Lead Applications Developer- Java Spring Boot AMQ WMQ SQL Server

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Job Description

Experience Range: 12+

Location: Chennai, Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time

About UPS

UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions that include transportation, distribution, supply chain management, and e-commerce. Founded in 1907, UPS operates in over 220 countries and territories, delivering packages and providing specialized services worldwide. Our mission is to enable commerce by connecting people, places, and businesses, with a strong focus on sustainability and innovation.

About UPS Track Alert

The UPS Track Alert API aims to enhance the tracking experience for high-volume customers and third parties, while reducing the overall load on the Track API, and monetizing our tracking services. The goal of Track Alert API is to reduce unnecessary burden on our system, while giving our customers’ ability to receive status updates on the small packages quickly and accurately. Track Alert API benefits are to enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data-driven decision making, optimizing cash flow through near real-time delivery tracking, and mitigating fraud and theft through near real-time package status monitoring.

About The Role

The Intermediate Applications Developer participates in full systems life cycle management activities (e.g., analyses, technical requirements, design, coding, testing, implementation of applications software, etc.) for business critical UPS.com Track Visibility applications. Candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills. He/She collaborates with teams and supports emerging technologies and must have strong verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate should have experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable web applications while adhering to the SAFe Agile methodology using Azure DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Engineering Best Practices

• Identifies and recommends improvements to the software development lifecycle and best practices in agile engineering.
• Provides input into various software development strategies (e.g., unit testing, acceptance testing, continuous delivery and integration, release and deployment for frequent and reliable release), providing the case for using agile vs. traditional methodologies.
• Develops the roadmap and guidelines for tailoring agile practices to a complex and dynamic software development project.
  
  

Project Management

• Prioritizes multiple project plans, making final decisions about priorities, timing and resources.
• Keeps abreast of the progress of multiple projects within a program or across the department; coaches project managers to adjust priorities or timelines as needed.
• Monitors resource usage across projects or programs, identifying areas or synergy or redundancy and looking for ways to optimize efficiency.
  
  

Troubleshooting

• Provides guidance and expertise to analyze data and patterns and assess the root cause of complex, non-routine problems.
• Collaborates with others across disciplines to brainstorm and execute solutions to the most complex, uncommon problems.
• Guides the execution of solutions for complex, non-routine issues; redirects solution implementation if desired results were not originally met.
  
  

Application Development/Programming

• Identifies areas for improvement and develops innovative enhancements using available software development tools following design requirements of customer.
  
  

System and Technology Integration

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends integration of the appropriate systems, applications and technology to provide a fully functional solution to a business problem.
  
  

Technology Advising/Consulting

• Exceeds customers’ expectations by listening for unexpressed needs; connects customer needs to relevant service offerings and new technology.
• Leads others in resolving technical issues in a timely manner; follows up with customers to ensure satisfaction.
• Partners with the business to integrate new technologies into business solutions; creates and communicates a vision of the technology requirements for the future state of the business.
  
  

Required Skills

• Experience developing and testing microservices and responsive web applications
• Proficiency in REST services (APIs), micro services design pattern in mind (Spring Boot/.NET Core/Java).
• Experience in Integration services to consume/process data from other systems
• Experience with GCP(Google Cloud Platform) is preferred
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with ADO pipelines and DevOps duties
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Experience with agile software development methodologies is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent in Computer Science is preferred
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to lead technical discussions.
  
  

Nice To Have

Exposure to containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

Knowledge of Code Quality Inspection Tools, Dependency Management Systems and Software Vulnerability Detection and Remediation

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Effective time management and organizational capabilities.

Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment.

Strong interpersonal skills to engage with cross-functional teams.

About The Team

You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team of passionate developers, architects, and product owners dedicated to building high-performance web applications. Our team values innovation, continuous learning, and agile best practices. We work closely using the SAFe Agile framework and foster an inclusive environment where everyones ideas are valued.

Employee Type

Permanent

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

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