PPS customer is a growing software development company in the mid-Michigan area.

Job Summary

The senior Web Development Engineer is responsible for building and maintaining internal and external facing business applications. This person will work with a team of developers and business resources to build highly-performing enterprise systems that improve business outcomes and increase staff productivity and financial performance.

Essential Functions

• Develop new software, web systems and applications using state-of-the-art languages and tools
• Support innovation within team and company
• Contribute to overall architecture and design, working closely with the Applications Architect
• Perform hands on development, contribute to the overall software life cycle including participating in code reviews, setting coding standards and introducing new technologies to the team
• Work with Quality Assurance and developers to ensure software builds meet system, functional and performance requirements and adhere to corporate polices such as security and privacy
• Participate in design / planning of existing product enhancements and development of new products
• Lead/mentor developers and share knowledge through knowledge-sharing presentations
• Participate in a small, experienced, energetic team on a rapid, agile development schedule
• Design, code, and support leading-edge transaction processing. web and mobile applications
• Design, develop, and enhance large transaction and reporting based DBs
• Design / deploy improvements to the functionality, performance, usability, scalability of applications
• Mentor and coach less experienced / skilled team members
• Influence future technical direction I conjunction with Enterprise Architecture group
• Integrate our applications and solutions with partner systems using a variety of protocols
• Foster continuous improvement to processes / practices with new ideas, methods and technologies
• Handle periodic on-call duty and out-of-band requests

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft collaboration technologies (Microsoft SharePoint 2007/2010, Exchange, SharePoint Designer, Active Directory)
• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently, as well as in an Agile development environment
• Solid understanding of JavaScript, AJAX, and a third-party JavaScript library (i.e. JQuery)
• Solid understanding and experience with software installation, configuration and troubleshooting
• Understanding of the release management and software development lifecycles
• Strong skills and knowledge of relational database design and development using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & 2008
• Must have a solid understanding of Services-Oriented Architecture and Distributed Architectures
• Experience with Microsoft CRM Dynamics preferred
• Working knowledge of design patterns
• Working knowledge of SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, and LINQ
• Working knowledge of Visual Studio database projects
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and computer science foundations, such as memory management and low-level algorithm performance
• Deep knowledge of web development within the .NET 3.5/4.0 Framework, including Visual Studio 2008, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ASMX and WCF Web Services, and ADO.NET
• Strong knowledge of software implementation best practices
• Strong experience designing and working with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer,
• Data Access Layer) along with some experience with service-oriented architectures (SOA).
• Ability to design and optimize SQL Server 2008 stored procedures
• Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment
• Self-motivated, independent, detail-oriented, team-player with good relationship management skills
• Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices while mentoring a team of developers
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative style with team members, stakeholders, and customers
• Ability to lead through influence, mentoring, discussion, and example rather than relying on authority

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related area is preferred.
• Microsoft certifications are a plus
• 7+ years’ experience developing web-based, n-tiered systems in a .NET/SQL Server environment (C# required)
• 6 + years’ experience as a developer (lead developer would be a plus)
• 5 years of HTML, CSS, JavaScript experience
• 2+ years working with SQL Server (2005/2008 preferred)
• Experience with .NET 3.5 & 4.0 and ADO.NET
• 7+ Years demonstrated experience with C#, .NET framework, and object oriented design/development
• 5+ Years of experience in developing multi-tier enterprise class web applications
• Experience in development of automated unit, component, and integration testing
• 4+ Years demonstrated experience with Visual Studio including Visual Studio 2010
• 3+ Years demonstrated experience in SOA and web service development with WCF
• 3+ Years demonstrated experience with Team Foundation Server with emphasis on source control, automated builds, and use of Agile or Scrum process template
• Experience with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) a strong plus
• A background in Transaction Processing and/or Payment Systems is a strong plus
• Experience with PCI Compliance preferred
• Experience with MVC, MVP, Entity framework, and NHibernate are a bonus
• Experience in developing mobile applications is a bonus
• Experience with JQuery or similar technologies

• Direct Hire Position starting immediately
• Full benefits accompany this position.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE M/F/V/D)

Please apply with a cover letter and resume detailing your ability and your technical experience.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.