Full Stack Developer II

Job Description

This position in the Data & Analytics Department is responsible for both software development and testing tasks with a focus on the testability, quality, robustness, reliability, and performance of production-ready software. The Full Stack Developer II, Tester, will be part of the architecture design, software development, and testing of the solutions built in-house or develop in partnership with third-party vendors. Under the general direction of the Assistant Director, Development and Operations provide a high degree of customer service, information privacy and availability, data safety, and recoverability for the AFSCME user community.

Duties:

• Identify, design, and implement technical solutions increasing test effectiveness and coverage, while reducing the cost of test execution.
• Assist in the design and development of efficient, reusable and intuitive Web applications, microservices and database changes to meet user needs.
• Analyze and understand design and source code to establish test hooks and API testing.
• Design and implement industry-standard testing and continuous deployment frameworks that facilitate both reusability and scalability for mobile and web applications built in-house or developed in partnership with third-party vendors.
• Analyze test data and results to identify patterns and influence software quality and reliability.
• Set up, maintain, and perform build, deploy, and test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as mobile and web, and build test scenarios and acceptance tests.
• Research test tools, methodologies, and trends to create and/or upgrade existing practices and processes.
• Ensure software stability via regression and unit testing so production operations run successfully.
• Lead the implementation approach for automation testing and code quality screening tools and frameworks.
• Keep current on emerging technologies via professional organizations, technical or functional reference manuals and periodicals, and other external sources, and transitioning knowledge to IS management/staff.
• Document work performed following department standards and reports on the progress and status of assigned projects to managers.
• Provide support to users by conducting in-depth analysis and resolving user problems with custom-developed or packaged applications.
• Must be able to independently design, code, and test major features, as well as lead/work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education and Experience

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent with a minimum of five (5) years of related work experience or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Skills Requirements:

• Strong programming experience, including client- and server- side Javascript/Typescript development.
• Strong experience developing both unit and integration tests for RESTful APIs and AWS lambda microservices using test automation frameworks such as JEST.
• Strong experience developing web app UI tests, including the use of browser automation frameworks like Webdriver.IO.
• Strong experience with automated mobile app integration testing, particularly device-based testing with Flutter.
• Strong experience automating running of tests and deployment procedures using CI/CD tools such as CircleCI and Github Actions.
• Experience with the use of IaC frameworks, like Serverless and Pulumi.
• Strong experience building event-sourced microservices, with a good understanding of message-based architectures, and all related protocols and technologies (HTTP, JSON, OAuth, message buses like SNS and SQS).
• Strong experience building web services, like REST/OAuth/JSON, and a good understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational database development, database queries, stored procedures, and data modeling (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL).
• Familiarity with "NoSQL" database systems, including key-value stores and document indexes (DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis/Valkey, ScyllaDB).
• Strong experience in developing in and deploying to a Cloud environment (such as Amazon Web Services) and DevOps.
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes or similar tools.
• Strong experience with source code/configuration management tools (GitHub), branching/merging, build, and deploy technique.
• Experience with collaboration tools (e.g., Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Travel & Work hours

• Extended work hours, travel, and a valid driver’s license are required.

A Skills Assessment may be required of all candidates.

AFSCME is an equal opportunity employer, and, as such, does not discriminate an employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, disability, or any other classification protected from discrimination under applicable law.