Software Engineer React

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Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Software Engineer React
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Information Technology
Department	OIT-Enterprise Application Services
Overview	New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating universitywide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Software Engineer for the Office of Information Technology-Enterprise Application Services (OIT-EAS). This position reports to the Manager, Middleware & Application Services within Enterprise Application Services (EAS). The software engineer is an active participant in analysis, planning, architecture design, development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise middleware applications that support university offices and functions. The position interacts closely with clients, business analysts, infrastructure and development team members. Application systems and services include Rich Internet Applications (RIA) web applications, backend server processes and/or integration between such systems. The position documents use cases, requirements, incident reports, architecture and design details to aid in the support of application systems and services. The Software Engineer participates in design and code reviews, testing and deployment activities, performs application maintenance and troubleshooting, aids in resolving system outages and addressing client issues. The position performs reporting, metrics collection and analysis to improve quality and performance of applications, stays current with best practices in software development and applies new technology/processes where appropriate. This position participates in defining architecture and process standards for the middleware, Contributes to ongoing evolution and development middleware applications and portal strategies, roadmaps and plans, participates in the open-source community for middleware, and contributes to evaluation, selection and configuration of open source middleware solutions. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Identifies system requirements and develops application specifications. Designs, develops and tests enterprise application systems and services. Provides ongoing maintenance and support of applications. Researches new technologies, best practices, business processes and procedure. Facilitates app server configurations by collaborating with systems and network administration teams. Understands and adheres to Rutgers’ compliance standards as they appear in RBHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement	Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22, this position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. The flexible work arrangements outlined in Rutgers Policy 60.3.22 are part of a pilot program that is effective September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. Therefore, there is no guarantee that this flexible work arrangement will continue beyond that date. Flexible work arrangements are not permanent, are subject to change or cancellation and contingent on the employee receiving approval in the FlexWork@RU Application System. Additional information may be found at https://futureofwork.rutgers.edu .
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	34S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	102797.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	124237.000
Annual Maximum Salary	148149.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview .
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience such as coding school or Certification. 1 to 2 years of experience of full stack application development in these key areas: (1) developing front-end web applications with React JS, Redux, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3. (2) developing server-side application with PHP, Java, Express, or NodeJS.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Experience with web services technologies; including REST, AJAX, and JSON. Experience with enterprise architecture, systems design, database management systems, and emerging web technologies. Excellent JS knowledge, including React JS, ES6 and/or Flow/TypeScript and Bootstrap or similar UI framework. Strong JS experience with proficient understanding of SPA frameworks/libraries such as React + Redux, Angular, VueJS, etc. Excellent analytical, research, problem solving, and organizational skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills and the desire to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment. Experience in performance testing, writing performant code, optimizing existing code. Strong attention to detail and debugging skills. Experience evaluating, testing/prototyping, and recommending new opportunities for enhancing software and supporting processes. Experience doing business analysis and developing project timeline projections. Must understands and be proficient in object oriented (OO) design and systems development in a LINUX/UNIX and networked environment.
Preferred Qualifications	Experience working with relational RBDMS (Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.) and NoSQL (Firebase, MongoDB, CouchDB, DynamoDB, etc.) preferred. Some Mobile development knowledge with Flutter, React Native, Swift, Java, Kotlin, or similar mobile framework. Some backend knowledge about Java/JSP, .NET, Rails, Python, etc. Some understanding of Docker, Vagrant, Kubernetes, etc. Some knowledge of jQuery, *nix Bash, Bug tracking, CSS preprocessing (such as Sass), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Firebase, Dev-ops Tools (Git, SVN, npm, Grunt/Gulp, Bower, etc.), Software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.). Video creation and graphical design with Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, experience also a plus.
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Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	24ST0809
Posting Open Date	04/08/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Off Campus
City	Somerset
State	NJ
Location Details

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Immunization Requirements

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