Software Developer

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Bluebird Fiber is a premier fiber telecommunications provider of internet, data transport, and other services to carriers, businesses, schools, hospitals, and other enterprises in the Midwest. To learn more, please visit bluebirdfiber.com.

We are looking for a Software Developer who can help ensure that our business objectives and process are translated accurately and effectively in our Software Environments. This is an exciting opportunity to help design, refine, develop, test, and implement processes across our entire business - from sales, to installation, and how our customers interact with our products. Your focus will be on delivering awesome results that can be implemented quickly and used by our internal teams, and our thousands of clients. We push new code weekly, and we love building state of the art new solutions and iterating quickly by pushing the envelope to deliver the best customer and team experience possible. You will work with the System Integration Teams to serve various departments and focus on development of new applications and enhancements, as well as support of existing systems. What you build will be used, and your impact will be significant.

Experience and Qualifications:

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience within an information technology (IT) environment
• 3+ years of experience with Linux Systems
• 2+ years of experience with Python, JSON and shell script
• 2+ years of object oriented programming experience: Java or C#
• Experience with Postgresql databases & administration preferred
• Experience with Salesforce programming: Apex classes, triggers and unit tests, SOQL, Visual Force, Force.com, and Force.com Ajax Toolkit strong plus
• Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems
• Web Services development or experience with the Salesforce API (REST/SOAP/MetaData, etc.)
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript (ES5) along with familiarity in Javascript frameworks (AngularJS, React, etc)
• Experience with web applications and HTTP web services (SOAP or REST)
• Experience with entire software development lifecycle (Agile, SDLC, Iterative)
• Strong balance of business and technical skills and ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical decision-makers.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Flexibility and attitude to achieve tight deadlines.
• Rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with Telecommunications is a plus

Education:

• A four years college degree in Business, Computer Science or a related study is strongly preferred.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with Business Stakeholder and other developers to evaluate project requirements, translate business requirements into well designed solutions that best leverage the platform
• Lead the technical delivery of Salesforce.com implementations including: development of custom solutions and integrations; managing technical scope and client expectations; providing hands on expert level assistance to developers for technical issues; and designing and managing the execution of test plans and ensuring a quality solution is delivered
• Write server-side Python code within an established MVC framework for the display, persistence and processing of business data.
• Design and implement rational, performant data models to accurately model our business domain. Be able to utilize a PostgreSQL database for persistence of this data.
• On-going Linux servers & systems administration, maintenance, and support functions
• Participate in software specification, gap analysis, and requirements analysis.
• Develop and refine of proofs-of-concept to confirm requirements.
• Log, track, and manage issues, bugs, and enhancement/features
• Participate in software release and post-release activities, including end-user training and support (e.g. developing demos).
• Adhere to coding standards and develop well-structured, maintainable and easy to understand code.
• Conduct code reviews for on-going projects to ensure high code quality and design patterns are being used
• Follow and work within project work plans and timelines to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Capture, mitigate and /or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
• Ensure consistency of specifications across sub-systems.
• Write and/or review deliverables, end-user guides, support documentation.
• Willingness to self-train on new technologies
• Perform any additional duties as directed by the Executive Team

Bluebird is an equal opportunity employer.