Software Developer

Essential Functions / Job Duties:

• Modifying software to fix errors, adapt it to new hardware, improve its performance, or upgrade interfaces.
• Analyzing information to recommend and plan the installation of new systems or modifications of an existing system.
• Consulting with engineering staff to evaluate software-hardware interfaces and develop specifications and performance requirements.
• Designing and developing software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and design consequences.
• Preparing reports on programming project specifications, activities, or status.
• Conferring with project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities.
• Interact with Business Analysts to understand and interpret requirements.
• Create, contribute to and interpret process flows to support application development
• Interpret project artifacts (Use Cases, User Stories, Epics, Work Packages, and JIRA tickets) to support the development of software and successful delivery of the project.
• Identify process improvement areas with business process and application flow and work with the teams to prioritize and implement improvements. 
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with team members and leadership to facilitate the creation and maintenance of a high-performance software development team.
• Work with Business Analysts and SMEs to facilitate User Acceptance testing and end of sprint demonstrations
• Collaborate with the support team to provide ongoing operational technical support for users 
• Create appropriate documentation and code annotations for all software developed
• Provide assistance to Business Analysts and SQA by testing at various stages in the process

• Identify and escalate Change Requests and delivery variance to Project Management
• Identify project risks and issues escalating those to Project Management

Qualifications

• Software development experience working closely with diverse software development teams 
• Strong understanding of computer technologies; ability to anticipate, identify and overcome the technical risks involved with software product development (required)
• Experience using Agile concepts in the Software Development Lifecycle
• Demonstrated career growth and development with increasing responsibility
• Understanding of Atlassian team management tools or similar 
• Strong verbal and written communications skills to write clearly and concisely in English (required)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science,  related degree or equivalent work experience
• The desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of and commitment to test-driven development
• Creativity is always a plus
• Strong understanding of the concepts of software engineering
• Experience working on a variety of software development projects

• BnkToTheFuture is hiring several developer positions at both Junior and Senior levels. A combination of several of the following skills at mid or senior skill level is required.  
  • JavaScript (React) 
  • Ruby on Rails
  • React Native
  • ReactJS
  • HTML5
  • UX/UI design
  • CSS3
  • PostreSQL
  • Redis
  • ElasticSearch
  • Cloudflare
  • Heroku
  • AWS Lambda
  • Integration of external APIs