Software Engineer

Quest Diagnostics; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare diagnostics company is seeking a Software Engineer in Milwaukee, WI. The ideal candidate will develop new features and redesign existing systems, engage in collaborative development, and create robust APIs. Applicants should have 1-3 years of experience, specifically in Java server-side applications and RESTful services. This role involves ensuring project specifications are met while working in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Create new functionalities and redesign existing systems.
• Engage in development with team using test-driven and iterative methods.
• Develop external and internal APIs and run unit tests.

Skills

Software engineering

Java development

REST APIs

Object-oriented development

Prototyping

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