Job Title: Application Developer II FLSA Status: Exempt Job Family: IT - Enterprise Applications Department: IT - Enterprise Applications Location: Corporate Office (Fort Wayne, IN) ***THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORSHIP***JOB SUMMARY Perform application development functions with limited supervision across a variety of platforms and frameworks. Participate with and help coordinate the delivery of final applications satisfying provided visual, experience, and software design specifications. POSITION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Develop and design applications, utilizing consistent programming, testing, and documentation skills, that reflect the requirements provided.
- Learn and adopt new development methodologies and languages.
- Work independently to solve complex problems.
- Initiate and participate in pair-programming and coaching sessions with team members to accomplish project requirements.
- Assist in the coding and design of applications that reflect the visual and interaction designs provided within the established technical framework.
- Rapidly produce interim deliverables (such as technical specifications, prototypes, proofs of concept, etc.) in addition to the final live application.
- Develop automated test cases that ensure the provided specifications are met.
- Participate in daily stand-ups, communicating effectively with project managers and peer developers.
- Participate in writing detailed technical and functional specification documentation and coding standards.
- Conduct research and suggest new techniques and methodologies for application development.
- Complete other projects as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong creative problem solving skills and the ability to successfully work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Must be detail oriented and have a proven ability to learn new languages and development methodologies
- An understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle (e.g. requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing and documentation) and Agile and Iterative Development execution models is desired
- Effectively interface with external contacts, Brotherhood employees, managers, and department staff members providing technical support and expertise regarding the maintenance and integration of applications.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent degree is required.
- Three or more years working with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ruby/jRuby, Java, ColdFusion, and/or other frameworks used to develop web applications, or programming in a System i environment; TDD and/or BDD, Git or a similar Version Control / Source Code Management solution is desired.
- Exposure to and understanding of insurance or financial industry is desired.
Terms and Conditions This description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Because the company's niche is the church and related ministries market, and because effective service requires a thorough understanding of this market, persons in this position must be familiar with church operations and must conduct themselves in a manner that will neither alienate nor offend persons within this target niche. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this position description in any way the company desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This position description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains at-will .