Job Description
The Developer ll is responsible for the design, development, and code quality.
What You Will Do:
Education and Experience
Reporting Relationships:
The incumbent reports to a Product Developer III, Lead, Manager or any other executive level position. This position does not have any direct reports.
About Us
We set out more than 160 years ago to promote the security of life and property at sea and preserve the natural environment. Today, we remain true to our mission and continue to support organizations facing a rapidly evolving seascape of challenging regulations and new technologies. Through it all, we are anchored by a vision and mission that help our clients find clarity in uncertain times.
ABS is a global leader in marine and offshore classification and other innovative safety, quality, and environmental services. We're at the forefront of supporting the global energy transition at sea, the application of remote and autonomous marine systems, cutting-edge technical solutions, and many more exciting advancements. Our commitment to safety, reliability, and efficiency is ever-present, guiding our clients to safer and more efficient operations.
About Our Benefits
ABS Bureau proudly offers a variety of industry-leading benefits designed to enhance the life and well-being of our employees and their families. These benefits include, but are not limited to, medical insurance (PPO and HD), dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Savings Account (FSA), life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability leave programs, parental leave program, paid holidays, and paid vacation time. The Company provides an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that offers support in personal wellness, including work-life services. ABS Bureau also offers a 401K plan with a generous company match, subject to plan requirements.
Equal Opportunity
ABS Bureau is committed to the equal employment opportunity of its employees and prohibits discrimination against any employee or qualified applicant based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status, or other non-work-related characteristics that may be protected under the law of the Federal Government or specific state employment laws.
Notice
ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.
Other
This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job. #ogjs
The Developer ll is responsible for the design, development, and code quality.
What You Will Do:
- Solid working experience in all aspects of designing and constructing J2EE systems and developing system requirements and design specifications
- UI development using Swing Component development, Business class, Session Bean implementation and Entity Object using J2EE framework and reports
- Data design and data management experience using Oracle, MSSQL Server and MySQL
- Query optimization and data synchronization
- Service Oriented Architectures, Web Services Component Architectures
- Design and coding skills used in individual contribution and code reviews of other team members
- Troubleshoot issues quickly in support of hotfix demands as well as operate against a planned development schedule
- Must have good communication skills, an appreciation for systems lifecycle methodology and a commitment to process adherence.
- Manage to agree upon goals and objectives, including schedules, milestones and cost.
- Provide design guidance to less experienced developers in an onshore/offshore model.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives and lead by example to meet schedule and scope commitments.
- Collaborate with quality assurance team members to structure test scenarios and plans.
- Operate in an agile scrum style with a mindset toward creating workable interim deliverables that can be demonstrated to clients and product managers.
Education and Experience
- College degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- 4+ years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer building and maintaining production applications.
- Hands-on experience in C# and .NET, including:
- .NET 8+, ASP.NET Core
- Web API development and middleware
- Entity Framework Core, LINQ, data modeling, and design patterns
- Hands-on experience with frontend development using:
- TypeScript and JavaScript
- React (hooks, state management, component lifecycles)
- Modern UI frameworks and responsive design principles
- Hands-on experience on CI/CD pipelines deploying applications in Microsoft Azure using GitHub Actions.
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Solid understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (JWT, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect)
- 2+ years of experience integrating Azure OpenAI Service into applications
- Practical knowledge of:
- Prompt engineering and prompt optimization
- Token limits, context window management, and cost optimization
- Handling model errors, latency, and response quality
- Hands-on implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns
- Familiarity with embeddings and semantic similarity search
- Hands-on experience working on relational SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Must have good communication skills, an appreciation for systems lifecycle methodology and a commitment to process adherence
- Provide design guidance to less experienced developers in an onshore/offshore model
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives and lead by example to meet schedule and scope commitments
- Collaborate with quality assurance team members to structure test scenarios and plans
- Operate in an agile scrum style with a mindset toward creating workable interim deliverables that can be demonstrated to clients and product managers
- Needs to be familiar with the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management Systems
Reporting Relationships:
The incumbent reports to a Product Developer III, Lead, Manager or any other executive level position. This position does not have any direct reports.
About Us
We set out more than 160 years ago to promote the security of life and property at sea and preserve the natural environment. Today, we remain true to our mission and continue to support organizations facing a rapidly evolving seascape of challenging regulations and new technologies. Through it all, we are anchored by a vision and mission that help our clients find clarity in uncertain times.
ABS is a global leader in marine and offshore classification and other innovative safety, quality, and environmental services. We're at the forefront of supporting the global energy transition at sea, the application of remote and autonomous marine systems, cutting-edge technical solutions, and many more exciting advancements. Our commitment to safety, reliability, and efficiency is ever-present, guiding our clients to safer and more efficient operations.
About Our Benefits
ABS Bureau proudly offers a variety of industry-leading benefits designed to enhance the life and well-being of our employees and their families. These benefits include, but are not limited to, medical insurance (PPO and HD), dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Savings Account (FSA), life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability leave programs, parental leave program, paid holidays, and paid vacation time. The Company provides an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that offers support in personal wellness, including work-life services. ABS Bureau also offers a 401K plan with a generous company match, subject to plan requirements.
Equal Opportunity
ABS Bureau is committed to the equal employment opportunity of its employees and prohibits discrimination against any employee or qualified applicant based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status, or other non-work-related characteristics that may be protected under the law of the Federal Government or specific state employment laws.
Notice
ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.
Other
This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job. #ogjs