At Academic Partnerships
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we drive change through innovation in online education using the strengths, experience and creativity of our people. As a leader in online program management, we are focused on facilitating the goal of scalable online program success for our university partners and the students they serve-from the dream of a degree to a bold reality. Our company is built on the foundation of our mission - to expand access to top-quality, affordable and workforce relevant degree programs that serve career pathways.
Come join a company that helps make dreams into reality!
Cloud Developer / Application Programmer
The ideal candidate will need to possess a strong and well-rounded technical acumen and be able to work effectively across multiple projects. Candidate will be responsible for implementing and supporting new and existing features, as well as continually expanding the capabilities of our technology solution, architecture, and supporting tooling. Agile experience and a proficiency in C# development with a passion for software development to produce superior results. This developer will work collaboratively to understand the dynamics of business processes and convert business requirements into performant, high quality software. Candidate will have the ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project. He or she will contribute to our technology solution as we advance into an emergent technologies and push the boundaries of software development techniques.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing new features and the maintenance and enhancements of existing functionality
- Responsible for creating and maintaining an extensible and performant system architecture
- Works effectively within a collaborative team environment
- Maintains a broad knowledge of emergent trends in software development platforms, tools, methodologies and their underlying principles
- Designs and implements software required to complete user stories and defects
- Communicates effectively with team members and project leadership to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
- Ensures unit tests written for all new code
- Continually seeks opportunities to increase product quality and customer satisfaction.
- Suggests areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions.
- Provides application support by analyzing defects, replicating/fixing defects and providing root cause analysis for defects
- Troubleshoots and resolves functional and performance related issues
Minimum Qualifications & Competencies:
- BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or MIS is preferred.
- Very proficient in all areas of Software Development and Agile Methodologies.
- 5 - 8 years of experience using the .NET development environment and C#.
- At least 2 years of hands-on experience in building cloud-native solution using Azure
- At least 2 years of experience using CSS, JavaScript, with additional experience in JQuery, JQuery mobile, AJAX and HTML5 a big plus.
- At least 3 years of experience of hands-on development with SQL Server 2008-2012.
- Significant experience designing and building enterprise-class web-based business applications with low-latency, high performance and 24x7 environment.
- Experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
- Knowledge and experience with Design Patterns, Web/Windows based N-tier database applications and Automated Testing
- Knowledge and experience using IIS, SSL, and Web Security.
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
- Experience translating design mockups and prototypes into working application designs.
- Demonstrated passion for user experience design and improving usability
Academic Partnerships offers the following comprehensive benefits:
- PTO - accumulated from day one
- 11 designated holidays
- Medical - four options (including PPO and HDP)
- Dental
- Vision
- Life & Disability (company paid)
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account (company contribution to HSA)
- Retirement plan with company match
- Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)
- Volunteer Time Off
Supplemental Benefits:
- Wellness program
- Alternative medicine options
- Pet discounts
- Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
Personal and Professional Development:
- Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents
Academic Partnerships is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce
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