Junior Software Developer

Junior Software Engineer

Location:  Limerick

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a fast paced, busy environment for a leading global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

Overview of the role

Excellent opportunity to join a technology driven company, and work in a cross functional and collaborative environment, in a role that will allow you to have a great deal of influence. For us, end user satisfaction achieved by user friendly responsive design, new technologies, cross team collaboration and continuous improvement matter

We believe in Agile environment, Individuals and Interactions over process and tools, Responding to Change, Continuous improvements and continuous delivery. As a Junior Software Engineer you will have substantial influence on our projects’ technology, design and implementation. You will have a strong passion for software technology, an ability to directly contribute to product development, and will make sure that the delivered product is highly reliable and of good quality.

Job responsibilities

• To build releases of software applications for testing, regression and deployment as assigned by a Scrum Master
• To report to the Scrum Master on the progress on modules assigned to them and make them aware of any obstacles which may cause project slippage
• To implement software modules
• To write unit level test cases for software modules they’ve implemented.
• To test the software modules they’ve implemented
• To communicate with the Scrum Master and Software Architect on issues resulting from implementing the proposed architecture and suggesting solutions
• To write use cases for functionalities
• To follow requirements as per the Software Methodology
• To review code of other software engineers on the project
• To raise the quality standards on the project, so that the constructed application is easier to maintain and extend
• To follow the software development process adopted for specific projects.
• To ensure that all classes are properly documented, so that comprehensive and useful Java Documents can be created

Experience and Skills Required

• Passion for software
• 3+ years experience in JEE environment.
• Good knowledge of design patterns
• Good knowledge of Spring and Hibernate
• Familiarity with Java annotations and dependency injection
• Good knowledge of RESTful API
• Very good knowledge of SQL including stored procedures
• Good knowledge of JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, ExtJS, jQuery)
• Knowledge of web technologies (HTML5, CSS, CSS3)
• MongoDB knowledge

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor or M.Sc. Degree in Computer Science or related subject

Benefits of Working in ICON

Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive benefits package.  This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage. We care about our people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to develop their long term career.  

What’s Next?

Following your application you will be contacted by one of our dedicated recruiters and if successful we will be able to provide you with more details about this opportunity. ICON is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/D/V and committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

The closing date for this application is 20th October 2014