Java Developer

Zebra builds tracking technology and solutions that generate actionable information and insight, giving companies unprecedented visibility into their businesses by giving physical things a digital voice. Zebra’s extensive portfolio of solutions give real-time visibility into everything from products and physical assets to people, providing very precise operational data not only about where things are, but what condition they are in.

The new member will be part of the product team responsible for back-end systems within Zatar, a software development division of Zebra located in downtown Chicago. Zatar is an exciting product that uses cloud-based technology like AWS, MongoDB, ElastiCache, CloudFormation, VPC's and RDS Zatar is the foundation for a variety of IoT applications for Zebra and 3rd Party devices.

Working within a cross functional, Agile working environment, the Java Developer is responsible for hands on development. This candidate will have a sound knowledge of Java, MongoDB, SQL and be prepared to work on a variety of technologies. The candidate should be self-motivated and should have the drive to work on rapidly changing requirements to meet end user needs.

* 3+ years of production software development experience * Good understanding of web application development using HTTP REST, software standards, software development life cycle and methodologies. * Ability to work across product teams in a cross functional environment with various roles (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Interaction Designer and Architect) * Good written and verbal communication skills * Actively identifies issues and raises impediments, finds solution to blockers and helps resolve technical issues in time to help achieve sprint goal. * Agile/ Scrum knowledge is a plus **Technical Experience:** * Working knowledge of Java Web Applications in Client Server environment. * Working knowledge of Jersey, JSON, Spring * Working knowledge of building compelling back end application frameworks. * Strong interest in product development and building extensible frameworks. * Knowledge of relational databases and SQL, preferably MySQL * Knowledge of NoSQL systems like MongoDB, DynamoDB * Experience developing web services, messaging layer using REST, XML, WSDL, etc. * Continuously improve, refine and refactor the code. **Education Requirements:** * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Computer Information Systems