Associate Software Development Engineer - Full Stack - Java - Hybrid 4 days - NYC

Job DescriptionAssociate Software Development Engineer -Java Microservices - NYC 4 days per week in office.An Associate, Software Development Engineer contributes to Publicis Sapient engagements by creating units of defect free code modules that meet the business and technical requirements during Enterprise Architecture Release (Ear), Implementation and Manage phasesWe at Publicis Sapient, enable our clients to thrive in Next and to create business value through expert strategies, customer-centric experience design, and world-class product engineering. The future of business is disruptive, transformative and becoming digital to the core.In our 20 + years in IT, never before have we seen such a dire need for transformation in every major industry - from financial services to automotive, consumer products, retail, energy, and travel.To make this transformative journey a reality in these exciting times, we seek rockstars who will:brave it out to go do the next; “what will be” from “what is”Exhibit the optimism that says there is no limit to what we can achieve deeply skilled, bold, collaborative, flexibleReimagine the way the world works to help businesses improve the daily lives of people and the world.Our people thrive because of the belief that it is both our privilege and responsibility to usher our clients and the world into Next.Our work is fueled by challenging boundaries, multidisciplinary collaboration, highly agile teams, and the power of the newest technologies and platforms.Your Impact:Software Development Engineers (SDE-I) are the bright talented and motivated young minds with strong technical skills, developing software applications and services that make life easier for customers.The SDE-I is expected to work with an agile team to develop, test, and maintain digital business applications.As an SDE-I you will get an opportunity to work with industry leading clients and global teams to solve complex business problems and build your skills on the full stack of application development technologiesYou will work in the spirit of agile & a product engineering mindset - delivering the sprint outcomes, iteratively & incrementally, following the agile ceremoniesYou will groom the stories functionally & help define the acceptance criteria (Functional & Non-Functional/NFRs) collaborating actively with stakeholders - locally & in client org., understanding end-to-end customer requirementsYou will actively contribute in technical grooming, brainstorming & whiteboarding design sessions to define & articulate the solution approaches, to identify tasks & estimates, and to document the module/sub-system design with their interfaces & wireframesYou will have breadth of concepts, tools & technologies to address NFRs like security, performance, reliability, maintainability and understand the need for trade-offsYou will bring in expertise to optimize and make the relevant design decisions (considering trade-offs) at the module / components levelYou will be a polyglot with a PE mindset – Open & Curious, learning & adopting new languages, platforms & toolkits constantlyYou will work with SDE-IIs to understand & practice the overall system architecture, standards & guidelines; While helping them with module & sub-system level detailsYou will help evangelize and inculcate the engineering mindset and culture, share knowledge within Peer groups & ASDEs; Provide and receive constructive feedbackYou will have a continuous improvement mindset working on opportunities to shift left; Proactive about reduction of tech. debts, eliminating waste, increasing automation, using the right productivity tools, understanding client business, using dashboards for monitoring & alertsYou will be accountable for development, unit testing of features with an E2E focus, following the engineering best practices, standards:Solve problems at a story level, given the stories and system designDesign Sub-systems/Modules, Ensure Implementation in-line with design & Integration with all dependent systems/modules; Focused on solving business problems.Write Unit & Acceptance Testcases, adopting a Test First approach applying TDD; while using BDD for Functional & Integration testingManage Tech DebtsUse SCM like GIT; Understand & adopt different branching strategies for code development;Use integrated tools like Jira, Confluence etc., along with other collaboration tools across geo locationsPerform Peer Reviews of sub-system, component level design & implementation, following the established coding standardsUse Static Analysis & Profiling tools to ensure high Code Quality & PerformancePractice the DevOps mindset, adopting CI/CD to Deliver, Deploy & Support the implementation from Dev., QA environments all the way to ProductionDocument Code (Doc as Code), Functional Features (BDD), User Manuals to help in the support & trainingQualificationsYour Experience:You have 3+ years of professional work experience building large scale, large volume services & distributed apps., taking them through production and post-production life cyclesYou use more than one programming language with expertise in at-least one; Ex:Memory Management, GC, Templates/Generics, Closures etc.Multi-Threading, Sync/A-Sync.; Blocking/Non-Blocking execution stylesYou practice Imperative, Functional Programming stylesYou are aware of a Cloud Platform like AWS, GCP, Azure etc.You are a problem solver choosing the relevant data structures, algorithms considering the tools for Time & Space ComplexityYou apply SOLID, DRY design principles, design patterns & practice Clean CodeYou are an expert at String Manipulation, Data/Time Arithmetic, Collections & GenericsYou practice & guide on handling failures à Error Management & Exception handlingYou build reliable & high-performance apps leveraging Eventing, Streaming, Concurrency, Multi-Threading & Synchronization libraries and frameworksYou develop web apps using HTML, CSS, Java-script & relevant frameworks (Angular, React, Vue)You design and build microservices from grounds up, considering all NFRs & applying DDD, Bounded ContextsYou use one or more databases (RDBMS or NoSQL) based on the needsYou deploy to production, trouble shoot problems & provide live supportYou understand the significance of security aspects & compliance to data, code & application security policies; You write secure code to prevent known vulnerabilities; You understand HTTPS/TLS, Symmetric/Asymmetric Cryptography, CertificatesYou use one or more Web Application FrameworksSpring or Spring Boot or Micronaut (Java)Flask or Django (Python)Express or Meteor or Koa (Node)Asp.net MVC, WebApi or Nancy (.Net)You use one or more messaging platforms (e.g. JMS/RabbitMQ/Kafka/Tibco/Camel)You use Mocks & Stubs & related frameworks (Moq)You use logging frameworks like Log4j, NLog etc.You use build tools like MsBuild, Maven, Gradle, Gulp etc.You understand and use containers, virtualizationYou use proactive monitoring & alerting, dashboardsYou use Logging/Monitoring solutions (Splunk, ELK, Grafana)Nice To Have: You understand infra. as code (cattle over pets)You understand reactive programming concepts, Actor models & use RX Java / Spring React / Akka / Play etc.You are able to set-up a CI/CD pipeline infrastructure & stack from grounds-upYou are able to articulate the pro’s, con’s of designs & tradeoffsYou are aware of distributed tracing, debugging and troubleshootingYou are aware of side-car, service mesh usage along with microservicesYou are aware of distributed, cloud design patterns & architectural stylesYou are aware of gateways, load-balancers, CDNs, Edge cachingYou are aware of gherkin and cucumber for BDD automationYou are aware of performance testing tools like JMeter, GatlingYou are aware of one search solution like ElasticSearch, SOLR, EndecaYou are aware of one distributed caching solution like Redis, MemCache etc.You are aware of selenium for UI automationYou are aware of a Rules engine like Drools, Easy Rules etc.Additional InformationSalary Range: $107,000 - $150,000The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.Competitive compensation and benefits package.Flexibility to support work-life balance.Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.Generous paid leave and holidays.Wellness program and employee assistance.As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.comCompany DescriptionPublicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.