Rackspace EMEA Cloud Native Development & Testing is a team of highly skilled professionals specializing in cloud native development on the three major public clouds – AWS, Azure and GCP. We offer cloud native development and end-to-end testing – this is categorised into two main streams: Application modernization – where we modernize an existing application, and cloud native development of a net new application – in this case we build the application with latest cloud technologies like Serverless, Cloud SQL etc. ground up, fully taking advantage of all cloud native services.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
Responsibilities
- You will be working in a dynamic environment and encouraged to come up with innovative solutions, putting our customers at the heart of every decision. As an application developer you will –
- Contribute to the development of application features
- Build UI applications / components in HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Document feature requests and bug reports
- Review, test, debug, and comment on task deliverables
- Provide operational application support
Requirements
- Three to six years of applied experience coding in a modern JS web framework (React / Vue / Angular)
- Experience building web applications that consume REST services
- Strong skills in debugging, performance optimization, and application testing.
- Knowledge of Responsive Design Principles, Web Standards, and Accessibility Best Practices.
- Ability to execute with limited assistance from senior engineers
- Ability to work effectively in a globally distributed team of engineers.
- Ability to write maintainable, well tested software.
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal).
Desirable Skills
- Experience in Java 11 including mvn, Spring Boot
- Basic AWS knowledge (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, ECR, Dynamo DB etc)
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXC)
- Experience with Frontend technologies like stencil, npm
- Experience with Supporting tools like NewRelic, Splunk
- Experience with Github, AWS ECS Fargate, Terraform
- Competence with multiple languages and technologies (Python, Javascript, Go, Java, etc)
- Understanding of continuous delivery workflow
- Creative approach to problem solving and good analytical skills
Experience/Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a technology related field
- Typically requires 3-6 years of full-time experience in software development, engineering, or a related field
- Solid software engineering fundamentals gained through training, course work or relevant experience.
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