Software Developer - Senior

Mindlance; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance seeks a senior technical professional to support the NYS Tax Modernization Program in Albany. You will help build automated applications and lead coding efforts for tax-related systems, ensuring alignment with business priorities.

You will mentor staff across technologies, develop detailed documentation, and support the full project lifecycle from requirements through deployment, collaborating with ITS and DTF stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Develop automated applications meeting business priorities.
• Lead programming duties for tax-related applications.
• Mentor staff using J2EE, Spring, JSON, JavaScript and JDBC.
• Develop and review detailed documentation for system changes.
• Assist and provide guidance through all phases of the project management life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Obtain business requirements for automated applications which meet business priorities.
• Provide lead programming duties for tax related applications.
• Develop and mentor staff using various technologies including J2EE, Spring, JSON, JavaScript and JDBC.
• Develop and review detailed documentation for system and program change requirement including detail specifications documents.
• Assist and provide guidance through all phases of the project management life cycle.
• Develop unit test plans based on coding changes and user specifications.
• Conduct unit testing and debugging of all code changes in the development environment.
• Coordinate the migration of all code changes from development to user test environment.
• Assist team members using distributed technologies including Java, DB2, XML and XQuery.
• Provide support for defects and issue resolution; address promptly by priority.
• Facilitate and participate in meetings with ITS and DTF customers.
• Communicate clearly with management, ITS, and team members.

Skills

J2EE

Spring

JSON

JavaScript

JDBC

Java

DB2

XML

XQuery

Job description

Provide a short description of the Position:

This position will be in support of the NYS Tax Modernization Program. This program will encompass multiple projects to modernize legacy systems within the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, which is responsible for billions in state revenue.

Provide a list of the day-to-day tasks to be performed by the Selected Candidate:

• Obtain business requirements to develop automated applications which meet business priorities.
• Provide lead programming duties for tax related applications.
• Develop and mentor staff using various technologies including J2EE, Spring, JSON, JavaScript and JDBC.
• Develop and review detailed documentation for system and program change requirement including detail specifications documents.
• Assist and provide guidance through all phases of the project management life cycle.
• Develop unit test plans based on coding changes and user specifications.
• Conduct unit testing and debugging of all code changes in the development environment.
• Coordinate the migration of all code changes (programs, procedures, etc.) from development environment into user test environment.
• Assist team members using distributed technologies including Java, DB2, XML and XQuery. Ensure that staff members are properly trained and mentored.
• Provide support, as needed, for defects and issue resolution. Ensure that defects and issues are addressed promptly based on priority.
• Facilitate and participate in meetings with ITS and DTF customers.
• Communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, with DTF management and users, ITS management, and team members.