Software Engineer - Senior (CPE)

Software Engineer - Senior (CPE)Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Software Engineer - Senior (CPE) for a contract position in San Diego, CA. Opportunity will be one year with a strong chance for a long-term extension.Position Summary: The ideal candidate will have a strong background and experience in developing RESTful microservices, and a passion for online safety. Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Design and implement RESTful Web Services API and algorithms
• Produce excellent, thorough design and development documentation
• Work with limited supervision under time constraints and respond to rapidly evolving requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science plus 5 years of experience or equivalent
• 5+ years of solid programming experience in Java core libraries and developing web server applications, object oriented design and design patterns, and passionate about writing high quality and well-architected code
• Experience in building high-performance and cloud based scalable web services. Experience with design and implementation of modern web services architecture and API frameworks (REST/AJAX/JSON).
• Hands on experience with Amazon Web Services
• Database design and SQL writing experience, mySQL preferred.
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices - requirement gathering and analysis, design and develop secure and scalable code with unit tests, partake in code reviews and documentation; experience with open source based technology stack
• Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests; strong written and verbal communication skills
• Front end development experience a plus, but not required.