Software Developer Job at Vantage Learning

Vantage Learning New Hope, PA 18938

We are seeking a well-rounded Software Developer to join our company on a full-time permanent basis and contribute to our search technology development efforts while being based out of our development office in New Hope, PA. As part of a small team, you will be responsible for taking on various responsibilities and embracing the Agile development approach in order to help us continue to develop high-quality products by being involved in cross-functional discussions and driving new innovative ideas. You will be exposed to the UI, front and backend, database, performance tuning, security design, and deployment.

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:

  • Bachelor’s degree is required.
  • 1-3+ years of JAVA software development experience is preferred: you must have excellent understanding of J2SE and deep architectural understanding of Java web applications & application servers [advanced educational accomplishments will also be considered].
  • Good knowledge in some back-end technologies (i.e. Spring, Hibernate, Lucene, SQL, or others).
  • Superior creative and innovative problem-solving skills.
  • Initiative and the ability to work independently and especially in a team.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of the technologies related to search, linguistics applied to search, and Information Retrieval [IR] issues.
  • Experience with technologies such as lucene, solr, or other IR technologies.
  • Experience with the good and the bad of both successful and failed projects.
  • Ability to slice and dice problems and tasks so they can be worked on by others and ability to mentor others (interns, rookies, and junior developers).
  • Relaxed yet enthusiastic and motivated attitude towards the craft, company, and products.

Preferred Skills and Abilities:

  • Knowledge in some of the standard front-end technologies like CSS, JavaScript (we use JQuery), REST, JSON. Experience with STRUTS, SPRING, SQL, HTML, XML, JavaScript and/or SCRUM is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Open Source libraries, tools and frameworks, e.g. for logging, testing, and building.
  • Excitement for the latest trends in application design.
  • Experience with agile software development methodologies like XP and Scrum.
  • Interest to learn more about new languages and frameworks.

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Short/Long-Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • ID Theft Protection
  • 401K
  • Tuition Reimbursement, paid training

Vantage Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus pay

Work Location: One location




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