Senior Application Developer for Print Fulfillment
Woodland Hills, CA

Job Description

Job Description

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Job Summary

Provides expertise in the design and functionality of business applications; Understands customers' business processes and products and how best they can be supported by the application systems; Reviews and validates the detailed technical design for business applications provided by the supplier to ensure alignment with business requirements; Performs quality review checks on project deliverables; Validates suppliers estimates; Performs impact analysis of application changes across various components, holding an end-to-end view of the system; Estimates Rough Order of Magnitude for the level of effort/cost of new application functionality; Specifies / recommends integration and parallel testing criteria; Supports the implementation activities, troubleshooting system environmental issues, as required.

This role can be located either in Woodland Hills, CA or Caledonia, MI.

Essential Job Functions

* Understands customers' processes and products and how they fit within the goals of the business unit.
* Reviews and validates the detailed technical design for business applications provided by the supplier to ensure alignment with business requirements.
* Validates suppliers estimates.
* Estimates Rough Order of Magnitude for the level of effort/cost of new application functionality.
* Performs quality review checks on project deliverables.
* Acts as liaison between Business and IT, as assigned.
* Supports users in building Business Case, including cost / benefit analysis, risk assessment, project scope, and development of a high level plan.
* Supports the implementation activities, troubleshooting system environmental issues, training as required.
* Performs impact analysis of application changes across various components, holding an end-to-end view of the system.
* Specifies / Recommends Integration and Parallel testing criteria.

Education Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent, relevant experience.

Experience Requirements:

* Four - 4 years of experience in application development / testing or business / system analysis role or 2 years as an Application SME.


* Experience with C# is required.


* Experience with Message Queue (MQ) is required.



Special Skill Requirement:

* Good written and oral skills in local language.


* May require occasional traveling.


* PDF Development, preferred.


* AFP Development, preferred.


* .Net Framework, preferred.


* C and C++ Programming Languages, preferred.


* Ghostscript Development, preferred.


* Oracle Database, preferred.


* GIT for Version Control, preferred.


* Knowledge of United States Postal Service (USPS) inner workings, e.g. Proof of Mailing (POM), a plus.


* Experience with a Customer Communications Management (CCM) system, a plus.



Farmers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of a diverse workforce.

Schedule: Full-time

Job Posting: 06/04/2019

Other Locations: United States, Michigan, Caledonia