Software Engineer

Quest Diagnostics; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading diagnostics company located in Long Beach, California, is seeking a Software Engineer to create effective and testable code while participating in the product development lifecycle. This role involves creating new functionalities and redesigning existing systems, as well as developing and running unit tests. Candidates should have 1 to 3 years of experience in software engineering, particularly in Java web applications, and be adept at adopting new technologies.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience developing server-side web applications in Java.
• Knowledge of Java frameworks, architecture, and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Create new functionalities and redesign existing systems.
• Engage in prototyping and test-driven development.
• Implement scalable and robust services.

Skills

Java Web Services

Object-oriented development

API development

New technology adoption

Java frameworks

Job description

Quest Diagnostics is looking for a Software Engineer to create well-designed, effective, testable, and specification-compliant code and carry out the entire product development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Create new functionalities and redesign certain aspects of an already-existing system.
• Engage in prototyping, reviews, and test-driven, iterative development with a development team.
• Create and write middle- and back-end code in an organized and effective manner.
• Implement scalable and robust services.
• Develop external and internal APIs.
• Develop and run unit and performance tests to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Review and debug code.
• Develops documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clean code to explain and show solutions.
• Determines and designs system specifications, standards, and programming to prepare and install solutions.

Requirements

• Between 1 and 3 years of experience in software engineering
• Experience developing server-side web applications in Java
• Experience developing Java Web Services with public API (e.g. REST, SOAP)
• Proficient in object-oriented development
• Able to effectively and quickly adopt new technology
• Knowledge of Java frameworks, architecture, and design patterns