JavaScript Job: Junior Developer

Mizu, Inc. is an Utah based distribution, service, and installation company in the swimming pool cover industry. Here at Mizu, we believe that investing in and enabling our employees succeed ultimately leads to a successful company. Part of that employee support includes the option of employee supplemented health premiums, vision, dental, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401k (with employer match), access to onsite gym, pickleball court/game room, and golf simulator. At Mizu we believe in developing employees and promoting from within. Advancement opportunities are available with the goal of promoting long-term career success.

This role would report to Skedit which is a Software as a Service company under Mizu, Inc. https://skedit.com/

Junior Developer

Job Summary:

The Junior Developer is responsible updating and enhancing existing software capabilities by applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, and modifies software systems.
• Determines system performance standards.
• Modifies existing software to correct errors, adapts it to new hardware, or upgrades interfaces and improves performance.
• Stores, retrieves, and manipulates data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
• Performs software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to handle any issues that occur during project completion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with team members and management to explain technical issues.

Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Data base user interface and query software (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2, Blackboard software, Oracle JDBC, Transact-SQL, or similar).
• Data base management system software (Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Oracle PL/SQL, or similar).
• Development environment software (Advanced business application programming [ABAP], Apache Ant, Common business oriented language [COBOL], Go, or similar).
• Object or component oriented development software (Apache Groovy, Apache Spark, Objective C, Scala, or similar).
• Web platform development software (Backbone.js, Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC, React, Spring Framework, or similar).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Education and Experience:

• Associate’s degree preferred, preferably in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field; Bachelor’s degree highly preferred.
• Two years of development experience building websites and applications preferred.
• Technical certifications, certificate programs, and/or higher-level training are highly desired.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.