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Description

Horizon is currently recruiting for a Java Developer to work onsite in Regina.

Duties & Responsibilities:
Participation in all phases of the software development life cycle, including product research, software architecture, design, construction, testing, implementation and support.
Participation in the gathering, analysis and documentation of requirements with software development manager, project manager and other software developers on the team.
Design and implement assigned components of the architecture or application according to provided software requirements or specifications.
Participate in the testing of the system, including unit testing, functional testing, performance testing and installation testing
Code to company quality and programming standards
Work in a self-directed, agile environment
Ability to extract the essence of a complicated situation; sort out the core ideas that are relevant to the assigned tasks/goals
Communication skills to create create/communicate artifacts throughout the software development life cycle
Ability to estimate/track/monitor time spent on assigned development activities
Document code/processes/practices in both inline (Javadoc) and various hard copy artifacts
Ability to read/interpret Industry standards

Desirable Skills:
Ability to read feature specifications and determine how to implement them
Ability to read software requirement documents and produce technical specifications
Fluency in Java acquired by hands-on experience,
Java SE, Java EE, JSF , JMS, SOAP, ReST
Knowledge of standard web technologies - HTML, JavaScript, Angular, JSON, XML, XSLT, etc.
Working knowledge of SQL and database design concepts, JPA , and Hibernate
Experience or knowledge with Linux or a Unix variant
Familiarity with version control and management systems (Jenkins, Maven, Git, SVN)
Working experience with JBPM and Drools
Excellent written and spoken communication skills are essential