Application Engineer

Our Mission is to Simplify Life. We are looking to Simplify and automate complex decision-making for customer centric industries, like Utilities, Financial Services, Logistics, and commerce, that drive the world's economies and you have the chance to join the revolution. We are trying to solve huge challenges in today's enterprise that are directly impacting the employee and customer experience.
What can we promise you:

• You’ll join a global family of awesome, passionate people that are working together to build a sustainable, scalable ecosystem committed to using logic to create a better experience.
  
• We want you to help us become better. You will be empowered to drive change and innovate.
  
• That we will invest in you. We will give you the opportunity to master your domain and drive excellence.

As a Mendix partner and believer, Avertra creates some of the world’s most cutting-edge software products. As a Mid Application Engineer, you will collaborate with a team of skilled developers to create mission-critical products for our clients while providing exceptional technical support.

Main Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement new software programs with Mendix.
  
• Maintain and improve the performance of existing software.
  
• Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues.
  
• Design and update software data models.
  
• Develop user-friendly and modern style UI.
  
• Test and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization.
  
• Recommend improvements to existing software programs as necessary.
  
• Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; and participating in professional organizations.
  
• Mentor junior developer.
  
• Possibly manage small development teams.

Requirements

Needed Competencies:

• Ability to follow Avertra development methodology (including Naming Conventions, development Best Practices, Documentation, Unit Tests).
  
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into development tasks.
  
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively in a creative Agile environment.
  
• Ability to communicate clearly in oral and written English.
  
• Strong troubleshooting, problem solving, issue resolution and communication skills.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must have extensive experience with Mendix and other programming languages like Java or .NET.
  
• Must have passed or willing to take the Mendix Rapid Developer certification.
  
• Must have In-depth knowledge of web technologies, such as HTML, CSS and Javascript.
  
• Must have working experience with building APIs and Services using REST, SOAP, etc.
  
• Must have working experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
  
• Team player attitude with a willingness to lead when necessary.
  
• Devotion to continuing education on an annual basis.
  
• Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary.
  
• Strong attention to details.

Preferences:

• Mendix Expert developer certification
  
• Javascript expert
  
• CSS3 experience
  
• Java experience
  
• Sparks EA experience

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology.

Travel: Minimal.

Work Schedule: Avertra's local office schedule.