Developer III (Java) - EXP.O Customs, IS Operational Experience

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals
• 350 locations worldwide across 60 countries
• Fortune 500
• Globally unified systems

Job Description

The exp.o Customs application development team is responsible for developing a core business application designed to facilitate customs and government agency filings globally.  The application is intended to provide the following functionality:

• Enable delivery of a consistent level of service and data to our customers
• Drive operational efficiency that is aligned with our business processes
• Deliver comprehensive compliance with governmental agencies and customer requirements

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Applying your object-oriented design and analysis experience to identify and implement the right design patterns and frameworks needed to translate business requirements into scalable, efficient and reliable system design specifications
• Drive technical design decisions at the team level
• Using your technical and interpersonal skills to proactively guide teammates on dependencies and technical approaches for a problem
• Lead the team in conducting code reviews and promoting the use of best practices to ensure high code quality
• Drive project technical direction and decisions by contributing to technical discussions, mentoring junior engineers, and advocating for the best technical solutions.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities such as a strong sense of ownership, excellent communication skills, creativity, initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to mentor and coach other developers.
• Communicating technical details to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Embracing and promoting our technologies including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery practices
• Striving to continually learn about enabling and emerging technologies that will add business value to our core system

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynnwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS or BA in Computer Science or similar; or comparable work experience
• 5 years of professional software development experience
• 5 years in professional setting routinely performing analysis and design using object-oriented techniques. Experience working with backend code (Java/Spring) to write business logic, database queries, etc.
• 5 years' experience in programming with Java in professional setting
• 5 years professional experience with relational databases, PostgresSQL, SQL, and ORM in enterprise applications
• Demonstrated long-term experience supporting enterprise systems
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies
• Familiar with developing applications using object-relational mapping frameworks such as Hibernate.
• Proficient with Spring Core and familiar with the Spring Data Access and Integration modules.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and monitoring

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with event-driven architecture
• Experience with transportation and logistics or supply-chain solutions
• Experience with compliance or risk-management solutions
• Experience with SOAP and REST Service Implementation
• Experience with Common Java IDE's like IntelliJ and Eclipse
• Experience with Git, branching, and merge requests/pull requests
• Experience with Kafka
• Experience with enterprise Linux operation systems

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information

Expected base salary:  $110,000 to $175,000

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid vacation
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 
• Business professional dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.