Backend Developer at Alan & Grant

Industry: Financial Services

Job Summary

• The backend developer will work alongside frontend developers and UX specialists to create comprehensive digital solutions for business needs.
• He/She will also be responsible for maintaining and testing existing backend elements to ensure they’re as fast and efficient as possible, as well as compiling and analyzing data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Researching, designing, implementing, and managing software programs.
• Testing and evaluating new programs.
• Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications.
• Writing and implementing efficient code.
• Determining operational practicality.
• Deploying software tools, processes, and metrics.
• Maintaining and upgrading existing systems.
• Working closely with other developers, UX designers, business and systems analysts.
• Integrate software components and third-party programs.
• Verify and deploy programs and system.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
• Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.
• ​Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.

Requirements

• Minimum of Second Class Degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming or a related field.
• 3-5 years experience in a similar position.
• Fluent in Java scripting languages​