Position: Senior Full-Stack Developer - Java - H1B 2023 visa (location- Chicago office)
Company: Forte Group
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

**Forte Group**: Full-service custom software delivery partner for the world’s leading IT enterprises and businesses.  
20 years of existence, a company of more than 700 professionals and 350+ clients globally 
Successful cooperation with the top long-term projects companies in the US                     
Our clients: DocuSign, Relativity, Sphera, Tinder, Insureon, GPShopper, Follett, SwiftIQ, Lawyer Exchange, & more
 
If it sounds like you, you’re welcome to join us!
 
**The project:**
American leading global online food delivery marketplace connects consumers with over 600,000 partners in 23 countries.
The world’s most significant financial derivatives exchange trades in asset classes, including agricultural products, currencies, energy, interest rates, metals, stock indexes, and cryptocurrencies futures.
American SaaS solutions provider housed in the Ravenswood technology corridor on Chicago’s north side. Collaborating with their research partners, led by a strategic alliance with the University of Chicago, to commercialize their research.
 
**Thr Role:** We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer (Java) to build up successful work with the top long-term projects of our clients in the US. You will be a contributor as part of the architecture team.

Requirements:**
**Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or computer science
Commercial experience with developing APIs servers and asynchronous tasks services as a part of an extensive IT infrastructure
hands-on experience in java enterprise application architecture, functional design, development, integration, implementation, deployment, and production support

**Preferred Qualifications:**
Proficient in java spring (core, MVC, boot, data, security, aop), java 8
Solid skills in structured software troubleshooting, documentation generation, and analysis
Provided a skill-up program for interns and juniors
Good experience in SQL, database management, and performance tuning 
Deep understanding of object-oriented analysis, methodology, and design
5+ years of experience building consumer-facing products using java
Knowledge of spa frameworks (angular/react)
Experience working in a distributed, cloud-based environment either in Azure/AWS using docker/Kubernetes
 
**Responsibilities:**
You will be working with the software engineers' high-level team to ensure developments to build long-term relationships between our forte group and stakeholders.
Communicate with clients to translate business requirements into technical subtasks 
They are making decisions with architectural structure and performance optimization.
Be empathetic towards team members and customers.
Maintain a high level of ownership and pride in the products we build and always make sure they are of the highest standard
Maintain a high level of technical excellence and drive the team towards a quality-first mindset, simple architecture, and the highest code quality
Align the team with the other groups, identify and resolve impediments when necessary
Suggest solutions to business problems/processes that leverage technology to make efficiency improvements and better user experience
Lead implementation using defensive programming and exception handling, fault tolerance, design patterns, and best practices of object-oriented design (OOD), domain-driven design (DDD), and object-oriented programming (OOP), such as solid

**Technology stack:**
Languages: java, java8, JavaScript, JPQL
Frameworks: angular/react redux-saga, spring (core, MVC, boot, data, security, AOP), IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, sublime text
Databases: liquibase/flyway, PostgreSQL, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Novus (custom NoSQL DB)
Cloud: Azure, AWS
Containers: docker, azure Kubernetes cluster (AKS) 
Technologies: CI/CD: TeamCity, up source
API: JPA, JDBC, JMS 
Messaging broker: ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka
Agile methodologies: agile, scrum, kanban, waterfall
Other tools: IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, sublime text, hibernate, AMQP, maven, ant + ivy, Gradle, checkstyle, findbugs, datadog, elk stack(elasticsearch, kibana)

**Why choose us?**
We constantly question if what we are doing is adding value.       
Every day you’ll work on exciting and challenging (international) projects covering industries from commercial to fintech (different technologies, different products).
You will get a lot of chances for career advancement and the development of new skills, mentorship opportunities, or learning from more experienced colleagues.
You will have a real chance for your knowledge-sharing initiatives.

**Benefits from forte group:**
Variety of the insurance packages
401k plan 
Personal approach to each employee, we are focused on a long-term partnership without employees
GC for you 
Flexible spending accounts
Transit benefit account
IT training and career opportunities
We are LGBT-friendly
Discount programs 
The links to Forte profiles:
 
Forte Group site - https://fortegrp.com/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa5slHA7hOkQzJNO0B0qbmg
Comparably - https://www.comparably.com/companies/forte-group
Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Forte-Group-Reviews-E402276.htm
Unlock your career’s potential and join us on our quest to deliver value through software