating REST web services Client-side web programming (JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, XML) •    Experience with GIT source code management best practices when working in a team environment (branching, merging) Ability to identify project risks and provide alternatives for reducing risk Thanks & Regards, Shipra Chauhan | 732 201 8857