Position Summary Effectual Cloud Application Engineers (CAEs) are members of the Professional Services (PS) team responsible for ensuring that customer-facing projects are delivered with exceptional customer satisfaction and technical excellence. This particular role is intended to be filled by someone with a strong Java background. What makes a successful CAE? Cloud Application Engineers are skilled and experienced developers who stay current on leading practice, act in the interests of our customers to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions to their needs, and balance competing priorities between multiple parallel project delivery to achieve defined business outcomes on behalf of our customers. Cloud Application Engineers are problem solvers who see blockers and challenges as opportunities to find a new path to success; the words “good enough” and “impossible” aren’t in their vocabulary. Cloud Application Engineers take accountability for achieving desired outcomes and have a passion for supporting the high-quality delivery of technical projects. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: Develop Java-based software according to published standards, guidelines, and development schedule, including code standards and user interface design guidelines Perform code review for developers’ submitted code and provide feedback for code improvements based on leading practices Perform pull requests / merge requests, branch management, and builds and deployments Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for various stacks Support and maintain existing Java software functionality; to investigate, analyze and correct identified defects Improve the maintainability and performance of existing software through application refactoring Adhere to leading software development practices in the execution of work (e.g.: creating unit tests, inline code documentation, establishing API specifications) Ensure tasks are clearly defined and ready for execution (e.g.: clarifying user acceptance criteria, establishing definition-of-done, pointing stories to understand LOE, etc.) Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues Propose and assess solutions to design problems, including identifying and evaluating new technologies and third-party components Interpret written business requirements and technical specifications to complete estimates for change requests