Management and staff in Kofax’s Software Development job family helps the company to build and improve new and/or existing software products and their applications that we sell to our customers. The position of Developer is a core, entry-level departmental role and appointees are expected to perform whole core departmental tasks; albeit more basic tasks by comparison to Senior Developers/Specialists and above.

Developers will perform some of the following work and be involved in other aspects, as assigned:

• Contributing to product ideas and innovation
• Evaluating product roadmaps (working with Product Management, among other internal partners) to determine design and programming development requirements to meet customer needs (includes evaluating existing products and applications to enhance these and/or designing new products and applications)
• Conducting research, where appropriate and needed, to solve specific design problems
• Creating product and/or applications’ architecture and design documentation to specify engineering development requirements
• Writing/developing code for new, existing or enhanced software products and applications
• Working with various internal partners (such as Quality Assurance) to test new or enhanced products and their applications
• Participating in cross-functional build/configuration activities to ensure overall effective and efficient new or enhanced engineering design
• Contributing to downstream business activities such as technical publications and other technical communications’ tool development to ensure streamlined and effective end-user use of Kofax software products and their applications
• Ensuring new or updated releases are completed on-time, on-target, on-budget and without compromise to quality
• Supporting other internal and external partners/stakeholders/customers, as and when appropriate, in responding to technical inquiries
• Staying abreast of industry and field developments; remaining current in the latest technologies and functionalities, as well as ever-evolving needs of customers and their customers

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on knowledge and experience with Java Application development
• Strong knowledge and experience with Object Oriented Design and modern design patterns
• Firm experience with multi-threaded, multi-tiered and distributedsystems design and development
• Experience with XML, Web Services, JavaScript, JQuery and related technologies
• Ability to work equally well in Windows or custom OEM frameworks for Java development
• Ability to leverage technology to advance the quality of products and efficiency of development and quality related processes
• Ability to contribute to product design discussions
• Demonstrated ability to follow a systematic and progressive process when troubleshooting and solving problems
• Self-motivated with strong ability to work independently and with a team
• Good customer management / interaction skills

Preferred skills:

• Experience with C# .Net development
• Experience with Android development
• Experience with networked systems in a Microsoft Windows environment.
• Experience with secure protocols (SSL/TLS, encryption…).
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Knowledge of unit testing and mocking frameworks is considered an asset
• Knowledge of unit testing and mocking frameworks is considered an asset
• Experience with DevOps principles and CI tools such as Jenkins

Required Experience

Candidates for this position should hold the following qualifications, have the following experience, and be able to demonstrate the following competencies to be considered as a suitable applicant. Please note that except where specified as “preferred,” or as a “plus,” all points listed below are considered minimum requirements.

• Bachelors Degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred
• Typically has 5-7 years of relevant technical experience
• Must demonstrate the ability to work independently on larger or more complex departmental assignments