Software Engineer III (Maintenance)

At Mitratech, we are a team of technocrats focused on building world-class products that simplify operations in the Legal, Risk, Compliance, and HR functions of Fortune 100 companies. We are a close-knit, globally dispersed team that thrives in an ecosystem that supports individual excellence and takes pride in its diverse and inclusive work culture centered around great people practices, learning opportunities, and having fun! Our culture is the ideal blend of entrepreneurial spirit and enterprise investment, enabling the chance to move at a rapid pace with some of the most complex, leading-edge technologies available.

Given our continued growth, we always have room for more intellect, energy, and enthusiasm - join our global team and see why it's so special to be a part of Mitratech!

As a part of our expansion, we are searching for a Software Engineer III to join us and work closely with a geographically distributed team across US, Mexico and India. In this role, you will be deeply involved in the development, maintenance, testing and deployment of our industry leading enterprise grade legal and matter management software, TeamConnect.

As an integral member of a global engineering team, responsibilities include development, fixing customer reported defects, unit and functional tests before deploying the high-quality releases to the production environment. The role requires working closely with other senior developers & test engineers, Support engineers, Services and Product Management functions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve the health of Java applications: This includes enhancements, fixing defects, implementing updates, and optimizing performance.

• Collaborate across teams: Work with lead developers, testers, and stakeholders to understand needs and ensure successful enhancement and maintenance of the product.

• Document software changes: Keep clear records of modifications and the reasoning behind them.

• Participate in code refactoring projects: Help improve the codebase structure and maintainability through code refactoring initiatives.

• Create and maintain unit and regression tests: Write automated tests to verify code functionality and prevent regressions during updates.

• Perform peer code reviews: Review code changes from other developers to ensure quality and adherence to coding standards.

• Identify and address security vulnerabilities: Help maintain the security of Java applications by analyzing code scanning tools outputs and implementing security best practices.

• Communicate with Clients: This includes troubleshooting issues, providing verbal and written communication to Clients while addressing software issues.

Requirements & Skills:

• 5+ years of experience with Java development

• Experience with Application Deployment on Tomcat or Weblogic

Demonstrated proficiency with the following:

• Java and JavaScript, Web Services, RDBMS DDL & SQL, Hibernate or other ORM, Spring Framework, JUnit or other testing framework

• Experience working with troubleshooting of production code

• Experience using the Eclipse IDE or other similar development environments

• Experience with Agile development methodologies, Scrum or Kanban

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent team player and a motivated self-starter

• Ability to reason logically and provide innovative solutions

• Bachelor's Engineering Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

• Work Hours: 6pm - 3am IST

Desired Skilled & Experience:

• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines

• Experience with Authentication and Security Protocols (OAuth, SAML)

• Experience in developing web application that adheres to OWASP security standards

• Exposure to use AI-related tools to assist in development (e.g. Github Copilot). Candidates who do not have this experience will receiving training