Associate Developer (Java) - EXP.O Customs, IS Operational Experience

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals
• 350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries
• Fortune 500
• Globally unified systems

The exp.o Customs application development team is responsible for developing a core business application designed to facilitate customs and government agency filings globally.  The application is intended to provide the following functionality:

• Enable delivery of a consistent level of service and data to our customers.
• Drive operational efficiency that is aligned with our business processes.
• Deliver comprehensive compliance with governmental agencies and customer requirements.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Applying your object-oriented design and analysis experience to identify and implement the right design patterns and frameworks needed to translate business requirements into scalable, efficient and reliable system design specifications.
• Using your technical and interpersonal skills to proactively guide teammates on dependencies and technical approaches for a problem.
• Owning the team's code quality through code reviews and championing the use of right practices.
• Demonstrating a sense of ownership, strong communication skills, creativity, initiative, and attention to detail.
• Communicating technical details to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Embracing and promoting our technologies including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery practices.
• Striving to continually learn about enabling and emerging technologies that will add business value to our core system.

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynnwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS or BA in Computer Science or a related field; or comparable work experience.
• Experience programming with Java.
• Up to 2 years of professional software development experience.
• Understanding of object-oriented analysis and design principles. Experience working with backend code (Java/Spring) to contribute to business logic and data interaction.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL) and ORM concepts.
• Experience contributing to the support of software systems.
• Exposure to Agile software development methodologies.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• Experience with transportation and logistics or supply-chain solutions.
• Experience with compliance or risk-management solutions.
• Experience with Hibernate.
• Experience with SOAP and REST Service Implementation.
• Experience with Common Java IDE's like IntelliJ and Eclipse.
• Experience with Git, branching, and merge requests/pull requests.
• Experience with Kafka.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and monitoring.
• Experience with enterprise Linux operation systems.

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Expected base salary:  $80,000 to $120,000

Expeditors offers competitive benefits to all full-time employees including:

• Paid vacation
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.