Job Description


Job Overview

  • Job ID:

    J38620

  • Job Title:

    Web Programmer Analyst III

  • Location:

    Houston, TX

  • Duration:

    12 Months + Extension

  • Hourly Rate:

    Depending on Experience (DOE)

  • Work Authorization:

    US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B,
    H4-EAD, L2-EAD, GC-EAD

  • Client:

    To Be Discussed Later

  • Employment Type:

    W-2, 1099, C2C

Job Description

Job title: Web Programmer Analyst III

Locations: Houston , TX

Job Summary:

  • Designs, develops, tests, maintains and enhances application software programs for the retail energy industry. Mentors and shepherds younger developers in the best practices of software development.
  • Must possess excellent communication skills as you will interact directly with our customers to determine requirements and deliver quality software which exceeds their expectations.
  • Must have a strong desire to deliver defect-free, well-designed, and well-tested software.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Follow the team's Scrum development life cycle practices.
  • Work independently for design, development and testing.
  • Collaborate with team members to identify and prioritize/reprioritize work when necessary
  • Facilitate requirements gathering efforts and clearly document system requirements.
  • Develop strong working relationships with individuals at all levels of the company
  • Anticipate and adjust for problems and roadblocks while eliminating roadblocks within control.
  • Use appropriate change control procedures for implementing software enhancements.
  • Remain abreast of current technologies and best practices as applicable to NRG.
  • Conduct unit, functional, and integration testing to ensure application reliability.

Working Conditions:

  • Team work environment in cube or open work area.
  • Duties are performed during standard business hours and overtime based on project requirements.
  • Must be willing to work longer hours as necessary, especially during critical issue resolution.
  • Will need to attend meetings and respond to application problems for short durations at other corporate sites when necessary. These locations are in Philadelphia, PA and Houston, TX.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor s degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant business discipline from an accredited four-year college or university or equivalent work experience is preferred.
  • A minimum of 10 years professional application development and operation experience in a production setting working on Corporate-enterprise applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have solid experience developing web applications using open source technologies.

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Thorough understanding of Python Development
  • Experience with Python Metaclasses, Django, Flask and Celery.
  • Strong knowledge of .NET development, with an emphasis on C# .Net core using Entity Framework.
  • Working knowledge of concurrency and multi-threading in long running daemon processes.
  • In-depth understanding of Relational Database Management software, preferably PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MS SQL Server.
  • Experienced in testing software all the way from unit testing to system testing to integration testing.
  • A strong desire to build well-tested software.
  • Strong knowledge of version control software, git preferred.
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), in particular EC2, EBS, S3, and SQS is a big plus.
  • Understanding of batch oriented and event based systems is a plus.

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MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract