Application Developer

KDR Technology Solutions is a Western Australian technology solutions company delivering pragmatic, cost-effective IT solutions which reduce complexity and enable business improvement. Our ability to offer business-focused solutions with a sensible roadmap for delivery has seen KDR become one of Perth's fastest-growing ICT service providers.

We are currently looking for a full-time Software and Applications Programmer with strong development expertise across the full application lifecycle. Our focus is on finding permanent employees with a passion for technology and who share our vision and values. If you join our team, you'll be working on significant projects for some of WA's leading government and corporate organisations. As a highly customer-focused company, our clients trust KDR's ability to deliver pragmatic outcomes resulting in genuine business benefits.

Applicants must be willing to work in a hybrid model, including both working-from-home and at customer locations in the Perth metropolitan area, and be authorised to work in Australia.

We are looking for:

• The ability to write and maintain program code to meet system requirements, system designs and technical specifications under quality-assurance standards
• Full-stack software development
• Experience across Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, JSF, RichFaces, PrimeFaces, Struts, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS and Angular
• Exposure to Maven and Gradle
• Exposure to software design principles, including microservice approaches, application migration processes, domain and test-driven design, and J2EE design patterns generally
• Use of CI/CD tools such as Git, TeamCity or Jenkins
• Exposure to SQL-based databases
• Significant exposure to cloud-based development, particularly AWS and/or Azure
• Degree-level qualifications in IS, IT or related discipline
• Adherence to best-practice software design and engineering principles to ensure system robustness and efficiency
• Testing, debugging, diagnosing and correcting errors and exceptions to ensure applications perform to specification
• Identifying technology limitations and deficiencies in systems and associated processes
• Provision of software code documentation, along with other inputs to technical documents
• Participation in software code reviews
• Developing continuous improvement and continuous delivery strategies across system design and software development

You will:

• Make a meaningful contribution across the full application development lifecycle, including requirements analysis and definition, stakeholder management, software design and build, test facilitation and operational support
• Develop and maintain business-focused software, build database and operating scripts, complete unit and system testing
• Design system interfaces, and demonstrate high levels of design awareness and system governance requirements
• Take ownership of software documentation during the application lifecycle.
• Work closely with project managers and other stakeholders and provide programming expertise on a range of projects for multiple clients

Your skills and qualifications:

• More than three years of experience as a software and application programmer in systems development projects.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in information technology or computer science.
• Significant knowledge of Git and Java build systems using Maven and Gradle, along with experience developing and deploying applications to J2EE application containers including WebSphere and WebLogic.
• Signification experience in "Lift and Shift" type projects in the J2EE space, including conversion to usage of Spring Framework and Dependency Injection.